Women’s basketball closes season with NCAA second round loss to Utah, 63–56
(03/21/23 3:27am)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The final curtain has been drawn on the 2022–23 Princeton women’s basketball season.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The final curtain has been drawn on the 2022–23 Princeton women’s basketball season.
SALT LAKE CITY, Ut. — Ain't no mountain high enough — even when you're Princeton women's basketball, down by five with less than a minute remaining, and exhausted from the high altitude deep in the Rockies.
Don your dancing shoes and grab an extra bottle of water — Princeton women’s basketball (23–5 overall, 12–2 Ivy League) is back in the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year, and this time, they're doing it at 4,800 feet above sea level.
Despite early-season setbacks and a double-digit deficit early in the second half of the Ivy Madness final, Princeton women’s basketball (23–5 overall, 12–2 Ivy League) has emerged victorious, with their fourth Ivy Championship and second-consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament following a 54–48 win over Harvard (17–11, 9–5) Saturday night.
On Friday, March 10, the women’s basketball team (22–5 overall, 12–2 Ivy League) advanced to the Ivy League Tournament championship game, extending their win streak to 14 games by defeating the Penn Quakers (17–11, 9–5) in the semifinals, 60–47. Despite the Tigers opening up a double-digit lead in the first half, the Quakers rallied back to cut it to single digits in the third quarter. Princeton ultimately held on, with three scorers in double figures and three players grabbing at least six rebounds.
After a rollercoaster start to the year, Princeton women’s basketball (21–5 overall, 12–2 Ivy League) managed to right the ship and finished the Ivy League regular season with their 13th-straight win last Friday at Penn (17–10, 9–5).
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — One of the most dramatic Ivy League women’s basketball seasons has finally come to an end, and the Tigers are coming out on top. For the fifth year in a row, and the 17th time in program history, Princeton women’s basketball (21–5 overall, 12–2 Ivy League) has been crowned regular-season Ivy League champions.
Women’s basketball (20–5 overall, 11–2 Ivy League) will travel to Penn (17–9, 9–4) and take on the Quakers in the Palestra for their final regular season game this Friday, March 3.
It was New Year’s Eve 2022 in Cambridge, Mass., and Princeton women’s basketball had seen better days — for every attempt they made to cut Harvard’s lead to a single possession, the Crimson seemed to have a response. The result, a 67–59 Harvard win, made for the Tigers’ first Ivy League loss in over 40 games and proved there was still plenty of work to be done to win another Ivy League title.
Women’s basketball (19–5 overall, 10–2 Ivy League) will host Harvard (15–9, 8–4) at Jadwin Gymnasium in their final regular season home game this Friday, Feb. 24. Prior to tip-off, the team will celebrate senior night and honor their five graduating members.
The Tigers have hit their stride with reigning Ivy League Tournament MVP, junior guard Kaitlyn Chen, leading the way.
On Saturday, Feb. 11, the women’s basketball team (17–5 overall, 8–2 Ivy League) extended their winning streak to nine games by defeating a struggling Dartmouth (2–22, 0–10), 64–47.
Put yourself in Kaitlyn Chen’s shoes.
It doesn’t take more than a cursory glance at Princeton’s record book to learn her name.
The women’s basketball team (14–5 overall, 5–2 Ivy League) has a big weekend coming up, with another chance to beat the Cornell Big Red (9–11, 2–5) on Friday, Feb. 3 and the opportunity for a rematch against the Columbia Lions (17–3, 6–1) on Saturday, Feb. 4.
On Saturday, Jan. 28, the women’s basketball team (14–5 overall, 5–2 Ivy League) solidified their place as the best scoring defense in the Ivy League, defeating Yale (10–10, 4–3) by a 49-point margin, 79–30. The Bulldogs’ 30 points was their lowest-scoring game since 2005 and the lowest final score by an Ivy League team, in or out of season, since 2020.
After picking up two early Ivy League losses against Harvard and Columbia, Princeton women’s basketball has started to turn the corner on their conference season.
On Friday, Dec. 6, Princeton women’s basketball (9–5, 1–2 Ivy League) returned to Jadwin Gym looking to recover from a tough loss at Harvard (9–6, 2–1) on New Year’s Eve. Instead, they dropped a second consecutive Ivy League loss, this time a 58–55 overtime heartbreaker to Columbia (13–3, 2–1). The next day, the Tigers finally picked up their first Ivy League win as they made quick work of Cornell (8–8, 1–2), cruising to a 70–48 win.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — For the last three years, the women’s basketball team put up what had been the longest active conference winning streak in Ivy League basketball.
When Madison St. Rose stepped up to the right side block on Wednesday, all she knew was she probably wasn't going to finish the play on her feet.