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GAME INFORMATION
GAME #3: Cornell vs. Colgate
TIP OFF: Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7:00 p.m. (Ithaca, N.Y.)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 16-15
LAST MEETING: Colgate won, 65-52, on Dec. 1, 2010 (Hamilton, N.Y.)
2011-12 RECORDS: Cornell (0-2, 0-0 Ivy), Colgate (0-1, 0-0 PL)
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THE MATCHUP: The Big Red women's basketball team opens the home portion of its schedule this week as it welcomes instate rival Colgate to Newman Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. Both teams will be looking for their first win of the season after Cornell fell to both William & Mary and Longwood last weekend, while the Raiders dropped a two-point decision to Bryant on Nov. 11. Live stats and live video, with the addition of play-by-play by RLM Sports, will be available at www.CornellBigRed.com.

THE SERIES VS. COLGATE: Cornell had a four-game winning streak against the Raiders snapped last season, but it still holds the lead in the all-time series, 16-15. The series began during the 1978-79 season, a 65-60 overtime victory for the Big Red, but Colgate won 10 of the first 14 meetings overall before Cornell won five straight from 1992-93 to 1996-97. Since the 1992-93 season, the Big Red has gone 12-5 against Colgate and head coach Dayna Smith is 4-3 all-time against the Raiders. 

SCOUTING THE RAIDERS: Colgate dropped a 76-74 decision to Bryant on Nov. 11 to open the season at 0-1.  First-year head coach Nicci Hays Forte benefits from the return of four starters and 10 letter winners from last year's squad that finished 7-22 overall and 2-12 in the Patriot League. Junior guard Jhazmine Lynch finished second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.4 points per game, along with 2.3 steals per game, which ranked her second in the conference. Seniors Tricia Oakes and Kelly Korkowski are back for the Raiders. Last season, Oakes averaged 6.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while Korkowski finished fifth in the league in blocks (1.2 per game). Sophomore Lauryn Kobiela will once again be at the helm of the Raiders attack looking to improve on her 2.7 assists per game, which placed her sixth in the Patriot League. Colgate was selected to finish eighth in the 2011-12 Patriot League preseason poll.

CORNELL VS. PATRIOT LEAGUE: Cornell is 36-52 all-time vs. the current members of the Patriot League. The Big Red owns the advantage in the series with Lafayette (8-7) and Colgate (16-15) buts holds a losing mark against American (1-2), Army (5-6), Bucknell (4-16), Lehigh (2-4) and Navy (0-2). Holy Cross is the only member of the Patriot League that Cornell has never faced in women's basketball ... Coach Smith's record vs. the conference stands at 11-13 after losing a pair of games last season to Colgate and Bucknell.

A CORNELL WIN WOULD:
• give the Big Red a victory in its home opener for the first time since defeating Albany, 50-46, on Nov. 19, 2008.
• improve the Big Red to 17-15 in the series against the Raiders.
• make Coach Smith 5-3 against Colgate.
• improve Coach Smith's record to 12-13 against members of the Patriot League.

WHAT JUST HAPPENED:
• The Big Red fell to Longwood, 68-61, on Nov. 13 in Farmville, Va.
• Cornell got off to a great start and then came back from a late deficit, but could not maintain the lead over the final 2:13 of the contest.
• The game featured six ties and five lead changes, all of which came in the final 10 minutes of the contest.
• Cornell had three players in double-digits – Allyson DiMagno (13), Maka Anyanwu (12) and Taylor Flynn (11).
• Flynn hit the Big Red's only three 3-pointers of the game.
• Stephanie Long grabbed a team-high six rebounds.
• Longwood was led by Mieke Elkington's 14 points. Brittani Billups scored 12 points, while Chlesea Coward and Mina Javanovic chipped in 11 points apiece.
• Elkington, Billups and Coward each registered seven rebounds to help the home team to a 41-36 advantage on the boards.
• Cornell shot 36.7 percent overall, but just 15.8 percent from 3-point range.
• The Lancers finished the game shooting better than 40 percent both overall (21-51) and from beyond the arc (6-15).
• The home team also benefitted from 20 points at the free throw line (20-of-36), as compared to Cornell's 14 points from the stripe (14-of-19).
• Both teams finished the game with 17 turnovers.

LAST TIME VS. THE RAIDERS: Colgate used an 18-3 scoring run late in the second half to blow open a two-point game and defeat the Big Red, 65-52, on Dec. 1, 2010 at Cotterell Court in Hamilton, N.Y. Allyson DiMagno and Taylor Flynn were the Big Red's leading scorers with 10 points apiece. DiMagno also chipped in seven rebounds, while Flynn finished with two assists and two steals. Stephanie Long had a complete game with seven points, eight rebounds and five assists. Clare Fitzpatrick filled out the stat line with six points, four rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots. Colgate was led by Sami Kozlowski's 12 points, while Tayler Wejnert and Jhazmine Lynch finished with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Wejnert also registered a team-best six rebounds and Lynch handed out eight assists. Cornell shot just 30 percent overall and 25 percent from 3-point range in the first half before finishing at 33.3 percent from both the floor and beyond the arc. The Raiders, meanwhile, finished the game at 43.9 percent overall and 40 percent from 3-point range. Colgate also held the slim edge in rebounds (36-34) and forced 18 Big Red turnovers with nine steals. Cornell registered eight steals of its own as the Raiders turned the ball over 15 times.

FOR OPENERS: With its loss to William & Mary to start the season, the Big Red fell to 17-24 all-time in season openers. Coach Dayna Smith has posted a 1-9 record in season openers during her time with Cornell.

ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END: Sophomore Shelby Lyman saw her consecutive free throw streak come to an end in the season opener against William & Mary. Lyman hit all 14 of her free throw attempts last season but missed her first attempt against the Tribe to end the streak. 

FIRST MINUTES: Freshman Sarah Poland is the only rookie to see any playing time so far this season, averaging 2.5 minutes of action through the first two games.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: The Big Red adds five players to the 2011-12 squad: Christine Kline (Staten Island, N.Y.), Tyler Kim (Los Angeles, Calif.), Sarah Poland (Valley View, Ohio), Marissa Rakestraw (Beaverton, Ore.) and Sarah Talamantes (Broomfield, Colo.). The class of five players comes from five different states and consists of two forwards and three guards.

HI, MY NAME IS: Cornell has two new faces on the bench for the 2011-12 season, as Kharmen Wingard and Katie Schlein join the women's basketball staff as an assistant coaches. Wingard comes to East Hill after four seasons as the assistant men's basketball coach at nearby Cortland, while Schlein spent the past season working as the assistant director of women's basketball operations at the University of Denver. While with the Red Dragons, Wingard helped Cortland to a 59-50 record overall (38-30 SUNYAC) and two consecutive SUNYAC semifinal games, as well as a trip to the ECAC finals in 2007-08. He played collegiately at Gannon University and Daemen College. While at Daemen, he earned first-team All-American Mideast Conference (AMC) honors as a sophomore and second team All-AMC honors as a junior and senior. He graduated seventh in career scoring and second in career three-point field goals and helped lead the Wildcats to an appearance in the NAIA Division II elite eight game during his sophomore season.  At Denver, Schlein's responsibilities included coordinating all the recruiting technology and film exchange, while also managing the operations of the Super Hoopers Kids Club. In her one season with Denver, the Pioneers finished with a 19-12 record overall and 11-5 mark in the Sun Belt Conference to finish second in the West Division and earned a bid to the WNIT, Denver's first post-season berth since 2000-01. Schlein lettered in basketball and softball at Claremont McKenna College, helping the Athenas' women's basketball team to a SCIAC tournament appearance during her senior season and helping the softball team to two consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and an SCIAC title.

TICKLE THE (ALL) IVY: Clare Fitzpatrick was named All-Ivy honorable mention following the 2010-11 season. She led Cornell and ranked 12th in the conference in scoring (11.4 ppg.) and was second overall on the team and 14th in the league in rebounding (5.2 rpg.). She also averaged 1.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game and finished with 17 blocks on the season. In 28 games, she scored in double-digits 20 times. She was the Big Red's leading scorer in 15 games and grabbed a team-high in rebounds in nine contests. Fitzpatrick was also the model of consistency as the only player on the team to start every game this season.

COACHING HISTORY: With the victory over Ithaca on Jan. 1, 2011, head coach Dayna Smith became the all-time winningest head coach in Cornell women's basketball history with her 81st career win. Smith surpassed Marnie Dacko (1995-2002) to take the record.

100 THREES: For the fourth straight season, Cornell reached the century mark for 3-pointers, with 121 during the 2010-11 campaign. The Big Red has registered at least 100 3-pointers in all but one season under head coach Dayna Smith, with the 2006-07 squad coming up just short with 98 treys.

CLOSE CALLS: The Big Red was in many close games during the 2010-11 season, with more than one-third of its contests being decided by eight points or less. In those games, Cornell posted a 5-5 record.

BLOCKS A LOT: Senior Allie Munson is hovering just outside of Cornell's all-time blocks leader list with 39 in her career. She needs just one more to move into 10th place with Denis Hylton (40; 1987-91).

I'LL TAKE THAT: Last year, the Big Red averaged 6.3 steals per game. That was the best average since the 2007-08 team registered 6.8 steals per game. Through the first two games of the 2011-12 season, Cornell is averaging 7.0 steals per game.

HELPING HAND: Last season, the Big Red assisted on 339-of-524 baskets (64.6 percent). So far this season, Cornell has assists on 25-of-38 baskets (66.0 percent).

STARTING STREAK: Clare Fitzpatrick has started the last 43 games for the Big Red, dating back to Jan. 29, 2010. That is by far the longest current active streak on the team, with sophomore Allyson DiMagno's 25 straight starts ranking second.

IVY OPENERS: Since Ivy League round robin play began in the 1982-83 season, Cornell has posted a 15-14 record in conference openers. The Big Red has lost its last three Ivy openers against Columbia, making coach Dayna Smith's record 4-5 in the first game of Ancient Eight play. Cornell has faced the Lions more than any other team, opening the season against Columbia 13 times.

UMPQUA COMMUNITY CONNECTION: Junior college transfer Maka Anyanwu came to the Big Red last year after a successful season at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. Fans of the Big Red should know UCC, as it was the two-year home of former Cornell standout Moina Snyder '07.

BASKETBALL PEDIGREE: Sophomore Stephanie Long isn't the only member of her family to play collegiate basketball. Her father Dennis played basketball for three seasons at UConn.

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Sophomore Aspen Chandler comes from a long line of athletes. Her father, Brian Hopgood, had a successful professional basketball career playing in the various domestic and overseas leagues. Collegiately, he played at University of Louisville and Oklahoma City University. While at OCU, he led his team to the NAIA national championship and was a two-time All-American. Her cousin Shelton Johnson plays football for the University of Wisconsin and her grandfather Wayne Long ran track and field in college.

UP NEXT: The Big Red remains in Ithaca for a pair of games at Newman Arena next week, as it plays host to New Hampshire on Tuesday, Nov. 22, before welcoming Eastern Michigan on Friday, Nov. 25. Both games will tip off at 7 p.m.