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Women's Basketball No. 20 In NCAA NET Rankings
December 06, 2021 | Women's Basketball
The Princeton Women's Basketball team hits the first full week of December with a 6-2 record following a 1-1 week that saw it take down No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast and fall to Fordham.
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Abby Meyers' game-winning basket with 17 seconds to go proved to be the difference as Princeton took down its first nationally ranked opponent in 43 years with a 58-55 decision over the No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles on Wednesday. Â
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Box Score | Recap
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Meyers tied her personal best with 22 points, knocking down a career-high six treys, but it wasn't enough as Princeton fell to Fordham, 76-67, on Sunday afternoon. Trailing by one, 41-40, the Rams used that 15-point sprint to end the third quarter, taking a 55-41 advantage into the final 10 minutes. Fordham led by as many as 18 in the fourth stanza before earning the nine-point victory.
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Box Score | Recap
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Here are some notes to come out of the last week on the road.
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7: Princeton sits No. 7 in the NCAA in the Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating (73.5), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts defensive rating for the strength of the offenses teams have faced.
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19: A stable of a Carla Berube team, Princeton is now No. 19 in the country in scoring defense (51.8). The Tigers have given up 10 points or less in 12 quarters this season with at least one in every game except for one. 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.
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20: The women's basketball team is No. 20 in the first NCAA NET Rankings that came out today. The Tigers are the second highest non-Power-Five school, trailing only Connecticut (No. 8). Princeton is 76 slots ahead of the second-best Ivy school in Columbia.
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Net Rankings is the new formula that the NCAA committee uses in its process to determine the NCAA Tournament teams. For more information on NET Rankings, read this article.
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25.8: Meyers has been a bucket and a problem for Princeton opponents this season. The senior captain has scored double-digits in every game with four contests with 20 or more points. For the season, Meyers is averaging 18.3 points per contest while also knocking over 41.5 percent from the beyond the arc on over five attempts.
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Meyers' stats per 40 minutes have been outstanding, securing 25.8 points which is 32nd in the country while her 9.9 field goals per 40 is 42nd.
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36.9: The Tigers are among the best in Division I in three-point shooting percentage (33rd) at 36.9. Princeton has hit at least three treys in every game except for one.
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Abby Meyers' game-winning basket with 17 seconds to go proved to be the difference as Princeton took down its first nationally ranked opponent in 43 years with a 58-55 decision over the No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles on Wednesday. Â
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Box Score | Recap
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Meyers tied her personal best with 22 points, knocking down a career-high six treys, but it wasn't enough as Princeton fell to Fordham, 76-67, on Sunday afternoon. Trailing by one, 41-40, the Rams used that 15-point sprint to end the third quarter, taking a 55-41 advantage into the final 10 minutes. Fordham led by as many as 18 in the fourth stanza before earning the nine-point victory.
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Box Score | Recap
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Here are some notes to come out of the last week on the road.
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7: Princeton sits No. 7 in the NCAA in the Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating (73.5), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts defensive rating for the strength of the offenses teams have faced.
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19: A stable of a Carla Berube team, Princeton is now No. 19 in the country in scoring defense (51.8). The Tigers have given up 10 points or less in 12 quarters this season with at least one in every game except for one. 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.
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20: The women's basketball team is No. 20 in the first NCAA NET Rankings that came out today. The Tigers are the second highest non-Power-Five school, trailing only Connecticut (No. 8). Princeton is 76 slots ahead of the second-best Ivy school in Columbia.
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Net Rankings is the new formula that the NCAA committee uses in its process to determine the NCAA Tournament teams. For more information on NET Rankings, read this article.
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25.8: Meyers has been a bucket and a problem for Princeton opponents this season. The senior captain has scored double-digits in every game with four contests with 20 or more points. For the season, Meyers is averaging 18.3 points per contest while also knocking over 41.5 percent from the beyond the arc on over five attempts.
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Meyers' stats per 40 minutes have been outstanding, securing 25.8 points which is 32nd in the country while her 9.9 field goals per 40 is 42nd.
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36.9: The Tigers are among the best in Division I in three-point shooting percentage (33rd) at 36.9. Princeton has hit at least three treys in every game except for one.
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