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Tiger Takeaways from Princeton women’s basketball’s 5-4 start amid big changes

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It’s been an up-and-down season so far for Princeton women’s basketball. With nine games in the books, the six-time-defending Ivy League champions have a mixed record of 5-4.  

Highlights of the season include a three-game sweep of Big East opponents DePaul, Villanova, and Seton Hall, a dominant win over in-state rival Rutgers, and a resume-building win over Big 5 foe Temple.

The lowlights include blowout losses at Quinnipiac and Portland, a disappointing finish at Duquesne, and a heartbreaking injury to the Tigers’ superstar team captain, Madison St. Rose.

Carla Berube’s club was picked to finish first again in the Ivy League’s preseason media poll, but the loss of senior leadership, a monumental injury and a brutal, road-heavy slate of opening games has created challenges, opportunities and an intriguing future.

Here are three Tiger Takeaways assessing where the Princeton women’s basketball team stands one-third of the way into the season:

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Princeton women’s basketball routs Rutgers, 66-49

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Princeton women’s basketball beat up Rutgers Sunday at Jersey Mike’s Arena, 66-49, before a crowd of 2,281.

The Tigers were tasked with having to take Rutgers senior guard Destiny Adams out of the game. Adams was averaging 21.7 points and 12 rebounds per game, the latter clip good for third in the country.

Princeton coach Carla Berube called Adams “a monster inside” to the Big Ten Plus announcers before the game.

The Tigers tamed the monster.

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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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Princeton women’s basketball loses more than a game at Quinnipiac

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Princeton women’s basketball lost more than a game today against  at the M&T Bank Arena in Hamden, Conn.

The 74-66 loss to Quinnipiac might be an afterthought to Carla Berube, as star junior guard Madison St. Rose went down with 6:31 remaining with what appeared to be a painful left knee injury. She was taken off the court by Berube and a trainer and came back on the floor about 10 minutes later on crutches with an ice pack on her knee. Berube was uncertain as to the actual extent of the injury postgame.

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Penn women’s basketball coasts versus Siena to third win

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A dominant 27-point performance from Stina Almqvist led the Penn women’s basketball team to a 78-47 trouncing of Siena at the Palestra Wednesday night.
Almqvist, an All-Ivy Second Team selection last season, is second to none so far in her senior year, tied for the league lead in scoring for Penn (3-0) with Princeton’s Madison St. Rose at 19.7 points per game. Against Siena (0-3), Almqvist scored six of Penn’s first eight points. She was as efficient as ever for the night, hitting nine of 14 shots from the field and eight of 10 from the free-throw line, and added nine rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals.

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Princeton women’s basketball outlasts Villanova, 70-61, in home opener

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After two road games to open the season, the Princeton women’s basketball team opened its home schedule with a solid win over Villanova, 70-61, at Jadwin Gymnasium on Wednesday night.

Princeton (2-1) began the evening in ceremonious fashion by unveiling yet another pair of championship banners for the Tigers’ regular season and Ivy League Tournament championships from the 2023-24 season. Returning players also were presented with championship rings prior to the start of the game.

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Princeton women’s basketball routs DePaul, 79-58, for first win of the season

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The Princeton women’s basketball team shrugged off a sluggish start and stormed past the DePaul Blue Demons, 79-58, in a Saturday matinee matchup at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The win was the first of the season for Princeton (1-1) and its first triumph over DePaul (1-1) in program history.  The Blue Demons won the previous three contests against the Tigers in 2011, 2012 and 2018.

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Princeton women’s basketball drops season opener at Duquesne after fourth-quarter collapse

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The Princeton women’s basketball team has opened the 2024-25 season with a thud.

The Tigers lost on the road to the Duquesne Dukes, 76-66, at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh Monday.

Last season, the Tigers also opened their season against the Dukes but secured a hard-fought victory at home, 65-57.  The Dukes got their revenge tonight, outscoring a tired Tigers squad 20-4 in the fourth quarter.  

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Ivy women’s basketball Media Day highlights

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As the 2024-25 season quickly approaches, the Ivy League hosted its annual women’s basketball Media Day on Thursday. The three-hour event, hosted by Lance Medow, can be viewed on the conference’s YouTube channel.

Prior to the event, the league announced the results of its preseason poll.

Princeton, which has claimed the Ancient Eight title for the last six years, was picked first with 122 out of a possible 128 points and 10 first-place votes.  Columbia, which has tied for the top spot in each of the last two seasons, came in second with 110 points and five first-place votes.

Harvard, which has finished the last two years in third placed, was tabbed for third in 2025, earning 101 points and one first-place spot. 

Penn, the final participant in last year’s Ivy tournament, was picked fourth with 75 votes, while Brown, which finished last year tied with Penn for fourth, was four points back in fifth place.

Sixth place went to Yale, which was as high as third place in 2022, with 48 votes. 

While Cornell and Dartmouth ended last season tied for seventh place, the Big Red got the nod for seventh in this year’s poll with 30 points and the Big Green were eighth with 19 points.  

Below are highlights from this year’s virtual Media Day:

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No. 9 Princeton women’s basketball vs. No. 8 West Virginia – NCAA Tournament preview

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Snow flurries fall upon the entrance to Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City Friday. (Photo by Steve Silverman)

IOWA CITY, Iowa – As the curtain rises on first-round games from Iowa City in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, all eyes will focus on Caitlin Clark and her No. 1 Iowa Hawkeyes.  Clark has ignited an explosion of interest in women’s college basketball with her electrifying shooting and record-breaking scoring.  

But there are three other teams competing in the Iowa City pod this weekend, including the No. 9 Princeton women’s basketball team (25-4, 15-1 Ivy), which begins play in No. 8 West Virginia Mountaineers (24-7, 13-7 Big 12).

Let’s take an in-depth look at how these two teams from vastly different places in the women’s college basketball landscape match up against each other:

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