Box Score DiMagno's 1,000th Point
Postgame Interview

ITHACA, N.Y. – Senior Allyson DiMagno had 12 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists and recorded her 1,000th career point as part of Cornell's 57-53 win over Loyola (MD) on Tuesday evening at Newman Arena. The Big Red improved to 3-2 on the season, while the Greyhounds slipped to 1-5.

DiMagno tallied her 22nd career double-double in an efficient effort that saw Cornell place three in double figures. Shelby Lyman added 11 points and Nia Marshall had 10 points and nine rebounds. The Big Red limited Loyola to 40 percent shooting for the game, forced 19 turnovers and outrebounded the visitors 34-30 to snap a two-game skid. Both Nicholle Aston and Stephanie Long scored seven points, with Long adding three rebounds, three steals and two assists for the Big Red.

Kara Marshall had 12 points to lead Loyola, who rallied from a 13-point deficit in the first half to knot the game at 39-39 before Stephanie Long answered immediately with a 3-pointer on the other end to give the home team the lead for good.

The second half saw Cornell answer a number of runs with big baskets to never allow the Greyhounds to regain the lead. Loyola shot 56 percent in the final 20 minutes and connected on 5-of-12 from beyond the arc to get back in it after connecting on just 23 percent from the floor in the first half.

Lyman scored all nine of her points after the break, several at critical junctures, and Long added seven after the break. Cornell hit on 48 percent of its shots in the second half and assisted on 10-of-11 baskets.

DiMagno scored her 1,000th career point when she curled around a screen and received a nifty pass from freshman Kerri Moran and put it up and in to extend Cornell's lead to 24-14 with 3:43 left in the first half. The Big Red extended its lead to as many as 13 before Nneka Offodile hit a jumper as time expired to get the visitors back within 28-17 at the break.

The teams traded the lead early before Cornell a Nia Marshall three-point play triggered a 10-0 run over the span of 3:02 to open up a nine-point advantage. Loyola got within four before Aspen Chandler hit a 3-pointer and Marshall converted another three-point play to push it right back to double figures.

Marshall posted 10 points and seven rebounds at the break and DiMagno added nine points and six boards. The Cornell defense limited the Greyhounds to 6-of-26 shooting with 12 turnovers and had seven steals as a team.

Cornell opens play at the Seattle U. Delta Dental Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday, Nov. 29 at 5 p.m. when it meets Drake, then plays either Coastal Carolina or Seattle the following evening.