Sunday, November 10
Washington, DC
12 p.m.
George Washington University
vs
Princeton
Women's Basketball Welcomes Princeton for Home Opener
11/8/2019 12:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Colonials to honor storied past as part of Alumni Weekend
WASHINGTON - GW women's basketball opens up its home slate on Sunday, welcoming the Princeton Tigers for a noon tip at the refreshed Charles E. Smith Center.
WEEKEND HAPPENING: This weekend is Alumni Weekend for the program as it welcomes back members of its historic past. On Friday night, GW will induct its 2019 Hall of Fame Class, which features the 1996-97 Elite Eight team as well as Anna Moñtanana and Elisa Aguilar. Alumni returning to campus will be honored at halftime of the game on Sunday.
Prior to Sunday's game, GW is hosting Brunchketball in the newly-named Tin Tabernacle club (formerly Colonials Club), available to all fans who purchase a game ticket beginning at 11 a.m. Students receive free tickets to the game and can upgrade to Brunchketball access for $10.
LAST TIME OUT: The Colonials rolled to a 68-56 win in the season opener on Wednesday at Villanova, leading by as many as 22 in the second half. GW started four newcomers on Wednesday as six of the nine Colonials who saw action were making their Buff & Blue debut. Newcomers accounted for 46 of GW's 68 points in the season-opening win, led by redshirt junior Sydney Zambrotta's 17. Graduate student Alexandra Maund (12 points) and first-year Tori Hyduke (10) gave GW three double-figure scorers.
FIRST IMPREZZION: Redshirt junior Sydney Zambrotta led the way for GW on Wednesday with 17 points, 15 of which came prior to intermission. The 17 points are the most for a Colonial making her debut in a season opener since Kelli Prange's 24 points at FGCU in 2014.
WEEKEND HAPPENING: This weekend is Alumni Weekend for the program as it welcomes back members of its historic past. On Friday night, GW will induct its 2019 Hall of Fame Class, which features the 1996-97 Elite Eight team as well as Anna Moñtanana and Elisa Aguilar. Alumni returning to campus will be honored at halftime of the game on Sunday.
Prior to Sunday's game, GW is hosting Brunchketball in the newly-named Tin Tabernacle club (formerly Colonials Club), available to all fans who purchase a game ticket beginning at 11 a.m. Students receive free tickets to the game and can upgrade to Brunchketball access for $10.
LAST TIME OUT: The Colonials rolled to a 68-56 win in the season opener on Wednesday at Villanova, leading by as many as 22 in the second half. GW started four newcomers on Wednesday as six of the nine Colonials who saw action were making their Buff & Blue debut. Newcomers accounted for 46 of GW's 68 points in the season-opening win, led by redshirt junior Sydney Zambrotta's 17. Graduate student Alexandra Maund (12 points) and first-year Tori Hyduke (10) gave GW three double-figure scorers.
FIRST IMPREZZION: Redshirt junior Sydney Zambrotta led the way for GW on Wednesday with 17 points, 15 of which came prior to intermission. The 17 points are the most for a Colonial making her debut in a season opener since Kelli Prange's 24 points at FGCU in 2014.
Zambrotta also showcased her maturity after halftime, taking advantage of the defensive adjustment to dish out four of her game-high five assists.
NICE TO MEET YOU: Six different Colonials made their GW debut on Wednesday - Faith Blethen, Essence Brown, Tori Hyduke, Alexandra Maund, Mayowa Taiwo and Zambrotta. The sextet combined for 46 points, 27 rebounds and 12 assists while playing 133 of the possible 200 minutes.
Blethen and Hyduke became the first pair of freshmen to start in the season opener since 2013, when Hannah Schaible and Caira Washington earned the nod against Jackson State. Kelli Prange was the last first-year to start for GW, doing so in 2014.
A GOLDEN WIN: Head Coach Jen Rizzotti earned her 50th win as GW's bench boss on Wednesday, becoming the fourth Colonials head coach to reach the milestone. Rizzotti, now in her 21st overall season, has 366 wins under her belt with seven trips to the NCAA tournament and five visits to the WNIT while posting 16 winning seasons.
2019-20 marks the first campaign at GW for Rizzotti in which she had a hand in recruiting all 13 players to Foggy Bottom. Only two players - juniors Neila Luma and Lexus Levy - have played more than one season at GW under Rizzotti.
A LOOK AT THE TIGERS: The defending Ivy League champions are primed and loaded for another run and tied atop the Ivy preseason poll yet again. Princeton opened its season with an 80-47 victory over Rider on Tuesday, pulling away with a 27-11 advantage in the third quarter. The Tigers boast one of the top players in the nation in Bella Alarie, who is on four preseason national watch lists, including the Wade Award and the Naismith Trophy. Alarie is the two-time defending Ivy League Player of the Year and broke the program's single-season record with 22.8 ppg last year.
The Tigers are led by first-year head coach Carla Berube, who accumulated a 384-96 record in 17 seasons at Division III Tufts. Berube and Colonials' head coach Jen Rizzotti were college teammates at Connecticut, winning the 1995 National Championship as part of a 35-0 season. Overall, the two played for three seasons together at UConn, going 99-7 and advancing to two Final Fours.
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