Beth Nelson

No. 4 Brown v. No. 1 Princeton: Ivy League Tournament women’s semifinal preview

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The No. 1-seeded Princeton women’s basketball team takes on No. 4 Brown on Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the first of two semifinal matches to open the eighth edition of Ivy Madness at Newman Arena on the Cornell campus in Ithaca, N.Y.

With a freshly minted, outright Ivy League regular season title under their belt, the Tigers, ranked No. 23 in the nation, enter the Ivy League Tournament as the favorites to cut down the nets.

The Brown Bears, on the other hand, arrive at Ivy Madness for the first time in nine years and just the second time in program history.

Carla Berube’s Tigers swept Monique LeBlanc’s Bears in the regular season series, persevering in a competitive game in Providence, 58-49, on Jan. 24, and then overpowering the Bears in the return matchup at Princeton, 69-37, on Feb. 21. 

Overall, Princeton has dominated Brown this century, winning 43 of the last 52 meetings between the two programs dating back to the 1999-2000 season.

Berube has never lost to Brown during her seven-year coaching tenure at Princeton. In fact, the Tigers are riding a 17-game winning streak against the Bears, dating back to the 2016-17 campaign.

What should we expect to see in the third clash this season and 94th overall meeting between these two rivals? 

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Columbia women’s basketball escapes Brown in physical battle

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Completing an undefeated February, Columbia women’s basketball endured a tough defensive battle at Brown to defeat the Bears, 59–56, Saturday night in Providence. The two were never separated by more than six points in a likely Ivy Madness semifinal preview.

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Stina Almqvist blows past 1,000-point mark in leading Penn women’s basketball past Brown

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Stina Almqvist had a triple big day Saturday: game highs of 26 points and 12 rebounds against Brown, a victory to keep Penn’s postseason hopes alive, and elevation to the elite club of Quakers with 1,000-point careers.
The 6-foot-1 senior became the 26th Penn woman to reach the milestone; her father and sister were at the Palestra for the event, visiting from Sweden. “My sister said, ‘You better get 1,000 while I’m here,’ and I did it for her,” Almqvist told ESPN+ afterward.

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Princeton women’s basketball races to 29-point lead, holds on to beat Brown, 78-67

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The rims were friendly to both the Brown Bears and the Princeton Tigers on Friday night at Jadwin Gymnasium. Hoping to snap a 14-game losing streak to Princeton, Brown drained 12 three-pointers, a season high.

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Princeton women’s basketball shuts down Brown in the fourth quarter for 60-47 win

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After scoring a dominant win over Yale on Friday night, the Princeton women’s basketball team got on a bus and motored up Interstate 95 to Providence in anticipation of a tough matchup a few hours later against the Brown Bears. Brown hasn’t beaten Princeton in eight years.

The Tigers’ 60-47 triumph at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Saturday night kept that streak going.

Despite the double-digit victory, this game was a struggle for the Tigers, who at times showed their fatigue in having to play back-to-back road games in less than 24 hours.

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