Princeton's defense totally stymied Nova's offense and the final score did not do justice to how complete the job was as Nova scored the last eight points to cut the final deficit to 15.
The first half was filled with turnovers, missed shots and turnovers by both teams, punctuated by some bizzare referee calls and non-calls. The first half score was 20-17 and not much more needs to be said.
Princeton came out in the second half by pushing the ball inside and quickly extended the lead to double figures and Nova had no answer offensively. Nineteen turnovers against the press and extended defense, 3 of 21 three point shooting,lots of fouls and coming up empty on most loose balls and rebounds doomed the Cats to a very lackluster shellacking.
Bright spots? Not many. Emily Leer got offensive in the second half to post a 12 point game as an early career high and Emily Suhey shot 2 for 2 and grabbed a few rebounds to finally look comfortable in a game for some time. A loss today would not have been unexpected. Disappointing that we were not even competitive today.
Della-Ware in town on Tuesday for the home opener and a celebration of Harry's 600th win. Della Donne looked unstoppable scoring 40 against a good Penn State team this week, but her team looked beatable if we play with the defensive intensity of the first three games. An effort like today will put us on the mat early on.
The first half was filled with turnovers, missed shots and turnovers by both teams, punctuated by some bizzare referee calls and non-calls. The first half score was 20-17 and not much more needs to be said.
Princeton came out in the second half by pushing the ball inside and quickly extended the lead to double figures and Nova had no answer offensively. Nineteen turnovers against the press and extended defense, 3 of 21 three point shooting,lots of fouls and coming up empty on most loose balls and rebounds doomed the Cats to a very lackluster shellacking.
Bright spots? Not many. Emily Leer got offensive in the second half to post a 12 point game as an early career high and Emily Suhey shot 2 for 2 and grabbed a few rebounds to finally look comfortable in a game for some time. A loss today would not have been unexpected. Disappointing that we were not even competitive today.
Della-Ware in town on Tuesday for the home opener and a celebration of Harry's 600th win. Della Donne looked unstoppable scoring 40 against a good Penn State team this week, but her team looked beatable if we play with the defensive intensity of the first three games. An effort like today will put us on the mat early on.