Women's Basketball Continues Road Swing At Fordham Sunday

BRONX, N.Y. – The Princeton Tigers continue their season on the road with a trip to the Bronx to take on the Fordham Rams on Sunday afternoon Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.

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The Last Game Recap ...
•The Princeton Tigers took down the No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, 58-55, at the Alico Arena on Wednesday night.

•It was the program's first victory over a top-25 team since defeating No. 18 Rutgers on Jan. 5, 1978. The Tigers had lost 25 straight contests vs. ranked foes before the win.

•Abby Meyers scored a team-high 18 points while Grace Stone set a new career mark with 17 points on 5-of-10 shooting. Julia Cunningham also had 10 points in the victory.

•No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast came into the game with the No. 13 ranked scoring offense (84.0) in the country and had registered at least 70 points in every game this season.

•The Eagles finished with 55 points and their lowest field goal total of the year (20). Princeton held Florida Gulf Coast to 36.4 percent shooting, its worst performance of the season. Kierstan Bell led the nation in scoring at 26.6 points per game coming into the night and was held to 19 points on an inefficient 21 shot attempts including 0-9 from beyond the arc.

About The Tigers ...
•Meyers leads the Tigers in scoring at 17.7 points per game. She's has made almost half her shots while knocking down 39 percent from beyond the arc. The senior captain has scored at least 10 points in every game and has three 20-point performances.

•Cunningham is second on the squad in scoring at 14.6 points per contest. She has scored double-digits in six of seven games this year including a personal-best 26 at Delaware. She is shooting 37.5 percent from deep.

•Stone has snagged a 47.3 shooting percentage. She has contributed 10.9 points and 4.3 rebounds this season, both of which would be career highs.

•Ellie Mitchell has grabbed 19 offensive rebounds and 61 overall. She's averaging 8.7 caroms and has secured at least seven rebounds in all but one game.

•Princeton ranks No. 25 in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage (38.3). The Tigers have hit at least three three-pointers in six of seven games this year.

Among the Best ...
•Princeton had the longest winning streak in the NCAA at 25 games prior to the loss to Rhode Island.

•The Tigers have the second longest conference winning streak in the NCAA (26), trailing only UConn (43).

•Head coach Carla Berube's squad is tied for the third longest home winning streak (21) with BYU. Only Stephen F. Austin (29) and Maryland (28) have more.

The Tigers' Calling Card ...
•The Tigers rank No. 6 in the NCAA in scoring defense (48.3), No. 11 in three-point field goal percentage defense (21.1) and No. 26 in field goal percentage defense (33.5).

•Princeton has given up 10 points or less in 12 quarters this season with at least one in every game. The Tigers had a season-best of three frames allowing 10 points or less against Boston University. The team's season low for points allowed in a stanza is two against Rhode Island.

Her Hoops Stats Information ...
•Princeton ranks No. 2 in the NCAA in Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating (71.1), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts defensive rating for the strength of the offenses teams have faced.

•The Tigers sit No. 8 in Her Hoops Stats Rating (34.3), a rating of teams that controls for pace, adjusts for opponent quality, and incorporates margin of victory in addition to wins and losses.

•The Tigers are No. 11 in opponents' points allowed per 100 possessions at 70.3 with a scoring margin of 26.1 per 100 possession which is 26th.

•Berube's unit is also No. 14 in Simple RPI (63.3) which treats all games equally (25% Team Win %, 50% Average Opponent Win %, 50% Average Opponent's Average Opponent Win %). It is different from the NCAA RPI because the NCAA RPI values home wins as 0.6 wins, home losses as 1.4 losses, away wins as 1.4 wins, and away losses as 0.6 losses.

•The Tigers have held their opponents to an effective field goal percentage of 37.3, good for 18th and allowed just .62 points per play (14th) and .81 points per scoring attempt (18th).

2 and 25
•Princeton's previous top-25 win was vs. No. 18 Rutgers on Jan. 5, 1978 (70-57). Princeton head coach Carla Berube was two years old. It was also the program's first game vs. a top-25 program.

•The Tigers did not face another top-25 opponent for 24 years until battling No. 7 Stanford on Nov. 29, 2002. Princeton went on to face 24 more top-25 squads and went 0-25.

•Some top teams that the Tigers have faced are No. 1Tennessee (Dec. 20, 2005), No. 2 Rutgers (Nov. 18, 2008) and No. 4 Stanford (Dec. 18, 2011). Princeton's last ranked opponent before Florida Gulf Coast was No. 17 Kentucky in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament.

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