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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Sophomore Allyson DiMagno had 16 points and 13 rebounds to help Cornell past Dartmouth 49-45 in a slugfest on Saturday evening at Newman Arena. The Big Red improved to 9-10 overall (3-2 Ivy) with the victory, while Dartmouth slipped to 3-16 (1-4 Ivy) with the loss.

DiMagno dominated in her third double-double of the season, adding three assists and five steals in Cornell's fourth win in its last five outings. Her offensive rebound and two free throws with four seconds left put the game out of reach after junior Clare Fitzpatrick's heroics put the home team in the lead.

Fitzpatrick scored 10 pointsm including four in the final three minutes. Her basket with 1:07 left in the contest put Cornell back in the lead after Dartmouth had claimed a 45-43 edge with 3:21 left. The Big Red held the Big Green scoreless the rest of the way, forcing two missed shots and two turnovers down the stretch.

Besides DiMagno and Fitzpatrick, Maka Anyanwu had eight points and three steals and Spencer Lane notched six points, five assists and three steals. The Big Red had 14 steals as a team and forced a season-high 29 turnovers. Cornell had 21 of their own, but 17 offensive rebounds helped the Big Red attempt 15 more shots in the contest.

Faziah Steen led Dartmouth with 16 points and four steals and Sasha Dosenko scored 13 points. Tia Dawson notched seven points and five rebounds as the Big Green dropped its 14th consecutive contest.

Cornell came out ready to play, scoring the game's first 11 points and holding the Big Green off the scoreboard for the first 5:04. DiMagno and Anyanwu each had four early points during the run. The Big Red lead was extended to as many as 14 (21-7) with 8:35 remaining in the half, but Dartmouth quickly got back in the game. The visitors went on a 16-4 run to crawl within 25-23 with 1:33 left in the half, but Cornell went into the locker room with a four-point advantage (27-23) after a steal by Stephanie Long led to a breakout layup by Lane at the buzzer, the last of Dartmouth's 14 first half turnovers.

That number wouldn't get any better in the second half, as the Big Green handed the ball back to Cornell 15 more times despite getting back into the game, and actually taking a lead of as many as five points early in the second stanza. After Steen hit a 3-pointer with 6:06 remaining to tie the game, then scored again nearly three minutes later to give the visitors a 45-43 edge, Cornell clamped down. A free throw by Fitzpatrick got the Big Red back to 45-44, then Lyman collected a steal. Though it couldn't get back on the board on that possession, the Cornell defense was able to force a shot clock violation to get it back with just over a minute and a half to play.

Long found Fitzpatrick for a tough jumper that hit every part of the rim before going down to put the Big Red up 46-45. cornell rebounded a Dartmouth miss and was sent to the line, but Lyman missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Dartmouth turned it back over and Fitzpatrick was sent to the line. After hitting her first to make the deficit two for the Big Green, her second missed the mark. DiMagno was able to hustle to the baseline and get a loose ball for the offensive rebound and was again fouled. She hit both free throws with four seconds to play to put the game out of reach.

Cornell hits the road to face Yale on Friday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in New Haven, Conn.