Women's Basketball Ships Up To Harvard/Dartmouth This Weekend

PRINCETON - The Princeton Women's Basketball Team heads back on the road to take on the Harvard Crimson and Dartmouth Big Green this weekend.

The Tigers take on Harvard at 8 p.m. on Friday and the Big Green on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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Dartmouth – Watch
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Game Notes

JOHNNY, I HARDLY KNEW YA - Last Game Info.

•The Princeton Women's Basketball Team dropped a heartbreaker, 64-60, to the Columbia Lions at Jadwin Gym on Feb. 22.

•In front by two, Columbia's Kitty Henderson hit a three-pointer with 18 seconds to go to put the game away. After two free throws by Ashley Chea, the Lions' Riley Weiss hit four from the charity stripe to secure the victory.

•The road squad started off hot, recording 10 of the first 12 points, forcing a Princeton timeout. Head coach Carla Berube's squad rallied and trailed by just two, 15-13, after 10 minutes.

•Tied at 17-all, the Lions ripped off 10 of the next 15 to hold a 27-22 lead with 2:44 to go in the first half before settling with a 27-24 halftime lead.

•Once again, even at 33 just under the halfway mark of the third quarter, Princeton finished the frame with an 11-5 push to go up, 44-38.

•Fadima Tall led the Tigers with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, adding three rebounds. Chea registered 16 points, collecting four dimes and four rebounds.

ROSE TATTOO - NCAA Rankings

•The Tigers rank 23rd in field goal percentage (46.6), 29th in scoring defense (56.4), 40th in field goal percentage defense (37.5) and three-point field goal percentage (34.9), 47th in rebound margin (+5.8), 51st at blocks per game (4.1), 64th in assists per game (15.4), 72nd in scoring margin (+10.2), and 75th in assist/turnover ratio (1.03).

•Princeton has a NCAA Net Ranking of 50, third in the Ivy League behind Harvard (35) and Columbia (42).

•Charlie Creme's ESPN's Bracketology has the Tigers as the last team out of the field while Harvard is one of the last four teams in.

•The winner of the Princeton/Harvard game will likely decide the No. 2 seed in the Ivy League Tournament. If Columbia sweeps Brown and Yale, whoever wins their two games this weekend between Princeton and Harvard will be the No. 2 seed.

•Ashley Chea sits second among conference foes in three-point field goal percentage (37.1) and third in threes per game (2.17).

THE DIRTY GLASS - Analytical Info. for 2024-25

•Head coach Carla Berube's unit is currently No. 45 in the Her Hoop Stats' Simple RPI (58.5) 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 Orange and Black have a total rebounding rate (percentage of all rebounding opportunities actually rebounded) of 54.5 percent, 28th overall.

•Princeton has an effective field goal percentage of 52.4 (23rd) and is scoring 1.09 points per scoring attempt (31st).

•Berube's team has a Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating of 84.1, 37th in the nation.

•Princeton has a Her Hoops Stats Rating of 21.4, 47th in the country while its offensive rating is 105.5 (52nd).

Skye Belker
Offensive Win Shares - 1.8 - 92nd percentile
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1.45 - 89th percentile
Offensive Rating - 110.4 - 89th percentile
Win Shares - 2.1 - 87th percentile
Assist Percentage - 19.9 - 85th percentile
Points Per Play - 0.93 - 85th percentile

Ashley Chea
Win Shares - 2.5 - 92nd percentile
Offensive Win Shares - 1.8 - 92nd percentile
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1.49 - 90th percentile
Assist Percentage - 21.7 - 88th percentile
Effective Field Goal Percentage - 53.4 - 86th percentile
Offensive Rating - 107.4 - 85th percentile

Fadima Tall
Win Shares - 2.3 - 90th percentile
Defensive Win Shares - 0.9 - 89th percentile
Offensive Win Shares - 1.4 - 88th percentile
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1.35 - 86th percentile
Defensive Rebounding Percentage - 18.6 - 87th percentile
Total Rebounding Percentage - 13.5 - 85th percentile

Tabitha Amanze
Total Rebounding Percentage - 20.1 - 99th percentile
Defensive Rating - 75.1 - 99th percentile
Defensive Rebounding Percentage - 26.2 - 99th percentile
Usage Rate - 31.1 percent - 98th percentile
PER - 29.6 - 98th percentile
Block Percentage - 7.3 - 98th percentile
Offensive Rebounding Percentage - 13.6 - 97th percentile|
Effective Field Goal Percentage - 55.3 - 91st percentile
Steal Percentage - 3.1 - 91st percentile

Parker Hill
Effective Field Goal Percentage - 65.8 - 99th percentile
Points Per Scoring Attempt - 1.31 - 99th percentile
Block Percentage - 5.5 - 95th percentile
Offensive Rebounding Percentage - 13.1 - 96th percentile
PER - 25.5 - 95th percentile
Offensive Rating - 113.4 - 93rd percentile
Points Per Play - 0.98 - 92nd percentile
Assist Percentage - 22.9 - 91st percentile
Total Rebounding Percentage - 14.4 - 88th percentile
Win Shares - 1.9 - 85th percentile
Offensive Win Shares - 1.3 - 85th percentile

Olivia Hutcherson
Defensive Rating - 83.0 - 90th percentile
Total Rebounding Percentage - 14.1 - 87th percentile
Offensive Rebounding Percentage - 9.5 - 85th percentile
Defensive Rebounding Percentage - 18.2 - 85th percentile

WORKER'S SONG - Records vs. Harvard/Dartmouth

•Princeton leads the all-time series against Harvard, 54-42. Since February of 2014, the Tigers have won 21 of 23 games against the Crimson including Ashley Chea's buzzer beater in January of this year at Jadwin. The Tigers are 47-44 all-time against Dartmouth and have not lost to the Big Green since March of 2017, a stretch of 13 games.

THE SEASON'S UPON US - Ivy League Tourn. Info.

•The Tigers have reached the Ivy League Tournament Championship game each year it has been played (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024), winning five times while losing in 2017 to Penn.

•Bella Alarie (twice) and Kaitlyn Chen (three times) have won the last five Tournament Most Outstanding Player awards.

•Princeton has had 15 All-Tournament selections in Alarie (three), Abby Meyers (twice) Leslie Robinson (twice), Chen (three), Gabrielle Rush, Carlie Littlefield, Julia Cunningham, Ellie Mitchell and Madison St. Rose.

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