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ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell women's basketball team put up a strong fight, but proved to be no match for Ivy League leading Princeton, as the Tigers rolled to a 71-44 victory this evening in Newman Arena in Ithaca, N.Y. The Big Red will play its final home game of the season tomorrow evening as it welcomes Penn for a contest at 7 p.m. The game will be part of the WBCA's Pink Zone initiative. It will also be part of Cornell's celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, and it will be the final home game for Big Red senior Susie Doyle.

Cornell (5-20, 2-9) was led by Clare Fitzpatrick's eight points, while Allyson DiMagno chipped in seven points and a team-high five rebounds. Taylor Flynn also finished with six points and Stephanie Long tallied five points and three assists.

Princeton (20-4, 9-1) had a pair of double-digit scorers in Lauren Edwards (16) and Addie Micir (14) and Megan Bowen finished with a game-high seven rebounds.

Both teams finished with 33 rebounds and both were careful with the ball, with the Big Red finishing with 13 turnovers and Princeton tallying seven turnovers.

Cornell shot just 32 percent (14-44) for the game and 25 percent from beyond the arc (3-12), while the visitors shot lights-out at 49 percent (28-57) for the game, including a mark of 53 percent (9-17) from 3-point range.

The Tigers scored the first six points of the contest and never looked back, as they led wire-to-wire. Offensively, Princeton shot 55 percent from the floor and 46 percent from beyond the arc and defensively forced nine Cornell turnovers in the first half as it took a 38-16 lead into the intermission.

The Big Red battled back in the second half, adjusting to the Princeton pressure defense and allowing the visitors to hit just 43 percent of its shots, but could not cut the lead to fewer than 19 points in the second half.