Women's Basketball Welcomes Columbia and Cornell To Jadwin This Weekend

PRINCETON – It's a normal Ivy League doubleheader weekend for the Women's Basketball Team as it welcomes Columbia (Jan. 6, 7 p.m.) and Cornell (Jan. 7, 5 p.m.) to Jadwin Gym.

The game vs. Columbia is nationally televised and can be seen on ESPNU.

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How Did We Get Here?
•Princeton is 8-4 this season after dropping a 67-59 decision to the Harvard Crimson last Saturday.

•Princeton got as close as three or four points four times in the first five minutes of the quarter, but Harvard answered with a bucket each time. The Crimson made seven free throws over the final minute to take home the victory.

•Kaitlyn Chen recorded her second straight 20-point contest with 21 points, adding four assists while Ellie Mitchell just missed a double-double with eight points and 14 rebounds.

•It was the first Ivy League loss for Princeton in 42 games. It was the longest conference streak in the country, men or women, and was the longest such streak in Ivy history. The Tigers' last Ivy loss before Harvard was to Yale on Feb. 8, 2019.

2022-23 Stats And Things ...
Stats through Jan. 4
•Ellie Mitchell is third in the country in rebounds per game (12.3), seventh in offensive rebounds (4.4), seventh in total rebounds (148) and 10th in in defensive rebounds per contest (7.9).

•She has registered at least nine rebounds in every game this season except for No. 16 Texas, which was seven. She has eight 10+ rebound performances.

•Against Seton Hall, she became only the third person since 2009-10 to have at least 23 rebounds and six steals in a game (Javonna Layfield (Dayton), 12/31/17), Kylie Kuhns (Sacramento St., 12/1/10).

•Mitchell became the first player in the NCAA to record at least 12 rebounds and eight steals in a game this season at Maine.

•She is also only the 10th player since 2009-10 to have at least seven points, 12 rebounds, three assists and eight steals in a contest and the first since February of 2018.

•She has snagged at least 10 rebounds in 17 of her last 22 games dating back to last season.

•The junior is 29th in country in steals per game (2.75) and 45th in total steals (33).

•Chen leads the team in scoring at 15.8 points per game and field goal percentage (44.6). She has scored in double figures in every game except for one.

•Chen sits 43rd in minutes per game (35.31) and 66th in helpers per contest (4.5).

•Cunningham is currently 84 points shy of 1,000 for her career. At her 12.5 points/game pace, she'd reach that milestone on Jan. 28 vs. Yale.

•Stone has made at least one three in every game except for one and is shooting 40.7 percent from deep to pace the Tigers. That mark is 67th in the country.

•The senior is averaging a career-high 11.5 points per game. The senior has gone from 4.2 points as a freshman, 5.8 points as a sophomore and 9.3 points as a junior to her current mark.

•Stone has appeared in 100 games in her career while Cunningham has seen time in 98 and Maggie Connolly has seen action in 97.

•If Princeton plays in the same number of games as last year, barring injury, Stone would finish with 118 games, good for third all-time while Cunningham would finish with 116, fourth most and Connolly would end with 115 games, tied for fifth.

•Chet Nweke is averaging 4.1 points per game which is 1.7 points higher than last season.

•After shooting 1-of-13 from deep vs. Temple, Princeton has made at least three treys in each game since except for the Rhode Island contest.

•The Tigers have at least 10 assists in each game this season except for one.

•After having nine steals in the first two games combined, the Tigers have produced 96 swipes in the last 10.

•Princeton's Net Rating is 56, the second highest in the Ivy League behind Columbia at No. 34.

•The Tigers have the 36th toughest schedule in the nation, tops in the Ivy League.

•The Tigers are 47th in the NCAA in fewest turnovers per game (13.8) and 59th in turnover margin (+3.83).

•Princeton's scoring defense is 92nd in the country (59.6).

•Princeton's 15-point comeback at Rutgers is the largest of the Carla Berube era, topping the 12-point rally at Yale in February of 2020.

•Grace Stone's buzzer beater vs. Rhode Island was the team's first buzzer beater since Eileen Powers' putback with one-second remaining in overtime lifted the Tigers past Southwest Texas State, 82-81, at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas on Nov. 23, 2002.

2022-23 Her Hoops Information ...
Stats Through Jan. 4.
•Princeton is ranked No. 21 in the NCAA in Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating (77.7), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts defensive rating for the strength of the offenses teams have faced.

•Berube's unit is also No. 30 in Simple RPI (61.0) 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.

•The Tigers are No. 37 in Her Hoops Stats Rating (23.4), a rating of teams that controls for pace, adjusts for opponent quality, and incorporates margin of victory in addition to wins and losses.

•Princeton's opponent's average points per 100 possessions (97.4) and opponent's average margin per 100 possessions (9.5) is 13th in the country.

•The Tigers have the 60th best steal rate in the nation (11.3).

Kaitlyn Chen
Assist Rate - 31.8 percent - 98th percentile
Offensive Win Shares - 1.7 - 92nd percentile
Assist/TOV - 1.64 - 90th percentile
Win Shares - 2.2 - 89th percentile
Personal Foul Percentage - 2.6% - 86th percentile
Usage Rate - 25.8 - 88th percentile

Ellie Mitchell
Defensive Rebound Percentage - 28.3% - 99th percentile
Total Rebounding Percentage - 20.5% - 99th percentile
Offensive Rebound Percentage - 13.8% - 99th percentile
Defensive Win Shares - 1.4 - 98th percentile
Steal Rate - 4.2 percent - 97th percentile
Defensive Rating - 78.2 - 93rd percentile
Win Shares - 1.5 - 85th percentile

Julia Cunningham
Steal Percentage - 3.2 percent - 90th percentile
Defensive Win Shares - 0.8 - 86th percentile

Alumnae Update ...
•McKenna Haire '21 is currently doing a graduate season at the University of Hawaii. She played in 15 games, making five starts for the Rainbow Warriors last year and this season, Haire has seen time in five contests.

Princeton Pros ...
•Carlie Littlefield '21 is playing for the Liege Panthers in Belgium. In 10 games, Littlefield is averaging 19.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists. After scoring seven points in a loss on Nov. 12, Littlefield has averaged 23.2 points in four games since.

Shoot Around Fun ...
•Princeton finishes each shootaround on the day of a game with a half-court shot. Ellie Mitchell (Temple), Maggie
Connolly (Villanova, Fordham, Rutgers, Rhode Island), Kaitlyn Chen (Seton Hall), Paige Morton (Maine, Harvard), Amelia Osgood (Towson and Delaware) and Lexi Weger (UConn) have each made a half-court shot this season.

Breakfast is King ...
For every road trip, the team gets breakfast at the hotel. The team led by captain Maggie Connolly and Katie Thiers have ranked each trip's breakfast. Harvard, 9.0 (omelette bar, lots of variety, Texas - 8.5 (Great variety, mini waffles a hit), UConn - 8.5 (less variety by high quality), Towson - 6.5 (basic), Maine - 3.5 (there was food).

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