2012-13 Ivy League Women's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through Games of Jun 19, 2013 (All Games)
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BROWN • COLUMBIA • CORNELL • DARTMOUTH • HARVARD • PENN • PRINCETON • YALE 2012-13 Ivy League WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Final Release • April 10, 2013 Contact: Trevor Rutledge-Leverenz • [email protected] • 609-258-1996 2012-13 FINAL STANDINGS END OF THE ROAD Ivy League Overall GP Record Win% Home Away GP Record Win% Home Away Neutral Streak Princeton 14 13-1 0.929 7-0 6-1 29 22-7 0.759 13-0 9-6 0-1 L1 Princeton, Penn and Harvard represented the Ivy Harvard 14 11-3 0.786 7-0 4-3 30 21-9 0.700 11-0 10-7 0-2 L1 Penn 14 9-5 0.643 5-2 4-3 31 18-13 0.581 10-6 6-7 2-0 L1 League in the postseason. Yale 14 8-6 0.571 3-4 5-2 28 13-15 0.464 6-7 7-8 0-0 W1 Cornell 14 5-9 0.357 3-4 2-5 28 13-15 0.464 8-6 5-9 0-0 L1 Dartmouth 14 4-10 0.286 2-5 2-5 28 6-22 0.214 2-10 4-12 0-0 L9 The Tigers set an Ivy League record with their Brown 14 3-11 0.214 1-6 2-5 28 9-19 0.321 5-8 3-11 1-0 L3 Columbia 14 3-11 0.214 2-5 1-6 28 5-23 0.179 4-9 1-14 0-0 L1 fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA IVY LEAGUE IN THE POSTSEASON For the seventh consecutive season, the Ivy League had at least two teams competing in the postseason. Tournament. Harvard, meanwhile, competed in Princeton made its fourth-consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship while Harvard returned to the Women’s National invitational Tournament (WNIT) for the fourth time in the past the WNIT for the fourth time in the past five years five seasons. Added to the mix was Penn, which competed in the Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI). and Penn became the first team to earn a berth to IVIES AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP • The Ivy League has made 21 all-time appearances in the NCAA DI Women’s Basketball Championship: the WBI, which is in its fourth year of existence. Dartmouth (7), Harvard (6), Princeton (4), Penn (2), Brown (1), Cornell (1) • Ivy League teams hold a combined 1-20 record in NCAA Championship play entering 2013. • Harvard earned the League’s only NCAA win, an upset of No. 1 seed Stanford, 71-67, in 1998. It remains Only once before in League history had three the only time in men’s or women’s Division I NCAA Tournament history that a 16-seed defeated a one-seed. teams made it to the postseason. In 1978, PRINCETON TIGERS AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP • 2013 marks Princeton’s fourth all-time and Ivy League record fourth straight NCAA Championship appearance Penn, Princeton and Yale each played in the • 2010 – No. 6 St. John’s def. No. 11 Princeton, 65-47 2011 – No. 5 Georgetown def. No. 12 Princeton, 65-49 EAIWA Tournament. 2012 – No. 8 Kansas State def. No. 9 Princeton, 67-64 2013 – No. 8 Florida State def. No. 9 Princeton, 60-44 IVIES AT THE WNIT Princeton fell in the first round of the NCAA • The Ivy League has received an automatic bid into the WNIT every season since 2007 • Dartmouth (0-2), Harvard (2-4) and Yale (0-1) have all earned bids to the WNIT. Tournament to Florida State, 60-44. For the HARVARD AT THE WNIT second straight year, Harvard advanced to the • 2013 marks Harvard’s fourth appearance in the WNIT in the past five years. • 2009 – St. John’s def. Harvard, 83-60 second round of the WNIT, thanks to a 61-57 2010 – Syracuse def. Harvard, 87-68 2012 – Harvard def. Hofstra, 73-71; Temple def. Harvard, 64-59 win over Hartford, before falling to Drexel in the 2013 – Harvard def. Hartford, 61-57; Drexel def. Harvard, 82-72 second round, 82-72. Penn became the first IVIES AT THE WBI • The Quakers are the first Ivy team to earn a berth to the WBI, which is in its fourth season. Ivy team to compete in the WBI. The Quakers PENN AT THE WBI reached the semifinals with wins over Howard • 2013 marks Penn’s postseason appearance since 2003-04. • First Round – Penn def. Howard, 65-60 (65-60) and Fairfield (49-48), before falling to Second Round – Penn def. Fairfield, 49-48 Semifinals – Detroit def. Penn, 71-68 Detroit, 71-68. 2012-13 Ivy League WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Final ALL-IVY Add yet another individual accomplishment to Princeton senior Niveen Rasheed. After field goal percentage (41.3 pct.) and three-point percentage (35.6 pct.). Halejian’s season a vote by the Ivy League’s eight coaches, Rasheed was unanimously voted Player of included a 29-point effort against Harvard in which the sophomore finished one point shy the Year for the third career unanimous award for one of the most decorated players in of Yale’s single-game record. Halejian receives her first career All-Ivy honor. confernce history. Joining Fagbenle on the second team is Cornell junior Allyson DiMagno (Fairport, N.Y.), Rasheed (Danville, Calif.) was also unanimously selected Rookie of the Year in 2009-10 who led the League in double-doubles with 16, the highest single-season total since and Player of the Year last season. She is the first Tiger in program history to earn back- Columbia’s Judie Lomax finished with 21 in 2009-10 en route to Player of the Year to-back Ivy League Player of the Year awards and the first Ivy to receive consecutive honors. DiMagno led the League in rebounding (11.5 rpg) and ranked third in scoring (14.7 unanimous Player of the Year accolades since Harvard’s Hana Peljto following the 2001- ppg) and second in field goal percentage (47.1 pct.). She earns her second-straight All-Ivy 02 and 2002-03 seasons. Rasheed joins Peljto as the only two players in League history accolade after receiving Honorable Mention last season. to earn three postseason awards in unanimous fashion, as Peljto was also Rookie of the Year in 2000-01. Princeton put a pair of players on the second team in senior Megan Bowen (Bath, Pa.) and junior Kristen Helmstetter (Bridgewater, N.J.). Bowen started all 28 games and Rasheed also was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection, marking her third appearance averaged 8.9 points and 3.9 rebounds, including a career-high two double-doubles. She on the first team and her second-straight as a unanimous selection. The senior guard scored a personal-best 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting to help Princeton hold off Dartmouth, led the League in scoring (16.9 ppg), ranked second in rebounding (9.0 rpg) and third in 68-60 on March 2. Helmstetter scored in double-figures in 14 games and averaged 9.0 assists (3.3 apg). She received Player of the Week seven times in 2012-13, the second- points and 4.9 rebounds on the year. Both players earn their first career All-Ivy awards. highest single-season total behind Harvard’s Allison Feaster, who took home 11 in 1997-98. Brown junior Lauren Clarke (Colts Neck, N.J.) closed out the second team. Clarke led her team in scoring (13.1 ppg) and assists (2.8 apg) while also averaging 3.7 rebounds Rasheed’s Player of the Year award gives Princeton three-straight for the first time in per contest. She takes home her first career All-Ivy accolade and gives Brown a second program history, after Addie Micir was named Player of the Year in 2010-11. The Tigers team recipient for the third straight year, after senior Sheila Dixon earned the honor the are the first team to earn the honor three-consecutive years since Penn from 1998-2001, past two seasons. when Diana Caramanico was the recipient. Dixon (Schenectady, N.Y.), meanwhile, was named honorable mention for her third- Since the Defensive Player of the Year award was created in 2009-10, Rasheed’s fellow straight All-Ivy award. Yale junior Janna Graf (Mission Woods, Kan.) and senior Megan classmate Lauren Polansky (Mill Valley, Calif.) has received it three times, setting a mark Vasquez (Merrick, N.Y.) also received honorable mention All-Ivy recognition, along with that will be hard to match. Polansky takes home her third-straight Defensive Player of the Dartmouth junior Nicola Zimmer (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Penn freshman Keiera Ray Year honor after a season in which she averaged 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game (Aurora, Ill.). despite missing six contests due to injury. Polansky was a big part of Princeton’s stellar defense, which led the League in field goal percentage defense (33.8 pct.) and scoring Vasquez takes home her third-straight All-Ivy accolade, while it marks the first for Graf. defense (52.8 ppg.). Zimmer earned her first career postseason award, while Ray became the first Quakers rookie to be named All-Ivy since Baron took home honorable mention status in 2010-11. Harvard sophomore Temi Fagbenle (London) was a unanimous selection for Rookie of the Year, the first to do so since Rasheed in 2009-10. Fagbenle becomes the fourth ALL-IVY Crimson to earn unanimous Rookie of the Year honors, joining Brogan Berry (2008-09), Player of the Year Reka Cserny (2001-02), Peljto (2000-01) and Feaster (1994-95).