Princeton University Athletics

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No. 24 Women's Basketball Heads To New York For Ivy Weekend
February 12, 2026 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON - The No. 24 Princeton Women's Basketball Team travels to New York this weekend to take on Columbia (Feb. 13) and Cornell (Feb. 14).
Game Notes
WATCH - COLUMBIA
TICKETS - COLUMBIA
LIVE STATS - COLUMBIA
WATCH - CORNELL
TICKETS - CORNELL
LIVE STATS - CORNELL
Tipoff for the Columbia game is set for 6 p.m. and can be seen nationally on ESPNU. The Conrell game will tip off at 5 p.m.
•The Princeton Women's Basketball Team is ranked at No. 24 in the AP and WBCA Coaches' Poll.
•It's the seventh straight week that Princeton is in the AP Poll and fifth consecutive week it's in the WBCA Coaches' Poll.
•Princeton has a Net Ranking of 43 highlighted by a quad 1 victory at Villanova and three more quad two decisions along with a non-conference strength of schedule of 24.
•The Tigers also have a strength of schedule that is 39th overall which is the second highest mark of any non power five school, trailing only Washington State (WCC) at No. 38.
•If the NCAA still considered RPI, Princeton would be eighth overall, trailing only UCLA, Connecticut, Texas, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Iowa and Tennessee. The Tigers' non-conference RPI would be second behind Connecticut.
•Head coach Carla Berube was named to the 2026 Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award Midseason Watch List last month.
•The Tigers have five players that average at least 10.0 points per game in Madison St. Rose (16.4), Skye Belker (13.5), Fadima Tall (12.5), Olivia Hutcherson (12.5) and Ashley Chea (10.9). All but St. Rose have won Ivy Player of the Week.
•St. Rose leads the Tigers in scoring at 16.4 points, while averaging 4.9 rebounds per game. The senior captain has four 20+ point games along with two double-doubles. She has scored in double figures in all but two games this season. This season, St. Rose surpassed 1,000 career points (1,086), becoming the 29th Tiger to join that milestone.
•The senior captain is 25th on the program's all-time scoring list, 12 points shy of Maureen Lane '03 (1,098). The next closest Tiger to 1,000 career points is Belker at 902 points.
•If St. Rose keeps up her current pace, she will finish with over 1,200 points. The Old Bridge, N.J. native has also been named to the Wooden Watch List and Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List.
•Princeton has won 17 of its last 18 games. The Tigers have nabbed five 10+ game winning streaks with Berube as coach. Berube has corralled 14 such streaks in her coaching career.
•Belker (47.0 percent overall and 43.3 percent from three), Tall (37.9 percent from three), Hutcherson (55.7 percent overall) and St. Rose (47.4 percent overall) are all shooting career highs.
•Four Tigers have earned Ivy Player of the Week in Chea (Jan. 20), Hutcherson (Jan. 5, Feb. 2), Tall (Dec. 15, Nov. 17) and Belker (Nov. 27). Tall also nabbed Ann Meyers Drysdale USBWA National Player of the Week twice (Dec. 16, Nov. 11).
Game Notes
WATCH - COLUMBIA
TICKETS - COLUMBIA
LIVE STATS - COLUMBIA
WATCH - CORNELL
TICKETS - CORNELL
LIVE STATS - CORNELL
Tipoff for the Columbia game is set for 6 p.m. and can be seen nationally on ESPNU. The Conrell game will tip off at 5 p.m.
•The Princeton Women's Basketball Team is ranked at No. 24 in the AP and WBCA Coaches' Poll.
•It's the seventh straight week that Princeton is in the AP Poll and fifth consecutive week it's in the WBCA Coaches' Poll.
•Princeton has a Net Ranking of 43 highlighted by a quad 1 victory at Villanova and three more quad two decisions along with a non-conference strength of schedule of 24.
•The Tigers also have a strength of schedule that is 39th overall which is the second highest mark of any non power five school, trailing only Washington State (WCC) at No. 38.
•If the NCAA still considered RPI, Princeton would be eighth overall, trailing only UCLA, Connecticut, Texas, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Iowa and Tennessee. The Tigers' non-conference RPI would be second behind Connecticut.
•Head coach Carla Berube was named to the 2026 Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award Midseason Watch List last month.
•The Tigers have five players that average at least 10.0 points per game in Madison St. Rose (16.4), Skye Belker (13.5), Fadima Tall (12.5), Olivia Hutcherson (12.5) and Ashley Chea (10.9). All but St. Rose have won Ivy Player of the Week.
•St. Rose leads the Tigers in scoring at 16.4 points, while averaging 4.9 rebounds per game. The senior captain has four 20+ point games along with two double-doubles. She has scored in double figures in all but two games this season. This season, St. Rose surpassed 1,000 career points (1,086), becoming the 29th Tiger to join that milestone.
•The senior captain is 25th on the program's all-time scoring list, 12 points shy of Maureen Lane '03 (1,098). The next closest Tiger to 1,000 career points is Belker at 902 points.
•If St. Rose keeps up her current pace, she will finish with over 1,200 points. The Old Bridge, N.J. native has also been named to the Wooden Watch List and Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List.
•Princeton has won 17 of its last 18 games. The Tigers have nabbed five 10+ game winning streaks with Berube as coach. Berube has corralled 14 such streaks in her coaching career.
•Belker (47.0 percent overall and 43.3 percent from three), Tall (37.9 percent from three), Hutcherson (55.7 percent overall) and St. Rose (47.4 percent overall) are all shooting career highs.
•Four Tigers have earned Ivy Player of the Week in Chea (Jan. 20), Hutcherson (Jan. 5, Feb. 2), Tall (Dec. 15, Nov. 17) and Belker (Nov. 27). Tall also nabbed Ann Meyers Drysdale USBWA National Player of the Week twice (Dec. 16, Nov. 11).
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