Box Score ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell junior Allyson DiMagno registered a 10-point, 13-rebound double-double but it wasn't enough as the Big Red women's basketball team fell to Big East foe Syracuse, 80-35, this evening in Newman Arena. With the loss, Cornell evens its record at 2-2, while the Orange remain perfect at 3-0.

DiMagno was the only Big Red player in double-figures and she filled out the stat line with two steals, one block and one assist.

Syracuse was led by Kayla Alexander, who used her significant height advantage to register a 26-point, 13-rebound double-double. The Orange's other forward Shakeya Leary tallied 16 points and nine rebounds off the bench and Carmen Tyson-Thomas added 10 points and five boards.

The Orange held the 47-30 edge in rebounds and forced 26 Cornell turnovers with 17 steals.

Neither team could manage to get any offense going in the opening minutes of the contest until a nearly five-minute drought was ended by a put-back layup off an offensive board by Kristina Danielak to put Cornell up, 2-0 at the 15:27 mark. Danielak finished the game with six points.

Syracuse knotted the game moments later off a pair of free throws from Leary, but a jumper from the top of the key by Taylor Flynn restored the 4-2 lead to the home team.

Leary tied the game again on SU's next posession, sparking a 7-0 run by the visitors to give the Orange the 9-4 lead.

Cornell stayed within  striking distance when back-to-back baskets by Stephanie Long and DiMagno made it a 14-10 contest with just under nine minutes to play, but Syracuse closed the half on a 17-4 run to take the 31-14 lead into the break. 

The Orange continued to use a full-court press throughout the majority of the second half and blew the game open with 11 consecutive points in a span of just under four minutes and then rolled to the 80-35 victory.

The Big Red is back in action on Tuesday, Nov. 20 when it welcomes Manhattan College to Newman Arena for a contest at 7 p.m.