Mitchell Grabs 23 Rebounds As Women's Basketball Drops Seton Hall, 62-58

Monday, November 14

South Orange, N.J.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

2-1,0-0Ivy League

Seton Hall

2-1,0-0Big East

Princeton

Seton Hall

Ellie Mitchell

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Mitchell Grabs 23 Rebounds As Women's Basketball Drops Seton Hall, 62-58

November 14, 2022 | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE – Ellie Mitchell set a new career high with 23 rebounds as the Princeton Tigers took down the Seton Hall Pirates, 62-58, at Walsh Gymnasium on Monday night.

Mitchell's 23 rebounds are only the fifth time a Princeton player has grabbed 20 in a game. The others include Margaret Meier who snagged 30 and 24 twice while Ellen Devoe contributed 23 in 1985.

The junior has corralled at least 10 caroms in 12 of her 13 games.

She had 15 in the second half alone.

After Mitchell knocked down the first bucket of the game, Seton Hall registered eight straight points.

The Tigers rebounded (literally and figuratively), hitting treys on three straight possessions to retake the lead, 11-8. After a three-point play by Seton Hall's Lauren Park-Lane tied the game, the two squads exchanged leads before the home team led 18-17 after 10 minutes.

The Pirates opened the second quarter with a trey, but Princeton rallied and eventually tied the game after a basket from Julia Cunningham. The Tigers jumped in front on a bucket from Chet Nweke and eventually held a 29-28 advantage into halftime.

Princeton began the second half with a 9-3 run, improving its advantage to seven, 38-31. Seton Hall got within a possession on several trips down the floor, but still trailed 44-40 with 10 minutes to go.

The Tigers extended their advantage to eight with 6:26 remaining on the clock, but the home squad countered getting the game back to a three-point affair with 3:02 left.

This clutch mid-range from Kaitlyn Chen kept Seton Hall at bay.

Princeton 57, Seton Hall 52 | 1:07 4th

Things you love to see ... @kaitilyn2 in the mid-range.

Straight money!

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— Princeton WBB (@PrincetonWBB) November 15, 2022

A three-pointer from Park-Lane closed the margin to two with 10 seconds to go, but four free throws from Cunningham and Maggie Connolly sealed the win for Princeton.

Chen led the Tigers with 16 points and six helpers. Cunningham added 12 points while Mitchell was two points shy of a double-double while tying her career high with six swipes.

Princeton has a quick turnaround with Fordham to coming to Jadwin on Wednesday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.