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Wednesday, March 19
Notre Dame, Ind.
7:00 PM
Princeton University
vs
Iowa State
Princeton Women's Basketball at NCAA Shootaround
Princeton Women's Basketball Set For NCAA Tournament
March 18, 2025 | Women's Basketball
SOUTH BEND – The Princeton Women's Basketball Team begins its NCAA journey in a First Four matchup with the Iowa State Cyclones on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
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WALTER WHITE - NCAA Tournament Info.
•Princeton, as one of the last four teams in, will battle Iowa State on March 19th at 7 p.m. The winner will take on No. 6 seeded Michigan in South Bend, Indiana. The other contest in the pod will feature host No. 3 seed Notre Dame vs. No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin.
•This is the Tigers' sixth straight NCAA Tournament. Princeton has made a postseason tournament every year since 2009-10.
•Iowa State went 22-11 and 12-6 in the Big 12 before falling to Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament Quarterfinals. The Cyclones are led by Audi Crooks who averages 23.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
•Head coach Carla Berube's squad went 21-7 and collected a Net Ranking of 47, adding four combined quad 1/2 victories.
•Last season, the Tigers fell to No. 8 seeded West Virginia, 63-53, in the first round.
•The Tigers reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year in 2023 after defeating NC State 64-63 on a game-winning three by Grace Stone with 4.7 seconds to go.
•During the 2021-22 season, Berube's unit defeated No. 6 seeded Kentucky, the SEC Champion, 69-62, in the first round, the program's second-ever NCAA victory.Princeton would then take No. 3 Indiana to the limit in the Second Round, falling to the hosts at Assembly Hall, 56-55.
•Before the 2021-22 campaign, the Tigers last appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2019, dropping an 82-77 decision to No. 17 Kentucky.
•The program has been seeded as low as No. 12 and as high as No. 8. The Tigers' No. 8 seed in 2015 is the highest seed ever by an Ivy school in the NCAAs.
•The Tigers' first NCAA Tournament win was an 80-70 decision over No. 9 seeded Green Bay in 2015.
•It was the second Ivy League victory (Harvard in 1998 over Stanford) in the NCAA Tournament. Princeton finished that season at 31-1 overall.
•Despite finishing second in the conference, Princeton became the first Ivy school to earn an NCAA at-large bid in 2016. The Tigers lost a 74-65 contest to No. 6 seed West Virginia.
•Princeton has gone 18-4 in the month of March during the Carla Berube era. Three of the team's four losses have been in the NCAA Tournament.
JESSE PINKMAN - Last Game Info.
•The Princeton Women's Basketball Team dropped a heartbreaker to the Harvard Crimson, 70-67, in the Ivy League Tournament Semifinal.
•A Skye Belker three-pointer with 1:54 to go cut the Tigers' deficit to one, 68-67. After a missed shot from Harvard and turnover by Princeton, the Crimson's Abigail Wright's layup made it 60-57 with 38 seconds to go. The Tigers had two shots to tie the game but couldn't hit, giving Harvard the victory.
•Belker led the Tigers with 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting. Ashley Chea added 15 points while Fadima Tall had 11 points in the loss. Harvard's Harmoni Turner led all scorers with 44 points in the win.
HANK SCHRADER - NCAA/Ivy Rankings
•The Tigers rank 14th in field goal percentage (46.6), 31st in scoring defense (56.8), 46th in rebound margin (+5.5), 55th in three-point percentage (34.5), 68th in assists per game (15.1), 67th in scoring margin (+10.0), 80th in assist/turnover ratio (1.02) and 81st in blocks per game (3.8).
•Princeton has a NCAA Net Ranking of 47, third in the Ivy League behind Harvard (36) and Columbia (42). Charlie Creme's ESPN's Bracketology's correctly had Princeton as one of the four last four teams in, joining Columbia.
•Ashley Chea is third in the Ivy League in three-point percentage (36.1) and three-pointers made (2.0) and sits fifth in assists per game (3.6) and assist/turnover ratio (1.45). Parker Hill is third among Ivy players in blocks per game (0.93) while Fadima Tall is fourth in free-throw percentage (78.7).
GUS FRING - Top Returners
•The top returning starter was Madison St. Rose. St. Rose, who was Second-Team All-Ivy last season, was leading the team in scoring at 17.0 points and rebounding at 7.3 caroms per game before a knee injury ended her season.
•Skye Belker became only the fifth freshmen in program history to start every game last season. She averaged 8.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists while earning three Ivy Rookie of the Week honors.
•Belker is averaging 13.1 points, 2.9 assists and 2.0 rebounds in 2024-25. The sophomore was a consistent scorer producing 19 double-digit performances including 24 points at Utah and a career-high 25 points at Dartmouth, earning second-team All-Ivy honors.
•Another returner that has moved into the starting lineup is Ashley Chea. The sophomore played in every game last year and produced 6.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per contest.
•Chea is averaging 12.5 points, 3.5 assists, 3.2 rebounds for Princeton this year. She has earned two Ivy Player of the Week honors en route to an unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection.
•After seeing action in 15 games last season, Fadima Tall has started 26 games this year and is corralling 10.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals per contest, securing Second Team All-Ivy.
•Parker Hill was a regular in last year's rotation, averaging almost 12 minutes per contest. This season, Hill has started every game, collecting 7.2 points on 62.2 percent shooting, 4.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists, all career highs, which led to earn Honorable Mention All-Ivy.
•Olivia Hutcherson saw action in nine games in her freshman season but averages 19.6 minutes per contest this season and has started almost every game since St. Rose's injury.
•She has snagged 4.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
•Tabitha Amanze appeared in 15 games as a sophomore, averaging 2.7 points, 1.5 rebounds. This season, the junior is putting up 6.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per contest.
SAUL GOODMAN - Berube Information
•In five playing seasons played under Berube, the Tigers have won four Ivy League championships, posting a 65-5 record against Ivy opponents during the regular season.
•Overall, the Tigers are 121-24 (.835) during Berube's tenure as head coach at Princeton with three Ivy League
Tournament Championships and two NCAA Tournament victories. Berube has recorded 4 10+ game winning streaks during her time with Princeton and 13 overall in her career.
MIKE EHRMANTRAUT - Analytical Info.
•Berube's team is currently No. 41st in the Her Hoop Stats' Simple RPI (58.8) 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.
•Princeton has an effective field goal percentage of 52.4 (24th) and is scoring 1.09 points per scoring attempt (28th).
•The Orange and Black have a total rebounding rate (percentage of all rebounding opportunities actually rebounded) of 54.3 percent, 33rd overall.
•Berube's Tigers has a Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating of 85.0, 39th in the nation.
•The Tigers have a block rate of 10.8 percent (38th).
•Princeton has a Her Hoops Stats Rating of 21.0, 48th in the country while its offensive rating is 106.0 (49th).
Skye Belker
Offensive Win Shares - 2.3 - 95th percentile
Offensive Rating - 113.0 - 93rd percentile
Points Per Play - 0.97 - 91st percentile
Win Shares - 2.7 - 90th percentile
Points Per Scoring Attempt - 1.14 - 88th percentile
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1.39 - 87th percentile
Effective Field Goal Percentage - 53.6 - 86th percentile
Ashley Chea
Offensive Win Shares - 1.9 - 91st percentile
Win Shares - 2.6 - 90th percentile
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1.45 - 89th percentile
Assist Percentage - 21.5 - 88th percentile
Fadima Tall
Win Shares - 2.9 - 92nd percentile
Defensive Win Shares - 1.1 - 91st percentile
Offensive Win Shares - 1.8 - 90th percentile
PER - 22.2 - 89th percentile
Defensive Rebounding Percentage - 18.9 - 88th percentile
Free Throw Rate - 24.4 percent - 88th percentile
Total Rebounding Percentage - 13.4 - 85th percentile
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Game Notes
WALTER WHITE - NCAA Tournament Info.
•Princeton, as one of the last four teams in, will battle Iowa State on March 19th at 7 p.m. The winner will take on No. 6 seeded Michigan in South Bend, Indiana. The other contest in the pod will feature host No. 3 seed Notre Dame vs. No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin.
•This is the Tigers' sixth straight NCAA Tournament. Princeton has made a postseason tournament every year since 2009-10.
•Iowa State went 22-11 and 12-6 in the Big 12 before falling to Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament Quarterfinals. The Cyclones are led by Audi Crooks who averages 23.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
•Head coach Carla Berube's squad went 21-7 and collected a Net Ranking of 47, adding four combined quad 1/2 victories.
•Last season, the Tigers fell to No. 8 seeded West Virginia, 63-53, in the first round.
•The Tigers reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year in 2023 after defeating NC State 64-63 on a game-winning three by Grace Stone with 4.7 seconds to go.
•During the 2021-22 season, Berube's unit defeated No. 6 seeded Kentucky, the SEC Champion, 69-62, in the first round, the program's second-ever NCAA victory.Princeton would then take No. 3 Indiana to the limit in the Second Round, falling to the hosts at Assembly Hall, 56-55.
•Before the 2021-22 campaign, the Tigers last appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2019, dropping an 82-77 decision to No. 17 Kentucky.
•The program has been seeded as low as No. 12 and as high as No. 8. The Tigers' No. 8 seed in 2015 is the highest seed ever by an Ivy school in the NCAAs.
•The Tigers' first NCAA Tournament win was an 80-70 decision over No. 9 seeded Green Bay in 2015.
•It was the second Ivy League victory (Harvard in 1998 over Stanford) in the NCAA Tournament. Princeton finished that season at 31-1 overall.
•Despite finishing second in the conference, Princeton became the first Ivy school to earn an NCAA at-large bid in 2016. The Tigers lost a 74-65 contest to No. 6 seed West Virginia.
•Princeton has gone 18-4 in the month of March during the Carla Berube era. Three of the team's four losses have been in the NCAA Tournament.
JESSE PINKMAN - Last Game Info.
•The Princeton Women's Basketball Team dropped a heartbreaker to the Harvard Crimson, 70-67, in the Ivy League Tournament Semifinal.
•A Skye Belker three-pointer with 1:54 to go cut the Tigers' deficit to one, 68-67. After a missed shot from Harvard and turnover by Princeton, the Crimson's Abigail Wright's layup made it 60-57 with 38 seconds to go. The Tigers had two shots to tie the game but couldn't hit, giving Harvard the victory.
•Belker led the Tigers with 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting. Ashley Chea added 15 points while Fadima Tall had 11 points in the loss. Harvard's Harmoni Turner led all scorers with 44 points in the win.
HANK SCHRADER - NCAA/Ivy Rankings
•The Tigers rank 14th in field goal percentage (46.6), 31st in scoring defense (56.8), 46th in rebound margin (+5.5), 55th in three-point percentage (34.5), 68th in assists per game (15.1), 67th in scoring margin (+10.0), 80th in assist/turnover ratio (1.02) and 81st in blocks per game (3.8).
•Princeton has a NCAA Net Ranking of 47, third in the Ivy League behind Harvard (36) and Columbia (42). Charlie Creme's ESPN's Bracketology's correctly had Princeton as one of the four last four teams in, joining Columbia.
•Ashley Chea is third in the Ivy League in three-point percentage (36.1) and three-pointers made (2.0) and sits fifth in assists per game (3.6) and assist/turnover ratio (1.45). Parker Hill is third among Ivy players in blocks per game (0.93) while Fadima Tall is fourth in free-throw percentage (78.7).
GUS FRING - Top Returners
•The top returning starter was Madison St. Rose. St. Rose, who was Second-Team All-Ivy last season, was leading the team in scoring at 17.0 points and rebounding at 7.3 caroms per game before a knee injury ended her season.
•Skye Belker became only the fifth freshmen in program history to start every game last season. She averaged 8.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists while earning three Ivy Rookie of the Week honors.
•Belker is averaging 13.1 points, 2.9 assists and 2.0 rebounds in 2024-25. The sophomore was a consistent scorer producing 19 double-digit performances including 24 points at Utah and a career-high 25 points at Dartmouth, earning second-team All-Ivy honors.
•Another returner that has moved into the starting lineup is Ashley Chea. The sophomore played in every game last year and produced 6.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per contest.
•Chea is averaging 12.5 points, 3.5 assists, 3.2 rebounds for Princeton this year. She has earned two Ivy Player of the Week honors en route to an unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection.
•After seeing action in 15 games last season, Fadima Tall has started 26 games this year and is corralling 10.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals per contest, securing Second Team All-Ivy.
•Parker Hill was a regular in last year's rotation, averaging almost 12 minutes per contest. This season, Hill has started every game, collecting 7.2 points on 62.2 percent shooting, 4.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists, all career highs, which led to earn Honorable Mention All-Ivy.
•Olivia Hutcherson saw action in nine games in her freshman season but averages 19.6 minutes per contest this season and has started almost every game since St. Rose's injury.
•She has snagged 4.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
•Tabitha Amanze appeared in 15 games as a sophomore, averaging 2.7 points, 1.5 rebounds. This season, the junior is putting up 6.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per contest.
SAUL GOODMAN - Berube Information
•In five playing seasons played under Berube, the Tigers have won four Ivy League championships, posting a 65-5 record against Ivy opponents during the regular season.
•Overall, the Tigers are 121-24 (.835) during Berube's tenure as head coach at Princeton with three Ivy League
Tournament Championships and two NCAA Tournament victories. Berube has recorded 4 10+ game winning streaks during her time with Princeton and 13 overall in her career.
MIKE EHRMANTRAUT - Analytical Info.
•Berube's team is currently No. 41st in the Her Hoop Stats' Simple RPI (58.8) 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.
•Princeton has an effective field goal percentage of 52.4 (24th) and is scoring 1.09 points per scoring attempt (28th).
•The Orange and Black have a total rebounding rate (percentage of all rebounding opportunities actually rebounded) of 54.3 percent, 33rd overall.
•Berube's Tigers has a Her Hoops Stats Defensive Rating of 85.0, 39th in the nation.
•The Tigers have a block rate of 10.8 percent (38th).
•Princeton has a Her Hoops Stats Rating of 21.0, 48th in the country while its offensive rating is 106.0 (49th).
Skye Belker
Offensive Win Shares - 2.3 - 95th percentile
Offensive Rating - 113.0 - 93rd percentile
Points Per Play - 0.97 - 91st percentile
Win Shares - 2.7 - 90th percentile
Points Per Scoring Attempt - 1.14 - 88th percentile
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1.39 - 87th percentile
Effective Field Goal Percentage - 53.6 - 86th percentile
Ashley Chea
Offensive Win Shares - 1.9 - 91st percentile
Win Shares - 2.6 - 90th percentile
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 1.45 - 89th percentile
Assist Percentage - 21.5 - 88th percentile
Fadima Tall
Win Shares - 2.9 - 92nd percentile
Defensive Win Shares - 1.1 - 91st percentile
Offensive Win Shares - 1.8 - 90th percentile
PER - 22.2 - 89th percentile
Defensive Rebounding Percentage - 18.9 - 88th percentile
Free Throw Rate - 24.4 percent - 88th percentile
Total Rebounding Percentage - 13.4 - 85th percentile
Tabitha Amanze
Total Rebounding Percentage - 19.8 - 99th percentile
Defensive Rating - 76.2- 99th percentile
Defensive Rebounding Percentage - 25.4 - 98th percentile
Usage Rate - 31.0 percent - 98th percentile
Block Percentage - 7.0 - 98th percentile
Offensive Rebounding Percentage - 13.6 - 97th percentile
PER - 27.8 - 97th percentile
Steal Percentage - 3.1 - 91st percentile
Effective Field Goal Percentage - 53.6 - 86th percentile
Parker Hill
Effective Field Goal Percentage - 62.2 - 99th percentile
Points Per Scoring Attempt - 1.26 - 98th percentile
Offensive Rebounding Percentage - 12.9 - 95th percentile
Block Percentage - 5.2 - 94th percentile
PER - 24.5 - 93rd percentile
Assist Percentage - 24.3 - 93rd percentile
Offensive Rating - 111.8 - 91st percentile
Points Per Play - 0.94 - 87th percentile
Offensive Win Shares - 1.5 - 86th percentile
Total Rebounding Percentage - 13.5 - 85th percentile
Win Shares - 2.2 - 85th percentile
Olivia Hutcherson
Defensive Rating - 84.1 - 89th percentile
Offensive Rebounding Percentage - 9.7 - 86th percentile
Total Rebounding Percentage - 13.5 - 85th percentile
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