Robinson Records Triple Double As Princeton Earns No. 1 Seed In Ivy Tournament With 79-44 Win Over Brown

Friday, March 2

Princeton, N.J.

6:30 PM

Princeton University

21-5 (11-2Ivy)

Brown

15-11 (3-10Ivy)

Brown

Princeton

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Robinson Records Triple Double As Princeton Earns No. 1 Seed In Ivy Tournament With 79-44 Win Over Brown

March 02, 2018 | Women's Basketball

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PRINCETON, N.J. – Leslie Robinson recorded a triple-double with 10 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists as Princeton (21-5, 11-2 Ivy) earned the No. 1 seed in the Ivy League Tournament with a 79-44 victory over the Brown Bears (15-11, 3-10 Ivy) at Jadwin Gym on Friday evening.

It's believed to be the first triple double in Princeton basketball history and is just the 30th in all of NCAA Division I women's basketball this season. Robinson has 118 assists this season, which is the sixth most in a single-season in program history. Her 15 rebounds and 10 assists match a personal high while she also added four steals. Abby Meyers had a game-high 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting (63.6 percent) in just 14 minutes. 11 different players scored for Princeton in the victory.

Princeton ran off with seven consecutive points and 13 of 15 in the first four minutes of the game. The Tigers led 23-7 after 10 minutes as Brown had just two baskets, going 2-of-13 (15.4 percent).

Brown scored back-to-back buckets to get within 18, 33-15, with 3:58 to go in the first half and that would be as close as it would get … the rest of the game. Princeton answered with a 7-0 spurt and cruised the rest of the way.

Shayna Mehta contributed 18 points for Brown. No other Bear scored in double figures. Princeton held Brown to its lowest field goal total (16) and field goal percentage (26.2) of the year.

The Tigers' 53 rebounds are a season-high. Taylor Baur led Princeton with five blocks while the squad finished with 10 swats, tying a season best. The sophomore also added 10 rebounds, matching a personal best. Princeton had 22 assists on 28 made baskets and had 13 steals.

The Tigers can earn the outright Ivy League title with a win tomorrow or a loss by Penn. Tonight's win gave Courtney Banghart her sixth Ivy League crown in 11 years as head coach.

Princeton will wrap up the regular season Saturday against the Yale Bulldogs. Prior to tip-off (5 p.m.), the team will honor the Class of 2018. The group is 91-26 overall and 46-9 in the Ivy League. The Class of 2018 has been to the postseason three times including the program's first ever victory in the NCAA Tournament. Fans can catch the game on the Ivy League Network.