Daily News | Penn women fall to Princeton in Ivy League tournament semifinals, 60-47
PRINCETON, N.J. — Penn’s women’s basketball team fell into a huge hole in the first quarter it never could recover from, losing to Ivy League co-champion Princeton, 60-47, in the semifinals of the Ivy League tournament at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym.With Collingswood-born WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert among the crowd, Princeton scored the game’s first 16 points, while Penn missed its first eight field goal attempts.
Mandy McGurk ended the Quakers’ drought on a layup with 2 minutes, 14 seconds go in the first quarter, but that was the their only basket of the frame. At the buzzer, the visitors were just 1-for-13 from the field and trailed, 19-2.cut the deficit to 32-21 at halftime, thanks in part to McGurk’s buzzer-beating heave from halfcourt. Then the visitors started the second half scoring five straight points, making it 32-26.
The closest Penn got the rest of the way was 46-40 at the end of the third quarter. The Quakers went cold again in the fourth, making just three of 12 field-goal attempts.When you land on the losing end of a 19-2 quarter, that one obviously trumps everything else. But that McGurk heave was Penn’s only made three-pointer of the first half.
Princeton shot at least 45% from the floor in each of the first three quarters, including 7-for-14 in the third quarter when they re-established momentum.led the Quakers with 20 points, five rebounds, and two steals. Chen was dominant once again for Princeton, pouring in 24 points and grabbing six boards. Madison St. Rose had 12 points, and Ellie Mitchell had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
The Quakers also have three other seniors: guards McGurk and Sydnei Caldwell, forward Silke Milliman, and center Faye Parker. The Ivy League
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