No. 17/No. 22 Princeton Well Represented With Ivy Honors

PRINCETON, N.J. – The No. 17/No. 22 Princeton Tigers were well represented as the Ivy League announced its All-Ivy honorees today.

Bella Alarie was picked as a unanimous selection for Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy. Carlie Littlefield was also a unanimous All-Ivy pick while Julia Cunningham garnered honorable mention. Carla Berube was named Coach of the Year.

"I am thrilled that the Ivy League has recognized these three outstanding student athletes," said Berube. "Bella is most deserving of being named Ivy League Player of the Year for the third time. This award caps off an amazing four-year career and places her among an elite group of Ivy women's basketball players. She has been both unselfish and dominant this season. Carlie has had a tremendous year as our floor general and backbone of our defense. She has been incredibly consistent throughout the season and clutch in some of our biggest games. Julia has had a great sophomore campaign and has really emerged as both a great scorer and defender and does a lot of the little things are team needs to win. I'm really happy for all three and our team for these honors."

Alarie is just the third player in conference history to be named Player of the Year three times (Gail Koziara, Dartmouth 1980-82 and Dianna Caramanico, Penn 1999-01). She is also one of only nine players and the first Princeton athlete to earn First-Team All-Ivy four times. Alarie is averaging 17.5 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.4 blocks and 2.3 assists in 23 games this season, adding 10 20+ point outings. She leads the Ivy League in scoring, is second in rebounding and blocks, fourth in field goal percentage and eighth in free throw percentage.

The senior captain is first in program history in Ivy Player of the Week awards (20), blocks (249), double-doubles (40) and points (1,703). She is in the top 10 in rebounds, field goal attempts, rebounding average, field goals, scoring averaging, free throws, free-throw attempts and free throw percentage.

Littlefield secured her second consecutive First Team-All-Ivy nomination. She sits second on the squad in scoring (13.7) while pacing the squad in assists (80) and steals (50). The junior point guard has gradually improved her scoring year-to-year (8.3 in 2017-18 to 13.7 this season), rebounding (3.3 to 4.6) and assists (2.8-3.2). She is in the Ivy League's top 10 in points, field goal percentage, assists, free throw percentage, steals, three-point field goal percentage and assist-turnover ratio. The two-time All-Ivy player became the 26th member of the 1,000-point club with her 24-point performance vs. Columbia on Mar. 6.

Cunningham saw a jump in scoring from 4.9 to 8.2 points per contest while enjoying a climb in shooting percentage, three-point field goal percentage, rebounding, assists and steals. The sophomore had four 10+ point performances, highlighted by a 16-point outing at Harvard on 7-of-11 shooting. Cunningham also registered 14 points as the Tigers defeated Brown at home and later secured the outright Ivy League title.

Princeton is 26-1 overall and sits No. 17 in the Coaches Poll and No. 22 in the AP Poll. Earning the Ivy automatic bid to NCAAs following the cancellation of the Ivy Tournament, the NCAA Selection Show is on Monday at 7 p.m. on ESPN.

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