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ITHACA, N.Y. – The Big Red women's basketball team forced 24 turnovers with 16 steals to hold off a hot-shooting Binghamton team and earn the 63-52 victory this evening at Newman Arena. The victory gives Cornell back-to-back victories over the Bearcats for the first time since the 1977-78/1978-79 seasons.

Cornell (5-3) had three players reach double-figures, led by Allyson DiMagno's 19 points. Freshman forward Nia Marshall tallied 14 points and had a team-high six steals, while senior guard Shelby Lyman finished with 10 points. Senior guard Stephanie Long handed out five assists and was one of five Big Red players to register at least two steals. Freshman Kerri Moran also had a solid game with nine points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Binghamton (1-6) was led by Stephanie Jensen's 17 points, while Morgan Murphy had 10 points and seven rebounds. Kandace Newry had a game-high 11 rebounds to help the Bearcats to a 31-22 advantage on the backboards.

The Bearcats shot better than 50 percent from floor (.524; 22-of-24) and just under 50 percent three point range (.429; 6-of-14), but took 10 less shots than Cornell. The Big Red finished at 40.4 percent from the floor (21-52) and 33.3 percent from beyond the arc (4-12), and also converted 17-of-19 free throws while BU was a perfect 4-of-4.

The visitors got out to an early lead, answering DiMagno jumper on the first play of the game with seven consecutive points to go up, 7-2, at the 17:43 mark. The Big Red answered with a 12-2 run over the next three minutes to take a lead it would not relinquish. During the run, the Big Red got six points from Marshall and five points from Lyman.

Cornell extended a 33-29 halftime lead by holding the Bearcats scoreless for the first 7:53 of the second half to go up by double-digits (40-29) at the 13:08 mark. Binghamton finally ended its drought when Kim Albrecht hit a deep trey with 12:03 to play in the contest.

Consecutive BU baskets from Julia Barac and Sherae Swinson made it a six-point game (42-36) with 9:38 showing on the clock, but Moran nailed a clutch 3-pointer to end the threat and moments later, Cornell went back up by double-digits on a traditional three-point play from DiMagno. From there, the Big Red rolled to the 63-52 victory.

Cornell is back in action this weekend when it plays host to St. Francis (N.Y.) on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Newman Arena at 1 p.m.