Alarie Registers Second Straight Ivy Player of the Year Award; Littlefield Named First Team All-Ivy

PRINCETON, N.J. – Bella Alarie and Carlie Littlefield earned All-Ivy honors, the conference announced today while Alarie was selected as the Ivy Player of the Year for the second straight season.

Alarie is the second player in Princeton history to be named Player of the Year twice and the fifth Tiger to be three-time first-team All-Ivy. This is Littlefield's first All-Ivy accolade.

Bella's contribution to this team can't be overstated," said head coach Courtney Banghart. "She was a remarkably consistent game changer on both ends of the floor. She led the league in scoring and in rebounding, all of which we needed to have the success we had this year. Bella's continued development as a player, competitor, and leader is inspiring. She really wants to be great and is willing to put the work in to earn that. She deserves this honor and I'm grateful to the Ivy League coaches for their recognition."

Despite missing nine games because of an injury, Alarie has been incredible. The junior is averaging 23.0 points on 51.0 percent shooting, 10.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists, all career highs. She has 13 double-doubles, tied for 34th in the country, this season including a current streak of five straight, giving her 33 in 80 career games. She is second in program history in double-doubles, two behind Niveen Rasheed '13, also a two-time Ivy Player of the Year. The Bethesda, Md., native is attempting to become the first player since Ellen DeVoe '86 (1984-85) to average a double-double for entire season.

Her single-season records include …
23.0 points – first
10.7 rebounds – fifth
459 points – seventh
183 field goals – seventh

Her career marks include …
183 blocks - first
15.4 points per game - fifth
738 rebounds – sixth
.761 free throw percentage - ninth
1,235 points – 12^th

Alarie's first game of the year was outstanding, posting 16 points, 19 rebounds and five blocks vs. Quinnipiac (Dec. 8). Some other non-conference standouts include a 24-point outing vs. Marist (Dec. 15) and an 11-of-18 shooting performance (24 points) along with 11 rebounds at Hartford (Dec. 21). The two-time Ivy Player of the Year began conference action with a double-double vs. Penn (Jan 5), securing 21 points and 17 rebounds. She later set the Ivy League single-game records for points (45) and field goals (20) against Columbia (Feb. 1) and broke the program record for career blocks. For that, she was named USBWA National Player of the Week (Feb. 5) and named to the NCAA.com Starting Five (Feb. 6). The Bethesda, Md., native registered 38 points including her 1,000th career point, 13 rebounds, six steals, four assists vs. Yale (Feb. 8). She later dropped in 41 points and 13 rebounds at Dartmouth (Feb. 16). She finished with eight Ivy Player of the Week awards, setting the career program record with 17 total.

"Carlie is our warrior, worker, and floor general," stated Banghart. "As our lead guard, she was charged with contributing in all statistical categories, while also making those around her better. She led the team in a handful of categories, including charges taken, which is the epitome of a selfless and winning statistic. We've pushed Carlie to grow as a leader and she's done just that this year. As Carlie goes, we go, and I'm so proud of how she relentlessly led her team to a share of the Ivy title this year by being and doing whatever was needed in the game at hand. As a sophomore to earn first-team All-Ivy is a real special honor and I'm grateful that the Ivy League coaches recognized her invaluable impact to our team."

Littlefield has been a burden of consistency this season, putting up 13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.6 steals per game while leading the team in three-point field goal percentage (37.5). The sophomore guard has been excellent in Ivy League play, posting double figures in scoring in 12 of 14 games. Some impressive non-conference outings include a 22-point, seven-rebound event vs. Kansas State (Nov. 24) which helped her be named to the Cancun Challenge All-Tournament Team and Ivy League Player of the Week. She also had 22 points in a comeback win over Davidson (Dec. 2). Her impressive conference contests include an 18-point, nine-rebound feat at Columbia, a season-best 23 points at Brown (Mar. 8) and a 20-point performance as the Tigers clinched the Ivy League regular season championship at Yale (Mar. 9).

No. 1 seeded Princeton will take on No. 4 seeded Cornell on Saturday (Mar. 16) in the Ivy League Tournament Semifinal. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. The winner of that contest will take on the winner of No. 2 Penn and No. 3 Harvard in the other semifinal on Sunday (Mar. 17) at 4 p.m.

All-Ivy Honorees
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Bella Alarie, Princeton (Jr., G/F – Bethesda, Md.)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Sienna Durr, Columbia (Fr., G/F – Grinnell, Iowa)

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Eleah Parker, Penn (So., C – Charlotte, N.C.)

COACH OF THE YEAR
Mike McLaughlin, Penn

FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY^
*Bella Alarie, Princeton (Jr., G/F – Bethesda, Md.)
Laura Bagwell-Katalinich, Cornell (Jr., F – Minneapolis)
Roxy Barahman, Yale (Jr., G – Calabasas, Calif.)
Katie Benzan, Harvard (Jr., G – Wellesley, Mass.)
Carlie Littlefield, Princeton (So., G – Waukee, Iowa)
*Eleah Parker, Penn (So., C – Charlotte, N.C.)

SECOND-TEAM ALL-IVY
Princess Aghayere, Penn (Sr., F – Reston, Va.)
Sienna Durr, Columbia (Fr., G/F – Grinnell, Iowa)
Isalys Quinones, Dartmouth (Sr., F – San Diego)
Madeline Raster, Harvard (Sr., G – South Bend, Ind.)
Ashley Russell, Penn (Sr., G – Braintree, Mass.)

HONORABLE MENTION
Janiya Clemmons, Columbia (Jr., G – Accokeek, Md.)
Justine Gaziano, Brown (Jr., G – Natick, Mass.)
Shayna Mehta, Brown (Sr., G – San Francisco)

*-unanimous selection
^-first team expanded due to ties in the voting

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