Wednesday, December 29
Davidson, N.C
7:00 p.m.
Davidson College
vs
Princeton
Barbara Sitton has had back-to-back six-assist games and paces the team with 27.
Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com
Wildcats Welcome the Princeton Tigers and UNCG Spartans to Belk Arena
12/27/2010 8:13:41 PM | Women's Basketball
Gavin McFarlin -- Assistant SID
DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Davidson women's basketball team looks to close out the calendar year in winning style when it plays host to Princeton and UNCG at John M. Belk Arena this Wednesday and Friday.
The Opening Tip
The Wildcats (4-4, 0-1 SoCon) start a three-game homestand when they first battle the Princeton Tigers (8-3) on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 7 p.m., before returning to league play with a matchup against UNCG (5-5, 2-0 SoCon) on Friday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m.
The All-Time Series/Last Meeting
This will be the first meeting between Davidson and Princeton in each others program history.
As for the series against UNCG, the Spartans hold a 27-13 lead, but Davidson has been on the winning side recently. The 'Cats have scored wins in six of the past eight meetings, including the sweep of last year's two-game series. They took home 67-45 and 83-53 wins last season. The 30-point win at UNCG was the largest winning margin by the Wildcats in the all-time series.
Scouting the Wildcats
•Davidson fell to 8-10 all-time in league openers when it dropped a tough 61-60 road decision at Elon on Monday, Dec. 20, to open up Southern Conference play. It was the Wildcats' first game since Dec. 4, a 16-day break and they saw their three-game win streak snapped.
•The 'Cats were leading 60-58 with 18 seconds left before an Elon player converted on a three-point play for the win.
•Davidson as a team had a season-best 12 steals, led by Sophia Aleksandravicius' five.
•Ashley Lax hit her 150th career three-pointer, while Aleksandravicius hauled in her 300th career rebound, and picked up her 81st and 82nd career blocks (needs two more to move into sixth place all-time).
•Laura Murray (11.3 ppg) clipped the 20-point mark for the second time this year, finishing with 22. She scored 16 of those points in the second half when Davidson erased an 11-point deficit.
•Murray canned a season-best 4-of-6 treys and Davidson as a team was a season-best 7-for-14.
•Amanda Ottaway had her first career double-digit game in points with 11 off the bench.
•Aleksandravicius, held to eight points at Elon, paces the team with averages of 17.4 ppg and 8.4 rpg. The forward has a SoCon-best 33 blocks on the season (4th in the nation at 4.4 bpg)
•Kristen Johnsen is second on the team with an 11.4 ppg average and has had two of her four career double-doubles this year. She's fourth in the league in field goal shooting at 55.8 percent.
•Davidson ranks first in the SoCon in field goal defense at 36.0 percent and three-point field goal defense at 24.1 percent. The 'Cats defense ranks 16th nationally in that category.
•The 'Cats are currently riding a four-game home win streak dating back to last season.
•Both Aleksandravicius and Lax were named to the coaches' preseason All-SoCon team.
•The Wildcats were picked to finish 6th in the SoCon in both the media and coaches polls.
•Davidson returns eight letterwinners, two are starters, from last year's 14-15 team.
•Lax led four players in double figures with 25 points in last season's final meeting with the Spartans. Aleksandravicius also hit the double-digit mark with 10 points and registered 11 rebounds for a double-double off the bench.
•The Wildcats are 7-10 all-time against UNCG at home and are 3-1 in the last four contests.
Scouting the Tigers
•Princeton, off since Dec. 19, is coming off a 70-61 double-overtime setback at Saint Joseph's that snapped its five-game winning streak.
•The game wrapped up a run of four games in a nine-day stretch.
•The Tigers put three players in double figures, led by Niveen Rasheed's double-double (18 pts / 11 rebs). She has three double-doubles this year and scored in double figures in all but one of the 11 games with her season-high being 28 points vs. Lafayette, Dec. 13.
•Rasheed, Ivy League Rookie of the Year last season, leads the team with averages of 16.7 ppg and 7.5 rpg.
•Princeton has four players overall averaging in double figures.
•The Tigers are outscoring the opposition by almost 15 points a game (70.2 ppg – 55.6ppg = 14.5 margin)
•Princeton is sporting a 2-3 road mark this year with games at St. Joseph's, Delaware, Vanderbilt, Lehigh and Rutgers.
•Coming off a 14-0 campaign in the Ivy League and their first NCAA Tournament appearance last year, the Tigers were picked to repeat as league champs.
•Princeton returns all five starters and 10 of its 12 letterwinners from last year's squad.
•Head coach Courtney Banghart is in her fourth season and has captured 55 wins while at Princeton.
Scouting the Spartans
•UNCG has been off since Dec. 20 when it took home a 71-61 win over Furman to move to 2-0 in league play for first place.
•The game wrapped up a four-game homestand in which the Spartans went 3-1.
•Monique Floyd dropped in career-best 23 points and hauled in eight rebounds in the win vs. the Paladins. She is averaging 19 points a contest vs. the SoCon and 14.1 overall.
•Last game vs. Davidson, Floyd had eight points, eight boards and three assists.
•Floyd was named the player of the week, Dec. 21, after averaging close to a double-double in wins over Wofford and Furman.
•Amanda Leigh is averaging 13.3 ppg, second-best on team. The senior scored 16 points at home last time out vs. Davidson.
•The Spartans are fourth in the league in scoring at 65.6 points a contest.
•UNCG is sporting a 1-3 road mark this year with their lone win coming at Morgan State, 66-47.
•Coming off a 10-20 campaign, 6-14 in SoCon, the Spartans were picked to finish ninth.
•UNCG returns 11 of its 15 letterwinners from last season, including three of its five starters.
•Head coach Lynne Agee is in her 30th season at UNCG, sporting a career record of 548-300. She has 594 career wins overall in 33 years.
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