Women's Basketball At Columbia Postponed; Cornell Game Still On As Scheduled

Due to COVID-19 concerns and safety protocols within the Columbia women's basketball program, tomorrow's game has been postponed. The game will be rescheduled at later date. The game at Cornell on Saturday (4 p.m.) is still scheduled to be played.

The Ivy League continues to keep the safety of its student-athletes, staff and greater campus communities at the forefront of its decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Stats as of Jan. 4, 2022
The Last Game Recap ...
•The Princeton Tigers easily took care of the Harvard Crimson, 68-50, in the Ivy League opener at Jadwin Gym on Sunday

•Harvard came into the contest ranked No. 14 in the NCAA in three-point makes at 9.3 per contest.

•The Crimson's Lola Mullaney hit the road squad's first trey 43 seconds in. Harvard would not make another one until three minutes left in the game. The road unit finished 3-of-18 from beyond the arc.

•The Tigers put the game away in the third stanza, allowing just one basket, jumping out to a 25-point advantage. Princeton outscored Harvard, 23-9, in that stretch, forcing the Crimson to go 1-of-15 from the floor.

•Abby Meyers collected her second career double-double with 19 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. Kaitlyn Chen and Julia Cunningham added 15 points each in the victory for Princeton.
About The Tigers ...

•Meyers leads the Tigers in scoring at 17.8 points per game. She's has made 43.7 percent of her shots while knocking down 36.1 percent from beyond the arc. The senior captain has scored at least 10 points in every game and has five 20-point performances. Her 80 field goals are 40th among all Division I players while her 26 threes are 85th. She was named Ivy League Player of the Week on Monday.

•Cunningham has registered seven double-figure outings in the last eight games and is averaging 14.5 points per game which would be her personal-best.

•Grace Stone has snagged a .430 shooting percentage. She has contributed 9.9 points and 4.4 rebounds this season, both of which would be career highs.

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

•Ellie Mitchell has grabbed 48 offensive rebounds and 122 overall. Her 48 offensive caroms are 17th in the NCAA and 122 total rebounds are 24th.

•She's averaging 10.2 rebounds per game which would be the seventh best in a single-season in program history and is 29th in the NCAA. Mitchell has secured at least seven boards in all but one game.

•Princeton has five players with at least 15 assists. Kaitlyn Chen leads the team with 30 helpers followed by Cunningham (26), Stone (24), Maggie Connolly (24), Mitchell (19) and Meyers (15).

Among the Best ...
•The Tigers have the second longest conference winning streak in the NCAA (27), trailing only UConn (44).

•Princeton is No. 42 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.

•Coach Carla Berube's unit is 32nd in the country in free throw percentage at 76.6 percent. The Tigers are shooting 83.7 from the charity stripe in the last seven games.

•The Tigers are 58th in the nation in rebound margin at +6.4. Princeton has recorded at least 30 rebounds in all but one contest and snagged at least 10 offensive caroms in five straight games.

The Tigers' Calling Card ...
•The Tigers rank No. 56 in the NCAA in scoring defense (56.8) and No. 42 in three-point field goal percentage defense (25.6).

•Princeton has given up 10 points or less in 15 quarters this season with at least one in eight games. 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. 9 in the NCAA in Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating (75.3), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts defensive rating for the strength of the offenses teams have faced.

•The Tigers sit No. 20 in Her Hoops Stats Rating (26.8), 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. 44 in opponents' points allowed per 100 possessions at 81.0.

•Berube's unit is also No. 31 in Simple RPI (60.4) 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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