POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - Senior captain Rebekah Hand dropped 18 points, and redshirt senior captain Alana Gilmer added a double-double, but Princeton pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 62-50 decision over Marist on Saturday evening at McCann Arena.

The Red Foxes sustain their second-consecutive loss to move to 5-2. The Tigers capture their third-straight victory to improve to 7-1 this season.

Both teams found scoring touches as Hand scored 10 points in the first quarter, giving Marist a 16-15 advantage after 10 minutes. However, Princeton took a 28-26 lead into halftime after Carlie Littlefield and Julia Cunningham combined for 11 of the team's 13 points in the second stanza.

In the third quarter, both teams adjusted defensively, leading to just a 5-25 shooting effort between both teams. The Tigers came out with a 15-2 to begin the fourth, highlighted by seven points from Littlefield, to gain their largest lead of the game at 52-37. Gilmer trimmed the deficit to 55-43 with 2:33 to play, but Princeton kept Marist out of reach the rest of the way.

Gilmer finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds to record her fourth-career double-double. Redshirt senior captain Grace Vander Weide added 11 points on 5-6 shooting.

Littlefield paced Princeton with 19 points, while Cunningham earned 14 points.
 

HIGHLIGHTS

• After she opened the scoring, Vander Weide shook off her defender with a nifty crossover, then fed Rebekah Hand on the outlet pass for a three-pointer just 3:08 into the contest.
• With less than 55 seconds to play in the first, Gilmer posted up on the right elbow and nailed a turnaround jumper to put the Red Foxes up 16-12.
• Marist's largest lead in the second came after redshirt junior forward Molly Smith and Vander Weide converted back-to-back buckets to extend the lead to 23-18 and 6:47 on the clock.
• Neither team hit a shot from the field in the third until sophomore guard Sarah Barcello sank a seven-footer in the high post to make it 30-28 Tigers with 6:47 left in the stanza.
• The Red Foxes took their first lead in nearly 10 minutes when Gilmer found Rebekah Hand for layup that made it 34-33 with 2:19 remaining in the third.
• Maggie Connolly answered that score with a trey ball to give the Tigers the lead for good just 30 seconds later.

 

STATS

• Marist shot 42 percent from the field and limited Princeton to just 33 percent.
• The Tigers were limited to seven less rebounds than their season average, though they had a 39-33 edge in the category.
• Both teams had 19 field goals.
• The Red Foxes tallied 28 points in the paint.

 

NOTES

• Rebekah Hand recorded seven field goals to leap over Corielle Yarde for fifth place all-time. She now has 532 in her career. She is now one point shy of Ursula Winter for second-most all-time.
• Gilmer's double-double is the fourth in her career and her first since November 11, 2018 against Navy.
• This is the first time since January that the Red Foxes held an opponent to under 35 percent shooting in a loss.
• Princeton now leads the all-time series 5-1.

 

UP NEXT

• After taking their finals, Marist welcomes Green Bay to the Queen City on Sunday, December 15 at Noon.
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