No. 24 Women's Basketball Set For Ivy Madness

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The time is here. It's Ivy Madness time.

Princeton takes on Harvard in the first Ivy League semifinal on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Columbia and Yale take part in the second semifinal at 7:30 p.m.

The Tigers cleaned up with Ivy League awards, taking home Player, Defensive, Coach and three All-Ivy selections. Recap
Abby Meyers was also named a finalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award - Recap

About The Tigers ...
•Meyers leads the Tigers in scoring at 17.7 points per game. She's has made 45.9 percent of her shots while knocking down 40.9 percent from beyond the arc. The senior captain has scored at least 10 points in every game and has 10 20-point performances. Her 460 points are the eighth-most ever.

•Meyers has at least 10 points in 27 straight games dating back to the 2019-20 season. That's the best stretch since Bella Alarie registered at least 10 points in 26 consecutive contests between the 2017-18 and 2019-20 campaigns.

•Meyers is one of the most prolific scorers in Division I. Her 17.7 points per game are 67th. Her 6.6 field goals per contest are 56th and her 2.3 three-pointers per game are 70th.

•Meyers leads the Ivy League in field goals, three-point field goal percentage, is second in free throw percentage and scoring, is third in three-pointers and fourth in field goal percentage.

•Cunningham has registered 22 double-figure outings this season and is averaging 13.5 points per game which would be her personal-best.

•Stone has contributed 9.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game which would be career highs.

•Kaitlyn Chen has scored in double figures in nine starts including a season-best 27 at Columbia.

•Chen has earned Ivy weekly honors three straight weeks after securing Rookie of the Week honors on Monday. Chen is averaging 16.0 points per game in her last four contests.

•Ellie Mitchell has grabbed 102 offensive rebounds and 262 overall, which is tied for the seventh in a single-season in Princeton history. Her 102 offensive caroms are 25th in the NCAA and 262 total rebounds are 44th.

•She's averaging 10.1 rebounds per game which is 37th in the NCAA. Mitchell has secured at least seven boards in all but two games.

•Princeton has five players with at least 40 assists. Chen leads the team with 88 helpers followed by Stone (68), Maggie Connolly (48), Cunningham (48), Meyers (45), Mitchell (40).

Among the Best ...
•The Tigers have the longest conference winning streak in the country, both men or women, at 40. That's also the longest such streak in Ivy history.

•Princeton is 8th in scoring margin at +18.3. 20 of the team's 22 wins are by at least 15 points.

•Head coach Carla Berube's unit is 11th in turnover margin at +5.96.

•Princeton is No. 21 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 22nd in the nation in rebounding margin at +7.5. Princeton has recorded at least 30 rebounds in all but one contest and snagged at least 10 offensive caroms in ever contest except for two. The Tigers are 53rd in rebounds per game at 39.96.

•The Tigers are 23rd in fewest turnovers at 355.

•The Tigers have had the 33rd toughest schedule according to NCAA Stats. Princeton's opponents' cumulative winning record is .599.

•The top team in the Ivy League is 32nd in three-point field goal percentage at 35.3 percent.

The Tigers' Calling Card ...
•The Tigers rank No. 3 in the NCAA in scoring defense (50.0), 7th in field goal percentage defense (34.5), 13th in three-point field goal percentage defense (25.8), 26th in turnovers forced (19.62) and 29th in steals per game (10.3).

•Princeton has given up 10 points or less in 38 quarters this season with at least one in 22 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.

Ivy League Tournament Information ...
•Princeton will take on Harvard in the first semifinal on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Yale and Columbia take part in the other semifinal that day 7:30 p.m. The championship is Saturday at 5 p.m.

•The Tigers have a rich history in the Ivy League Tournament. They have not missed one and their worst finish is second. Princeton lost in the championship game to Penn in 2017 and have won it in 2018, 2019 and was the overwhelming favorite in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.

•Princeton has had nine players selected to the Ivy All-Tournament Team highlighted by four selections in 2019 in Bella Alarie, Carlie Littlefield, Gabrielle Rush and Julia Cunningham. Alarie won the Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament in 2018 and 2019.

•Princeton is 58-16 all-time vs. Columbia. The Tigers have won 26 straight games vs. the Lions. The Tigers are also 64-32 against Yale, having won 24 of the last 26. Princeton is 48-41 in program history against Harvard, having won 15 of its last 16 against the Crimson.

Her Hoops Stats Information ...
•Princeton ranks No. 3 in the NCAA in Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating (74.7), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts defensive rating for the strength of the offenses teams have faced.

•The Tigers sit No. 11 in Her Hoops Stats Rating (28.6), 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. 41 in Her Hoops Stats Offensive Rating (103.3), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts offensive rating for the strength of the defenses teams have faced.

•The Tigers are No. 1 in opponents' points allowed per 100 possessions at 72.6, No. 2 in opponents' points per play (0.64), No. 4 in opponent's effective field goal percentage (38.9) and fifth in scoring margin per 100 possessions (+26.8).

•Berube's unit is also No. 16 in Simple RPI (61.7) 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.

2 and 26
•Princeton's 58-55 victory over then No. 22 Florida Gulf in December 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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