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2019-20 W. Basketball Roster
Bella Alarie
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- National Cathedral School
- Hometown:
- Bethesda, Md.
At Princeton:
Senior Year (2019-20): Drafted fifth overall by the Dallas Wings in the 2020 WNBA Draft becoming the highest selected Princeton player in program history ... WBCA Coaches' All-America Honorable Mention ... USBWA Honorable Mention All-America ... AP Honorable Mention All-America … Became the first Ivy League Player to be named an AP All-American twice … Unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year … Third player in Ivy history to be named Player of the Year three times … One of nine players and the first Princeton athlete to earn First-Team All-Ivy four times … ECAC First-Team ... Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year Award Finalist … Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Finalist …  Named to four other “Watch Lists” (Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, “Watch Wade,” Women’s Citizen’s Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award … NCAA.com Starting Five (Mar. 4) … Three-time Ivy Player of the Week (Jan. 13, Feb. 24, Mar. 2) … Will graduate as the program’s all-time leader in Ivy Player of the Week Awards (20), blocks (249), double-doubles (40) and points (1,703) … Ranks in the program’s top 10 in rebounds, field goal attempts, rebounding average, field goals made, scoring average, free throws, free throw attempts and free throw percentage … Averaged 17.5 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.4 blocks, 2.3 assists per game this season … Led the Ivy League in scoring, was second in rebounding, blocks, fourth in field goal percentage and eighth in free throw percentage … Opened the season with 22 points and eight rebounds vs. Rider (Nov. 5) ... Matched Niveen Rasheed's program record with her 35th career double-double vs. GW, securing 14 points and 12 rebounds (Nov. 10) ... Contributed 26 points, seven rebounds, four blocks and three assists at Iowa (Nov. 20) ... Scored 23 points, grabbed five rebounds and blocked three shots vs. Penn State (Dec. 14) ... Just missed a double-double with 12 points, nine rebounds while also securing three blocks at Missouri (Dec. 18) ... Collected 36th career double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds at St. Louis (Dec. 20) ... Posted another double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds, adding four blocks and three assists vs. New Hampshire (Dec. 29) ... Posted a double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds at Penn (Jan. 11) ... Ivy Player of the Week (Jan. 13) ... Dropped in 23 points at Dartmouth (Jan. 31) ... Just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds vs. Cornell (Feb. 7) ... Registered 24 points vs. Columbia (Feb. 8) ... One point shy of a double-double, adding 10 caroms at Yale (Feb. 14) ... Outstanding performance with 16 points, nine rebounds and five blocks at Brown (Feb. 15) ... Nabbed 28 points and 12 rebounds for 39th career double-double vs. Dartmouth (Feb. 22) ... Had 21 points and seven rebounds vs. Penn (Feb. 25) ... Added 18 points, six rebounds and four blocks vs. Brown (Feb. 28) ... Collected 40th career double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds vs. Yale (Feb. 29) ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week (Mar. 1) ... Grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out four assists at Columbia (Mar. 6) ... Had 17 points, eight rebounds and five blocks at Cornell (Mar. 7).
Junior Year (2018-19): WBCA and AP Honorable Mention All-America ... Ivy Tournament Most Outstanding Performer ... Ivy All-Tournament ... Ivy League Player of the Year … Unanimous First Team All-Ivy ... Eight-time Ivy Player of the Week (Dec. 10, Dec. 17, Dec. 24, Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 18, Mar. 4, Mar. 11) ... USBWA National Player of the Week (Feb. 5) ... NCAA.com Starting Five (Feb. 6) ... Broke the Princeton single-season record for points per game (22.8) … Her 210 field goals, 525 points, 65 blocks are the second most in a single-season in program history … Her 408 field goal attempts are fourth most in a single-season, 10.6 rebounds are sixth … Returned from injury with 16 points, 19 rebounds and five blocks vs. Quinnipiac (Dec. 8) ... Put up 16 points, seven rebounds, four blocks at Monmouth (Dec. 11) ... Knocked down 10 shots for 24 points, along with four assists, three steals and two blocks vs. Marist (Dec. 15) ... Just missed a double-double with 18 points, nine rebounds, adding six assists, three blocks and a steal at St. Francis-Brooklyn (Dec. 19) ... Was 11-of-18 (61 percent) from the floor, finishing with 24 points and 11 rebounds at Hartford (Dec. 21) ... Scored 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting (66.7 percent) at New Hampshire ... Double-double (21 points, 17 rebounds) vs. Penn (Jan. 5) ... Set Ivy League single-game records for points (45) and field goals (20) against Columbia (Feb. 1) and broke the program record for career blocks ... Another double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds at Cornell (Feb. 2) ... Registered 38 points including 1,000th career point, 13 rebounds, six steals, four assists vs. Yale (Feb. 8) ... Put up 20 points vs. 16 rebounds vs. Brown (Feb. 9) ... Dropped in 41 points and 13 rebounds at Dartmouth (Feb. 16) ... Remarkable with 33 points on 13-of-21 shooting and 10 rebounds at Penn (Feb. 26) ... Back-to-back double-doubles vs. Dartmouth (Mar. 1) and Harvard (Mar. 2) ... Added 19 points and 14 rebounds in 21 minutes at Brown (Mar. 8) ... Put up 31 points, 13 rebounds, six assists at Yale (Mar. 9) ... Missed just one shot in 10 attempts, scoring 21 points vs. Cornell (Mar. 16) ... Went 10-of-15 from the floor for 25 points, along with six rebounds and five blocks vs. Penn in the Ivy League Tournament Championship Game (Mar. 17) … Contributed 20 points, 15 rebounds, five assists vs. No. 17 Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Mar. 23).
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Sophomore Year (2017-18): Ivy League Player of the Year ... First Team All-Ivy ... Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player … Ivy League All-Tournament Team … Blocked 79 shots this season, breaking her own single-season program record … Her 283 rebounds are the third most in a single-season in Princeton history … Her 9.3 rebounds per game are tied for the seventh most in a single-season … Recorded 12 double-doubles … A six-time Ivy Player of the Week (Dec. 11, Dec. 25, Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Feb. 19, Mar. 5) … Filled out the stat sheet with 13 points, eight rebounds, two blocks and a steal vs. George Washington (Nov. 10) ... Game-high 22 points and 12 rebounds for her ninth career double-double at Seton Hall (Nov. 16) ... 10th career double-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds along with four steals and two blocks vs. Georgia Tech (Nov.19) ... Game-high 29 points along with nine rebounds, three blocks, two steals vs. No. 24/25 Villanova (Nov. 29) ... Just missed a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds along with three blocks, three assists vs. Delaware (Dec. 2) ... Double-double with 14 points, 12 rebounds, while swatting six shots at Lafayette (Dec. 6) ... Second straight double-double with 16 points (on 6-of-9 shooting) and 11 rebounds at Quinnipiac (Dec. 9) ... Went off for 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting (61.5 percent) along with nine rebounds, a block and steal vs. St. Joe’s (Dec. 20) ... Was 7-of-13 from the floor (53.8 percent) for 16 points, grabbing 12 rebounds, eight of which were offensive vs. Chattanooga (Dec. 21) ... Selected as the Gator Holiday Classic MVP and to the All-Tournament team (Dec. 21) ... Third straight game with at least 10 points, scoring 13 points in just 20 minutes vs. UMBC (Dec. 30) ... Just missed a triple-double (!!!) with 18 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocks at Penn (Jan. 6) ... Went 7-of-11 from the floor, finishing with 18 points, 13 rebounds, three steals, two assists and a block vs. Columbia (Jan. 12) ... Blocked eight shots at Yale (Feb. 2) ... Helped team with 14 rebounds at Brown (Feb. 3) ... Double-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds, along with three blocks vs. Dartmouth (Feb. 10) ... Stole the show against Penn with 18 points, 15 rebounds, three blocks and two steals vs. Penn (Feb. 13) ... Impressive performance with 18 points, nine rebounds, four steals and three blocks at Cornell (Feb. 16) ... Had six helpers at Columbia (Feb. 17) ... Posted 18 points and 10 rebounds vs. Yale (Mar. 3) ... Dominating performance with 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting with 17 rebounds and three blocks vs. Yale (Mar. 10) ... Grabbed 17 rebounds and blocked six shots vs. Penn (Mar. 11) … Swatted four shots vs. No. 16 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Mar. 16).
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Freshman Year (2016-17): Ivy League Rookie of the Year … First Team All-Ivy … Nine-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week accolades which ties the Princeton record set by Niveen Rasheed in 2009 (Nov. 21, Nov. 28, Dec. 5, Dec. 26, Jan. 9, Feb. 6, Feb. 13, Feb. 20, Mar. 6) … Three-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 5, Dec. 26, Feb. 6) … Ivy League All-Tournament Team … Led the team in scoring (12.6), rebounding (8.0), blocks (51), field goals (139) and minutes played (919) … Ranked in the Ivy League’s top ten in defensive rebounds (third), blocks (fourth), total rebounds (fifth), three-point field goal percentage (sixth), scoring (ninth), field goals (ninth), field goal percentage (ninth) Her 51 blocks broke the single-season record originally set by Ellen Devoe during the 1984-85 season … Is one of four freshmen in program history to start every game … Is in the top five all-time for freshman single-season records in games played (tied for first), blocks (first), three-point attempts (109, second), three-pointers made (39, third), rebounds (241, third), points (377, fourth), field goals (fifth) and field goal attempts (322) … Opened her collegiate career with 24 points, seven rebounds vs. Rider (Nov. 11) … Posted first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds vs. Dayton (Nov. 19) … Swatted seven shots over three games (Nov. 22-27) … Had one of the most impressive games in program history vs. Seton Hall (Nov. 30), scoring 26 points, grabbing 15 rebounds and dishing out six assists … Alarie became the first person to achieve those marks in a game since Ellen Devoe vs. Lehigh on Nov. 25, 1983 … Blocked four shots vs Lafayette (Dec. 7) … Dropped in 20 points on 9-of-12 (75.0 percent) shooting and contributed nine rebounds, four blocks and three assists vs. Wagner (Dec. 21) … Began a stretch of 11 consecutive games with at least 10 points with a double-double (16 points and 15 rebounds) at Lipscomb (Dec. 31) … Began Ivy play with a 17-point performance on 7-of-11 from the floor vs. Penn (Jan. 7) … Had another double-double vs. Yale with 13 points and 10 rebounds vs. Yale (Jan. 14) … Amassed a 21-point outing on 8-of-11 shooting (72.7 percent), securing five rebounds, blocking three shots and stealing three passes at Cornell (Feb. 10) … Missed just one shot on seven attempts for 15 points vs. Columbia (Feb. 24) …Contributed 12 points and 12 caroms at Dartmouth (Mar. 4) … Had an incredible performance vs. Harvard in the Ivy League Tournament Semifinal (Mar. 11) with 17 points, a season-best 16 rebounds and two blocks … Ended the year with at least 11 rebounds in four of the five contests … Just missed a double-double vs. Villanova (Mar. 17) in the first round of the WNIT, finishing with nine points and 13 rebounds.
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Before Princeton:
A 1,000 point scorer for the Eagles and two-time captain … Averaged over 28 points, 15 rebounds, five blocks and recorded a double-double in every game during season season … 2015-16 Gatorade Player of the Year for the Washington D.C. area, Washington Post All-Met first team, DC State Athletic Association first team and McDonald’s All-American nominee following senior campaign … 2015 Tina Thompson She Got Game Classic MVP … 2014-15 USA Today First Team All-USA D.C. and DC State Athletic Association All-State second team … National Cathedral School MVP from 2014-16 along with the Coaches’ Award in 2013-14 … Team finished second in the Independent School League (ISL) State Tournament in 2015 and won the regular season ISL A Division title in 2012-13.
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Personal: Daughter of Rene Augustine and Mark Alarie … Has two brothers, Christian and Alexander … Father, Mark played at Duke and was a two-time All-ACC first team selection … Mark was drafted in the first round of the 1986 NBA Draft and played for five seasons … Grandfather, Norman graduated magna cum laude from Princeton in 1957 and received his masters’ degree in 1959 … Norman was a professor at Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science from 1997-99.
| Career Highs | |
| Points | 45, at Columbia (2/1/19) |
| FG | 20, at Columbia (2/1/19) |
| FG Attempted | 28, at Columbia (2/1/19) |
| 3FG Made | 5, vs. Seton Hall (11/30/16) |
| 3FG Attempted | 8, 2x - MR - vs. Seton Hall (11/30/16) |
| FT Made | 11, at Yale (3/9/19) |
| FT Attempted | 15, vs. Penn (1/5/19) |
| Rebounds | 19, vs. Quinnipiac (12/8/18) |
| Assists | 6, 4x - MR - at Yale (3/9/19) |
| Blocks | 8, 2x - MR - vs. Columbia (1/12/18) |
| Steals | 6, vs. Yale (2/8/19) |
