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GAME INFORMATION
GAME #4: Cornell vs. New Hampshire
TIP OFF: Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 7:00 p.m. (Ithaca, N.Y.)
SERIES RECORD: New Hampshire leads, 2-0
LAST MEETING: New Hampshire won, 75-72, on Nov. 26, 2005 (Durham, N.H.)
2011-12 RECORDS: Cornell (1-2), New Hampshire (1-1)
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THE MATCHUP: The Big Red women's basketball team welcomes New Hampshire to Newman Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. Cornell is looking to win its second straight after defeating Colgate last week, while the Wildcats are coming off a loss to Seton Hall. 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. NEW HAMPSHIRE: The Wildcats hold the slight all-time advantage against the Big Red, 2-0, winning the first outing, 79-57, on Dec. 4, 1993 in the Cornell/Sheraton Classic at Newman Arena, before narrowly defeating Cornell, 75-72, at the UNH Wildcat Classic on Nov. 26, 2005 in Durham, N.H.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS: UNH dropped a 61-38 decision to Seton Hall on Nov. 15 to slip to 1-1 on the season.  Second-year head coach Maureen Magairity benefits from the return of four starters and nine letter winners from last year's team that finished at 9-20 on the season and 6-10 in the America East Conference. Senior forward Denise Beliveau paced last year's lineup in both scoring (12.9 ppg) and rebounding (8.9 rpg), while America East All-Rookie team member Kelsey Hogan dished out a conference-best 118 assists (4.1 apg). Junior guard Cari Reed also had a breakout year, finishing last season with 10.4 ppg.

LAST TIME VS. THE UNH: Despite leading for the majority of the contest, Cornell was unable to hold on for the victory as it dropped a heartbreaker to New Hampshire, 75-72, in the opening round of the 2005 UNH Wildcat Classic on Nov. 26, 2005 in Durham, N.H. Kayleen Fitzsimmons led four Big Red players in double-digits, with a career-high 15 points. Freshman Jeomi Maduka posted the first double-double of her career, pulling down a game-high 18 rebounds and tallying 13 points, while Lindsay Krasna and Claire Perry registered 12 and 11 points, respectively. Danielle Clark led UNH with 22 points and eight rebounds. Ray Williams tallied 20 points while Ashley Cerniglia chipped in 13. For the game, Cornell shot an outstanding 52.8 percent while holding the Wildcats to 37.7 percent. The Big Red held the edge in rebounds, 39-33, but UNH forced 26 turnovers while Cornell only caused 13.

CORNELL VS. AMERICA EAST: Cornell slipped to 15-18 all-time vs. the current members of the America East Conference, after falling to Binghamton last season. The Big Red holds a winning record vs. Albany (5-1) and UMBC (2-0), while its series record with Stony Brook (1-1) is tied. Cornell holds a losing mark vs. Binghamton (4-7), Maine (0-1), New Hampshire (0-2) and Vermont (3-6), but has never faced Boston University or Hartford ... Coach Smith is 4-8 all-time vs. the America East.

A CORNELL WIN WOULD:
• even the Big Red's record at 2-2.
• give Cornell a .500 record for the first time since opening the 2009-10 season with a 5-5 record.
• be the Big Red's first victory in the series with New Hampshire.
• make Coach Smith is 5-8 all-time vs. the America East.
• even Coach Smith's record to 1-1 against New Hampshire.

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?:
• The Big Red defeated Colgate, 59-56, on Nov. 15 to pick up its first win of the season.
• Neither team led by more than two possessions.
• The game featured 11 ties and five lead changes.
• Junior Kristina Danielak's putback basket with 29 seconds remaining, put Cornell ahead for good, while sophomore Stephanie Long's two free throws with 14 seconds to play sealed the victory.
• Allyson DiMagno led the Big Red with 13 points and added eight rebounds.
• Maka Anyanwu finished one rebound short of a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds.
• Colgate's Jhazmine Lynch led all scorers with 17 points and added eight rebounds, four steals and three assists.
• Tricia Oakes had 11 points and eight rebounds and Mariah Jones scored 10 points for the Raiders.
• Colgate entered the game shooting 58 percent from 3-point range but missed eight of its nine shots from beyond the arc for just 11 percent.

HOME OPENER VICTORY: Cornell's 59-56 win over Colgate on Nov. 15 gave the Big Red a victory in its home opener for the first time since beating Albany, 50-46, on Nov. 19, 2008.

DOUBLE-DIGIT DIMAGNO: Sophomore Allyson DiMagno is the only Big Red player to register 10+ points in each game this season.

OFFENSIVE BOARDS: The Big Red has posted more offensive rebounds than its opponents this season (47-43), thanks in large part to its 22 offensive boards in its last game against Colgate. The 22 offensive boards was the most by Cornell since pulling down 21 vs. Columbia during the 2009-10 season. 

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: All of Cornell's victories since the beginning of the 2010-11 season have come at Newman Arena.

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 5.7 minutes of action through the first three games.

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.

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. So far this year, the Big Red is 1-1 in games decided by eight points or less.

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 three 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 38-of-58 baskets (66.0 percent).

STARTING STREAK: Clare Fitzpatrick has started the last 44 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 26 straight starts ranking second.

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.

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.

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.

UP NEXT: The Big Red remains in Ithaca for a game later this week at Newman Arena, as it plays host to Eastern Michigan on Friday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m.