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PRINCETON, N.J. (1/4/11) - Senior Addie Micir scored her 1,000th career point and led her Princeton women's basketball team to a 94-51 win over La Salle on Tuesday, Jan. 4 at Jadwin Gym.

Micir became the 18th women's basketball player in Princeton history to reach 1,000 points for her career. Micir joined the 1,000 Point Club on her first shot the game, hitting her 38th three-point basket of the season. She finished the game with 17 points, four rebounds, three assist, two steals and one block.

Junior Devona Allgood had 15 points, six rebounds, a block and a steal. Classmate Laura Johnson added a season-high 12 points and a game-high five steals and freshman Nicole Hung dropped in 10 points. Freshman Alex Rodgers matched Allgood in rebounds with six and added eight points, five assists and one steal. Sophomore Megan Bowen matched her career-high in points with nine.

As a team Princeton shot 54.7 percent (35-64), the third time the Tigers have finished a game shooting over 50 percent this season. From the foul line, Princeton hit 12-of-18, and was 52.2 percent from behind the arc, making 12-of-23.

"It's great when we can get contributions from everyone," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "I can't say enough about what Addie means to our team. She is growing into a leader on the floor. One thousand points is a great accomplishment, but she has always cared about leaving the program in better shape than when she found it, and she's doing just that."

Princeton quickly jumped out to a 10-point lead, 14-4, at 14:59.

However La Salle made it a three-point game, 18-15, nearly five minutes later. Ebonee Jones and Jess Koci combined for 15 points on the 11-4 run.

The Tigers quickly ended the Explorers' run on a 10-3 streak, with Lauren Edwards, Micir and Johnson all draining three-pointers and Lauren Polansky burying a layup to make it a 14-point game, 29-15, at 7:02.

Ashley Gale would score her team's next five points to make it an 11-point game but it would be the Explorers' last points of the half.

Hung went on a personal 7-0 run; shooting 2-for-2 from the free-throw line, hitting a jumper and a long ball to put the Tigers ahead by 18, 38-20. Her seven points in less than three minutes surpassed her personal best of six points in a game, as she finished with 10.

Johnson added a long jumper and Micir hit her third three of the half to send her team into the locker room with a 43-20 lead.

Princeton shot 50 percent (17-34) in the first half, the eighth time the team has shot over 50 percent in a half this season. La Salle hit just nine of its 34, for 26.5 percent shooting.

La Salle continued its offensive struggles in the second half. It would be held without a basket from the field for 9:37, spanning both halves. Jones would end the drought at 15:02, but Princeton had expanded on its lead, and was up 53-20.

Four minutes later Princeton had a 40-point edge, 65-25 on a three from the wing by Rodgers. Micir would follow up with two threes herself making it 44-point game.

The team's would go back-and-forth for the remainder of the game, with 18 points coming from the free-throw line and 28 from the floor.

The Tigers would take their largest lead of the game, and of the season, a 47-point advantage with 2:11 to play on a three ball from Rodgers, 94-47. La Salle would close out the game with the final two baskets.

Tonight's game marked Princeton's largest margin of victory over an opponent this season and the third time this season the Tigers have beaten a team by 40+ points. It is also the most points amassed in a game this season for the Tigers.

Gale led all players with 23 points on 6-for-20 shooting. She added seven rebounds, four steals and one block and one assist. Jones finished with 13 points, four rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block. Koci picked up a double-double with 12 points and team-best 10 rebounds.

La Salle shot 28.6 percent overall, 80 percent from the line and 15.8 percent from long range. The Explorers fall to 4-10 on the season.

Princeton improves to 11-3 overall and opens up Ivy League play on Saturday, Jan. 8 hosting Penn at 6 p.m.