Women's Basketball Rally At No. 6 UConn Falls Just Short, 69-64

Thursday, December 8

Storrs, Conn.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

5-3,0-0Ivy League

#6 Connecticut

7-1,1-0Big East

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Princeton	14	6	18	26	64
UConn	21	11	20	17	69

Grace Stone had a career high 20 points and five three-pointers in the loss.

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Women's Basketball Rally At No. 6 UConn Falls Just Short, 69-64

December 08, 2022 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

STORRS, Conn. – The Princeton Women's Basketball team's furious rally fell just short to the No. 6 Connecticut Huskies, 69-64, at Gampel Pavilion on Thursday evening.

The Tigers took a 15-point fourth quarter deficit and got it within a possession in the final seconds before dropping the five-point decision.

Grace Stone registered a career-high 20 points and five three-pointers while Kaitlyn Chen dropped in 18 points and matched a personal best with seven assists in the loss.

Trailing 58-43 with 7:14 to go in the game, Princeton ran off 10 straight in a two-minute stretch before UConn countered with two straight buckets forcing a timeout by the road squad. Down by double-digits, the Tigers did not go away, scoring eight consecutive points, getting within two twice. After a free throw by UConn, the Tigers had a chance to tie the contest, but the No. 6 team in the nation forced a turnover and sank two free throws to put the game away.

Julia Cunningham and Chen powered Princeton over the final 10 minutes with a combined 18 points. The Tigers forced 14 turnovers in the session which led to 17 points.

Princeton held a 9-8 lead in the first quarter before UConn retook with a 5-0 spurt. The Huskies took a 21-14 advantage into the second frame. The home unit began the second quarter with 10 of the first 12, jumping ahead, 31-15, with 2:33 remaining in the first half before taking a 32-20 advantage into the break.

UConn led by double-digits the entire third stanza before Princeton's rally in the fourth.

Stone and Cunningham each finished the game with a +2 rating. The Tigers had 13 steals and forced a UConn season-high 27 turnovers.

Princeton falls to 5-3 on the season while UConn improves to 7-1 overall. The Tigers welcome Delaware to Jadwin Gym on Sunday night at 6 p.m.