.UtahWBB beat Princeton to advance to the Sweet 16 despite making just one 3-pointer, one of their biggest weapons all season.
Going into Sunday’s game against the Princeton Tigers, Utah was 15th in the entire country in 3-pointers made, averaging 8.5 per game. But against the Tigers, the Utes made just one.It was their lowest 3-point output of the entire season. The previous low was three against Ole Miss last November.
“That’s very surprising, but I think it just shows we stick it out and we can score in other ways,” junior guard Issy Palmer said of the low 3-point number. “We don’t live or die by the 3. It’s one of our biggest looks, but going inside and getting second-chance points is a big key for us.” “I think [Princeton] scouted really well and knew we all could shoot the ball, and they tried everything they could to make the shots for difficult or just taking it away,” sophomore guard Kennady McQueen said. “I think it was also a combination of that and an off night.”
McQueen credited Princeton’s defensive tenacity for Utah’s high turnover rate, but acknowledged some of them were self-inflicted.
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