Tigers Set Program Record In Comeback Win Over UMBC

Sunday, November 27

Baltimore, Md.

1:00 p.m.

Princeton University

2-4

UMBC

2-3

PRINCETON

UMBC

Photo by: Kobus Reyneke

Tigers Set Program Record In Comeback Win Over UMBC

November 27, 2016 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BALTIMORE- The Princeton Tigers used a program-record 14 three-pointers to run by the UMBC Retrievers in the second half and score a 69-58 victory at the RAC Arena on Sunday afternoon.

Two Tigers set career highs in the game in senior Taylor Brown and junior Kenya Holland. Holland had a game-high 19 points, adding five three-pointers. Brown made five of six attempts from the floor, finishing with 13 points in 15 minutes. The Tigers' 37 attempts from long range were also a single-game record. Freshman Bella Alarie was just one rebound shy of a double-double, adding 10 points, two blocks and two assists.

After Alarie scored the first basket of the game, UMBC rattled off 12 of the next 16 to take a 5-point advantage with 4:14 to go in the first quarter. The Tigers got back within two before a long-distance trey by UMBC's Tyler Moore made the score 17-12 at the end of frame.

Following a Holland three-pointer to open the scoring for Princeton in the second, UMBC went on a 9-0 spurt to jump in front by 14 (29-15) at the 5:29 mark. Back-to-back treys from Holland to end the half set the score at 37-29.

Trailing by 10 as the second half got underway, the Tigers pushed ahead with a nine-point run to cut their deficit to one (45-44) with 4:35 left in the third. The home squad kept its distance, rebuilding its lead back to double-digits, but consecutive treys from sophomore Jordan Muhammad would make the contest, 54-50, heading into the final stanza.

Using hot shooting from deep to stay in the game, Princeton's defense shut down UMBC in the final quarter. After three, UMBC was 50 percent (21-of-42) from the field, but Princeton slowed the Retrievers to 1-of-11 (9.1 percent) in the final stanza. The Tigers turned a four-point deficit to a nine-point advantage (65-56), leading to a UMBC timeout at the four-minute point of the frame.

Alarie's three-pointer with 4:34 to go gave the team its record breaking 14th bucket from beyond the arc.

This 3 from Alarie gives the Tigers a 7-pt lead with 4:34 to go and a program record 14 3's in the game! #GoTigers #TigerUp #EarnYours pic.twitter.com/uJamHzsADm
— Princeton WBB (@PrincetonWBB) November 27, 2016

UMBC could only muster two free throws after the timeout as the Tigers finished out the victory. Princeton outscored the Retrievers 40-21 in the second half and finished with a 41-27 rebound advantage. Five players secured at least four boards for the Tigers. Head coach Courtney Banghart's team had 20 assists on 27 baskets, a season high.

The Tigers welcome another in-state rival, Seton Hall, to Jadwin Gymnasium on Wednesday (Nov. 30). Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. The matchup will be featured on the Ivy League Digital Network and ESPN3. Fans attending the game will receive a Tiger Up t-shirt.