2012-13 Ivy League Women's Basketball CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through Games of Mar 20, 2013 (All Games)
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BROWN • COLUMBIA • CORNELL • DARTMOUTH • HARVARD • PENN • PRINCETON • YALE 2012-13 Ivy League WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Week 20 • Postseason • March 20, 2013 Contact: Trevor Rutledge-Leverenz • [email protected] • 609-258-1996 2012-13 FINAL STANDINGS THIS WEEK Ivy League Overall Princeton, Penn and Harvard will represent GP Record Win% Home Away GP Record Win% Home Away Neutral Streak the Ivy League in the postseason. It marks the Princeton 14 13-1 0.929 7-0 6-1 28 22-6 0.786 13-0 9-6 0-0 W4 Harvard 14 11-3 0.786 7-0 4-3 28 20-8 0.714 11-0 9-6 0-2 W7 first time that three Ivy teams will compete in Penn 14 9-5 0.643 5-2 4-3 28 16-12 0.571 8-6 6-6 2-0 L2 postseason play in the modern tournament era. Yale 14 8-6 0.571 3-4 5-2 28 13-15 0.464 6-7 7-8 0-0 W1 Harvard finished second in the standings and Cornell 14 5-9 0.357 3-4 2-5 28 13-15 0.464 8-6 5-9 0-0 L1 earned the League’s automatic WNIT berth, while Dartmouth 14 4-10 0.286 2-5 2-5 28 6-22 0.214 2-10 4-12 0-0 L9 Penn received a bid to the Women’s Basketball Brown 14 3-11 0.214 1-6 2-5 28 9-19 0.321 5-8 3-11 1-0 L3 Invitational (WBI). Columbia 14 3-11 0.214 2-5 1-6 28 5-23 0.179 4-9 1-14 0-0 L1 IVY LEAGUE IN THE POSTSEASON Only once before in League history has three teams For the seventh consecutive season, the Ivy League has at least two teams competing in the postseason. Princeton makes its fourth-consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Champion- made it to the postseason. In 1978, Penn, Princeton ship while Harvard returns to the Women’s National invitational Tournament (WNIT) for the fourth time in the and Yale each played in the EAIWA Tournament. past five seasons. Added to the mix is Penn, which will compete in the Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI). Coincidentally, the Quakers fell to their upcoming IVIES AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP opponent in that 1978 postseason tournament. • The Ivy League has made 21 all-time appearances in the NCAA DI Women’s Basketball Championship: 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. UPCOMING SCHEDULE • Harvard earned the League’s only NCAA win, an upset of No. 1 seed Stanford, 71-67, in 1998. It remains the only time in men’s or women’s Division I NCAA Tournament history that a 16-seed defeated a one-seed. THURSDAY, MARCH 21 PRINCETON TIGERS AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WNIT First Round • 2013 marks Princeton’s fourth all-time NCAA Championship appearance • The Tigers made their first NCAA appearance in 2010 Harvard at Hartford, 7pm • The Tigers hold a 0-3 all-time record in Championship play 2010 – No. 6 St. John’s def. No. 11 Princeton, 65-47 2011 – No. 5 Georgetown def. No. 12 Princeton, 65-49 WBI First Round 2012 – No. 8 Kansas State def. No. 9 Princeton, 67-64 (7) Howard at (2) Penn, 7 pm PRINCETON NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS • The Tigers are the first Ivy team in League history to receive four-straight NCAA Tournament berths. FRIDAY/SATURDAY/SUNDAY, • Princeton earned a nine-seed, tying the mark set by last year’s squad for the highest seed ever given to an Ivy League team. MARCH 22/23/24 WNIT Second Round PRINCETON VS. FLORIDA STATE Harvard/Hartford vs. • This marks the first-ever meeting between Princeton and Florida State. Drexel/Iona, TBA IVIES AT THE WNIT • The Ivy League has received an automatic bid into the WNIT every season since 2007 • Dartmouth (0-2), Harvard (1-3) and Yale (0-1) have all earned bids to the WNIT. WBI Second Round (7) Howard/(2) Penn vs. HARVARD CRIMSON AT THE WNIT • 2013 marks Harvard’s fourth WNIT appearance in the past five seasons. Last year, the Crimson earned the (3) Fairfield/(6) St. Francis (Pa.), TBA League’s first-ever WNIT win, 73-71 over Hofstra, before falling at Temple, 64-59. HARVARD VS. HARTFORD SUNDAY, MARCH 24 • Harvard and Hofstra have played nine times, with the Crimson holding a 5-4 edge. The teams played a NCAA First Round home-and-home in 2010-11 and 2011-12, with Harvard winning at Lavietes Pavilion, 85-61, and Hartford returning the favor last season, 72-61. (9) Princeton vs. (8) Florida State (ESPN2), 5:10 pm PENN QUAKERS AT THE WBI TUESDAY, MARCH 26 • 2013 marks Penn’s postseason appearance since 2003-04. The Quakers are the first Ivy team to earn a berth to the WBI, which is in its fourth season. NCAA Second Round (9) Princeton/(8) Florida State vs. PENN VS. HOWARD • Penn and Howard have played just once, when the Biston defeated the Quakers at the EAIAW Regional (16) Prairie View/(1) Baylor, TBA Tournament, 77-59 on March 4, 1978. 2012-13 Ivy League WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Postseason 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.