Women's Basketball Heads To Yale Friday

Princeton, N.J. - The Princeton Tigers head ton the road this weekend to take on the Yale Bulldogs on Friday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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Stats as of Jan. 26, 2022
The Last Game Recap ...
•The Princeton Tigers easily took care of the Dartmouth Big Green, 78-35, at Jadwin Gym on Saturday afternoon.

•Abby Meyers just missed a double-double with 23 points and nine rebounds, adding five steals and four assists. Kaitlyn Chen (10) and Julia Cunningham (10) also scored in double-figures in the win.

•The Tigers scored the first 16 points of the game and led 25-3 after 10 minutes. Princeton continued to expand its lead, holding a 45-11 advantage at halftime. The Tigers outscored the Big Green, 33-24, in the second half en route to victory.

About The Tigers ...
•Meyers leads the Tigers in scoring at 18.0 points per game. She's has made 44.7 percent of her shots while knocking down 39.6 percent from beyond the arc. The
senior captain has scored at least 10 points in every game and has seven 20-point performances.

•Meyers is one of the most prolific scorers in Division I. Her 114 field goals are 48th in the NCAA while her 40 treys are 55th. Her 306 points are 51st. Meyers leads the Ivy League in scoring, field goals, free throw percentage and is fourth and three-pointers.

•She was one of 15 players named to the 2022 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Midseason Watch List presented by Her Hoops Stats.

•Cunningham has registered 14 double-figure outings this season and is averaging 13.8 points per game which would be her personal-best.

•Grace Stone has contributed 9.1 points and 3.5 rebounds per game which would be career highs.

•Kaitlyn Chen has scored in double figures in five of her eight starts including a season-best 15 points vs. Harvard.

•Mitchell has grabbed 67 offensive rebounds and 170 overall. Her 67 offensive caroms are 15th in the NCAA and 170 total rebounds are 20th.

•She's averaging 10.0 rebounds per game which would be the seventh best in a single-season in program history and is 38th in the NCAA. Mitchell has secured at least seven boards in all but one game.

•Princeton has five players with at least 20 assists. Chen leads the team with 52 helpers followed by Stone (35), Cunningham (34), Maggie Connolly (32), Meyers (28), Mitchell (22).

Among the Best ...
•The Tigers have the second longest conference winning streak in the NCAA (31), trailing only UConn (49).

•Princeton is No. 33 in the NCAA NET Rankings. Net Rankings is the new formula that the NCAA committee uses in its process to determine the NCAA Tournament teams.

•The Tigers are 38th in the nation in rebound margin at +7.1. Princeton has recorded at least 30 rebounds in all but one contest and snagged at least 10 offensive caroms in 14 games.

•Princeton is 39th in scoring margin at +13.9. 11 of the team's 13 wins are by at least 15 points.

•Head coach Carla Berube's unit is 36th in turnover margin at +4.36.

•Berube's squad is 58th in the country in free throw percentage at 74.8 percent.

The Tigers' Calling Card ...
•The Tigers rank No. 13 in the NCAA in scoring defense (52.9), 22nd in field goal percentage defense (35.2) and 52nd in three-point field goal percentage defense (27.2).

•Princeton has given up 10 points or less in 25 quarters this season with at least one in nine games. The Tigers had a season-best of three frames allowing 10 points or less against Boston University, Brown and Dartmouth. The team's season low for points allowed in a stanza is two against Rhode Island.

Her Hoops Stats Information ...
•Princeton ranks No. 8 in the NCAA in Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating (74.8), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts defensive rating for the strength of the offenses teams have faced.

•The Tigers sit No. 21 in Her Hoops Stats Rating (27.5), a rating of teams that controls for pace, adjusts for opponent quality, and incorporates margin of victory in addition to wins and losses.

•Berube's squad is No. 45 in Her Hoops Stats Offensive Rating (102.3), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts offensive rating for the strength of the defenses teams have faced.

•The Tigers are No. 16 in opponents' points allowed per 100 possessions at 75.8 and No. 15 in opponents' points per play (0.67).

•Berube's unit is also No. 38 in Simple RPI (60.3) 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.

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•Princeton's 58-55 victory over then No. 22 Florida Gulf last month was the program's first top-25 victory in 43 years.

•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 team'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. 1 Tennessee (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.

•Princeton has hosted eight ranked opponents, going 1-7. Its only win was vs. No. 18 Rutgers on Jan. 5, 1978.
vs. No. 18 Rutgers – Jan. 5, 1978
vs. No. 6/7 Rutgers – Dec. 11, 2005
vs. No. 11/12 California – Dec. 8, 2007
vs. No. 6 vs. Rutgers – Dec. 12, 2007
vs. No. 24 Delaware – Dec. 2, 2011
vs. No. 21/23 DePaul – Dec. 13, 2011
vs. No. 24 Villanova - Nov. 29, 2017
vs. No. 12 Texas - Dec. 22, 2021

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