Cristina Parrella

Tiger Takeaways from Princeton women’s basketball’s dreamy start and a look ahead to Maryland

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So far, the Princeton women’s basketball team’s dream season has unfolded, well, like a dream.

The Tigers have opened up the 2025-26 campaign with two big road wins over power-conference opponents, both in exhilarating fashion. In each game, the Tigers trailed for a majority of the contest only to have the lights suddenly come on in the final stanza. 

In the team’s season opener Sunday at Georgia Tech, Carla Berube’s squad overcame a sluggish first quarter and an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win, 67-61.

Three days later at Villanova, the Tigers rallied in carbon-copy fashion from a 10-point deficit in the fourth to win again, 73-68. 

Here are three takeaways from the Tigers’ promising start to the season and a preview of this weekend’s epic matchup with Maryland:

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Q&A with Princeton women’s basketball coach Carla Berube

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Princeton women’s basketball coach Carla Berube joins Ivy Hoops Online contributor Steve Silverman for an in-depth reflection on her program heading into the 2025-26 campaign, going over how Madison St. Rose looks coming back from injury, the Tigers’ standout Class of 2027, how the team’s offensive attack will be different this season, Princeton’s difficulty of mining the transfer portal, the team’s loaded nonconference schedule and much more:

Princeton women’s basketball races past Penn, 74-60, for Carla Berube’s 500th win

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By now it’s a familiar recipe: Start the game with tenacious defense, add a heavy dose of imposing play in the paint and mix in a strong measure of sharpshooting from the outside.

When Princeton women’s basketball succeeds in combining these ingredients, it’s nearly guaranteed to win, as it did on Saturday afternoon in a 74-60, wire-to-wire putdown of Penn at Jadwin Gymnasium.

The triumph was Princeton’s 13th straight win over its arch-rival and the 500th head coaching win of Carla Berube’s career. Berube is 116-22 at Princeton after posting a 384-96 at Tufts for a career .809 winning percentage.

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Princeton women’s basketball shuts down Dartmouth, 63-39, for seventh straight win

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Before tipping off against Dartmouth women’s basketball on Saturday afternoon, Princeton took the court at Jadwin Gymnasium wearing freshly minted warmup shirts with the team’s “Get Stops” slogan colorfully displayed on the front.

The Tigers forcefully delivered on their wardrobe messaging.

The hosts held the Big Green to under 40 points in a dominant 63-39 triumph.

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Princeton women’s basketball turns the ball over 29 times in 74-55 loss at Portland

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The Princeton women’s basketball team traveled 3,000 miles to face a Portland Pilots squad on Friday enjoying the best season in its history.  The result was a calamity for Princeton as the Tigers suffered their worst defeat in more than two years, falling to the Pilots, 74-55, at the Chiles Center.

The Tigers looked rusty and undisciplined after a 10-day layoff over the Thanksgiving holiday. Facing a relentless, trapping press, the Orange and Black coughed the ball up an astounding 29 times, wrecking any chance they had to notch a fourth consecutive road win.

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Princeton women’s basketball’s Madison St. Rose out for the season with ACL injury

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Princeton’s Madison St. Rose launches a three-point shot over West Virginia’s Kyah Watson in NCAA Tournament first-round action at Hawkeye Carver Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on March 23, 2024. (Steve Silverman | Ivy Hoops Online)

Princeton Athletics announced Friday that standout junior shooting guard Madison St. Rose will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 basketball season due to an anterior cruciate ligament tear in her left knee.

St. Rose suffered the injury last week in the fourth quarter of a road contest against Quinnipiac, which the Tigers lost, 74-66.

The extent of the injury was not immediately known, and fans of St. Rose have been waiting with a sense of dread for several days for more definitive news on the junior’s status.

St. Rose did not play in Princeton’s stirring win at Seton Hall last night, an ominous hint that her injury might be serious.

Princeton coach Carla Berube released a statement Friday expressing optimism that St. Rose will make a full recovery:

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