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(12/07/14 5:35pm)
With 8:45 left in Saturday afternoon’s matchup against Georgetown, Princeton women’s basketball led by a comfortable score of 59-48. Still, the Tigers (8-0) hadn’t dominated the game in quite the manner they were accustomed to. They already owned the best record to start the season in Ivy League history and the Hoyas (2-7) were on a five-game slide and shooting just 35.7 percent from the field. Yet Georgetown was shooting over 40 percent against a Princeton team that has one of the best defenses in the country. Then the Tigers went on a ridiculous run and showed why they’ve been among college basketball’s most impressive teams this season.They closed out the game with a 24-6 advantage, ending at a score of 83-54 and grabbing seven offensive boards to Georgetown’s four defensive. This led to a whopping 16 shots attempted, and as a result of the Hoyas’ undisciplined defense, an equally preposterous 11 free throws attempted. The Tigers only shot 43.75 percent from the field during the run, not even equalling their season average! It also helped that Georgetown couldn’t buy a basket, going two of 14 and missing several easy chances.Senior guard Blake Dietrick led the way for Princeton with 26 points and six assists. Junior forward Alex Wheatley shot seven of eight in the first half on her way to 17 points and eight rebounds for the game. Junior forward Annie Tarakchian had a game-high nine rebounds and junior forward Taylor Williams contributed eight in limited action. The Tigers pulled in an incredible 24 offensive rebounds, their highest total since recording 25 against Florida State in the NCAA tournament two years ago. Neither team shot particularly well, with Princeton shooting 40.9 percent overall and 27.8 percent from three to Georgetown’s 34.5 percent and 14.3 percent, respectively.The Tigers travel to Ann Arbor Tuesday night to face Michigan in a battle that, if won, could push Princeton from receiving votes in the AP poll to the top 25. Only one Ivy League team has ever achieved that status, and it was the Tigers themselves appearing at No. 24 in March 2012. But first, the Wolverines (6-1) loom. They average 73 points per game while allowing 61.9, a respectable margin. Their biggest strengths are three-point shooting,where they rank fourth in the country at 42.7 percent and rebounding, where they sport a +9.7 margin, 25th best in the country. Guard Katelynn Flaherty is the leading scorer at 14.9 points per game, although three teammates are also in double figures. Forward Cyesha Goree provides Michigan’s inside presence, shooting 52.9 percent and averaging 10.4 rebounds per game.Princeton, meanwhile, averages 71 points per game, shooting 45 percent overall and 37.8 percent from beyond the arc. Opponents have scored just 51.4 points per game and shot 32.4 percent, both marks ranking the Tigers in the top 15 in the country. Their rebounding margin of +9.4 is also among the nation’s best and will make for an interesting battle with Michigan’s equally elite squad. Dietrick is Princeton’s leading scorer at 13.9 points per game, shoots 44.2 percent from deep and also averages 4.63 assists per game. Tarakchian averages 8.9 rebounds per game and shoots 48.1 percent from three.According to the latest RPI rankings, Princeton is the 15th best team in college basketball. Michigan ranks 50th and is likely the toughest opponent the Tigers will face in the regular season. The teams have two common opponents this season, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest. Princeton beat up on the Panthers, 59-43, in the season opener, while Michigan got drubbed, 85-64. The Demon Deacons fell to the Wolverines, 63-49, and the Tigers, 72-55.
(12/04/14 4:35pm)
Men’s basketball has not started the season on the right foot. Princeton has already had a five-game losing streak, its worst in six years. The Tigers (2-6) were outscored by 50 points during that stretch, outrebounded by 25 and allowed a ridiculous 51 percent shooting mark from beyond the arc.
(11/20/14 3:38pm)
Princeton dropped its second straight game on the road at Lafayette college Wednesday night, losing by a score of 83-66. The loss ends a five-game win streak for the Tigers (1-2) in the annual series against the Leopards (2-1).
(11/13/14 4:02pm)
Princeton men’s basketball’s 2013-14 campaign will be remembered for what it could have been. A brilliant eight-game win streak early on was forgotten when the Tigers started 0-4 in conference play with losses to the lowly Penn and Dartmouth squads. By March, however, the team appeared to be back on track, rattling off a five-game win streak to finish tied for third in the league. But the season ended with a disappointing thrashing at the hands of California State University, Fresno in the second round of the College Basketball Invitational.
(09/15/14 3:12pm)
On Aug. 4, Mollie Marcoux ’91 began her first official day as Princeton’s new athletic director. Her first order of business? One-on-one meetings with each of Princeton’s 34 head coaches. After spending at least an hour with each coach, she noticed a few things they all had in common.
(05/11/14 3:22pm)
The Tigers made history this weekend, earning the program’s first ever NCAA tournament win. It came in dramatic fashion in a come-from-behind 4-3 win over No. 25 Arizona State. Despite the momentous accomplishment, the weekend was, in the eyes of the team, bittersweet. No. 47 Princeton very nearly followed up its moderate upset with a once-in-a-lifetime upset a la Princeton over Georgetown in ’89. On Saturday the team faced No. 2 Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The match was expected to be nothing more than a formality, enabling the Crimson Tide to pass into the Sweet 16 in Georgia. Instead, the Tigers dug in and held their ground. They had a chance to pull off the shocker if they could win a couple of three setters. But alas, the natural order of things prevailed and Princeton lost 4-2.
(05/08/14 3:34pm)
On April 29, the Tigers packed the Lenz tennis center lounge to learn the draw they would face for the NCAA tournament.Sixteen minutes of the live selection show passed, until they saw Princeton on the screen as the third to last team to appear in the field of 64. The Tigers drew the Sun Devils of Arizona State Universityin the first round, with theNo. 2overall seed Alabama almost certainly to come in the second round. Those three teams, along with Jackson State University,will convene in Tuscaloosa,Ala. this weekend to sort out who will head to the University of Georgia as a member of tennis’s Sweet 16.
(05/06/14 12:50pm)
As the school year wraps up, it seems like a good time to reflect on three seasons of competition in the Ivy League. Spring sports aren't quite over yet, but this year has given us plenty with which to rank the Ancient Eight. The points competition alluded to below awards eight points to the regular season champion of each Ivy League sport, seven to the runners-up and so on. Each school is ranked based on the sum of all its teams. The Director's Cup is a ranking of all Division I schools, compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. Schools earn points for competing at NCAA championships, though the methodology varies across different sports.
(05/04/14 5:47pm)
Princeton fades to bronze after taking early lead at Eastern Sprints
(04/30/14 9:17pm)
(04/21/14 1:40pm)
Despite having already been eliminated from Ivy League contention, the Tigers played their hearts out in a senior day win against No. 52 Cornell last Friday. A sweep at the hands of Harvard and a devastating 4-3 loss to Dartmouth last weekend left No. 61 Princeton (13-11 overall, 3-4 Ivy League) with nothing material to play for. It certainly didn’t show this weekend, as the Tigers came out swinging and beat the Big Red (13-8, 3-4) 4-2, the highest-ranked team they’ve beaten this season.
(04/20/14 7:50pm)
It was close early, but Princeton pulled away and ended up laying quite a beating on Columbia to claim sole possession of the Ivy League title and the resulting NCAA berth. The No. 59 Tigers (17-5 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) had already clinched at least a share of the championship, but the 6-1 win over the No. 37 Lions (16-4, 5-2) earned them their first NCAA berth in four years.
(04/15/14 9:08am)
It appears likely that the women’s lacrosse regular season champion will be decided this Wednesday night on the 1952 Stadium’s Sherrerd Field. Penn and Princeton, currently one and two in the table, come into the pivotal matchup in top form.
(04/14/14 3:26pm)
McLean sets school record, men’s team places second at quad meet
(04/13/14 7:23pm)
Women dispose of Harvard and Dartmouth, move to 5-0 in league play
(04/10/14 1:38pm)
If I asked 100 Princetonians who they think is the best athlete currently enrolled, I would expect to hear a lot of the usual suspects. Senior Tom Schreiber, senior Caraun Reid, sophomore Ashleigh Johnson, perhaps even sophomore Anna Van Brummen from a few particularly informed fans. I would be surprised to hear even one person name freshman Ariel Hsing. Hsing seems like the nicest girl ever, until you put a paddle in her hand. Then the three-time American table tennis champion transforms into a ball-smacking, shot-getting, spin-imparting monster, ready to chew you up and spit you out like nearly all her previous opponents.
(04/09/14 10:20pm)
(04/08/14 12:45pm)
This year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament was one of the best ever. That might sound like an outright lie to some people whose favorite team lost early or whose bracket showed more red than the South on election day. But let's walk through some stats. Best is obviously a subjective term, but here are my three parameters for it. Number one has got to be close games. Everyone likes to see a good nail-biter regardless of the teams involved, and those contests are the cornerstone of a good tournament. The right mix of chalk and upsets is also important. Everyone loves a Cinderella, but people also like to see the best teams on display. Finally, something rare should happen. There’s nothing cooler than saying, “Teams with seeds this low have never met in the championship game” or “Wow, a team has not survived this many consecutive close games in 30 years.”
(04/06/14 6:46pm)
Women come back from the brink against Yale, crush Brown
(03/30/14 3:18pm)
Men lose first match to Penn since 2007