On The Road Again: No. 25 Princeton Women's Basketball At Rhode Island Sunday

PRINCETON - The No. 25 Princeton Women's Basketball Team heads on the road to take on the Rhode Island Rams on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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DAWG ISLAND
•Kaitlyn Chen leads the Tigers at 17.6 points per contest which is 70th in all the NCAA. She is 79th in total points (123), 74th in field goals (45) and 86th in field goal attempts (98).

•She has recorded double-digits in 20 straight games and has three 20+ point performances this season.

•Madison St. Rose is second on the squad in scoring at 16.1 points per game. She is 69th in the country in field goal attempts (101) and 87th in free throw percentage (85.7).

•The sophomore has three 20+ point outings this season including 24 in the victory over No. 20 Oklahoma. She has scored double digits in five of the team's seven games this season.

•St. Rose has almost doubled her point average from the year prior going from 8.8 to 16.1.

BOARD ISLAND
•Ellie Mitchell continues to be one of the best rebounders in the country as she is fourth in rebounds per contest (12.1), sixth in total rebounds (85), 11th in offensive rebounds per game (4.6) and 18th in defensive caroms (7.6).

•Mitchell has 43 games with at least 10 rebounds or more. She recorded six as a freshman, 16 as a sophomore, 17 as a junior and four this season. She corralled 34 rebounds combined in two contests in Florida vs. No. 20 Oklahoma and No. 19 Indiana.

•According to HerHoopsStats.com, Mitchell is only the sixth Div. I player since 2009-10 to put up 18 rebounds, seven assists and four steals in a game (vs. Oklahoma) and the first to do it against a Power Six team.

•She has the two highest rebounding totals (338 last season and 311 in 2021-22) ever by a Tiger. She is fourth all-time in rebounds (895) and is 38 boards shy of Ellen DeVoe for third (942).

•Mitchell posted her 13th career double-double with 11 points and 16 rebounds vs. No. 19 Indiana.

NERD ISLAND
•Head coach Carla Berube's unit is No. 10 in Her Hoop Stats' Simple RPI (65.6) 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' opponents average scoring margin per 100 possessions is +15.0, 12th best while their average points per 100 possessions is 101.0, 15th in the nation.

•Princeton sits No. 24 in Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating (78.3), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts defensive rating for the strength of the offenses teams have faced.

•The Tigers are No. 34 in Her Hoops Stats Rating (24.9) a rating of teams that controls for pace, adjusts for opponent quality, and incorporates margin of victory in addition to wins and losses.

•The Orange and Black are No. 50 in Her Hoops Stats' Offensive Rating (103.2), a statistic that controls for pace and adjusts offensive rating for the strength of the offenses teams have faced.

Kaitlyn Chen
Offensive Win Shares - 0.7 - 95th percentile
Assist Rate - 23.5 percent - 89th percentile
Win Shares - 0.7 - 90th percentile
Usage Rate Percentage - 26.3 - 88th percentile
PER - 21.6 - 80th percentile

Ellie Mitchell
Total Rebound % - 20.9 - 35th overall
Defensive Rebounding % - 26.9 - 98th percentile
Offensive Rebounding % - 15.2 - 97th percentile
Defensive Win Shares - 0.3 - 92nd percentile
Total Win Shares - 0.6 - 86th percentile
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1.54 - 84th percentile
Block % - 3.3 - 84th percentile

Madison St. Rose
Offensive Win Shares - 0.6 - 93rd percentile
Win Shares - 0.7 - 90th percentile
Usage Rate - 26.5 percent - 88th percentile
Steal Percentage - 3.1 - 86th percentile
PER - 22.9 - 83rd percentile
Offensive Rating - 106.2 - 75th percentile

Skye Belker
Offensive Win Shares - 0.4 - 87th percentile
Win Shares - 0.5 - 80th percentile
Points Per Play - 0.92 - 76th percentile
Offensive Rating - 105.9 - 75th percentile

BIG SHOT ISLAND
•Princeton finishes each shootaround on the day of a game with a half-court shot. Maggie Connolly led the team with eight half court makes last year. Margo Mattes (Duquesne, Seton Hall), Kaitlyn Chen (Middle Tenn.) Ellie Mitchell (UCLA) and Skye Belker (San Diego, Oklahoma) have done it this season.

BREAKFAST ISLAND
Katie Thiers ranks each road trip's breakfast last year, taking over Maggie Connolly. Here are her rankings for this season ...
Middle Tennessee St. - 5.5 - Meats, which included bacon and sausage, were pretty good; Biscuits were great, gravy was mid.; Rest of the breakfast fell pretty flat.

UCLA - 7.0 - Potatoes are carrying the whole meal, perfectly crispy, Pancakes are thin and yummy, Lack of fruit bringing the overall rating down.

San Diego - 8.3 - Chobani yogurts were a plus, Fresh berries were a wonderful surprise, Eggs were perfect! Bacon was a perfect mix of crunchy and chewy Potatoes brought down the overall rating just a bit.

Fort Myers - 9.4 - The best ranking over the past two years - Fruit is fresh and fantastic, Wide variety of bread. products, Smoothies at breakfast were good, Sausage is A+, Apple juice is crisp.

WRITER ISLAND
•Since Athletic Communications contact Warren Croxton had his first child, Teresa, in March of 2022, the Tigers are 30-9 (.769 winning percentage) with two NCAA Tournament victories. The program produced only a .571 winning percentage and only one NCAA victory prior to the birth of Teresa.

•Princeton has a .714 winning percentage since his second child, Michael, was born (Oct. 13, 2023).

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