Game Information
Yale at Cornell
Tip Off: Friday, Feb. 15, 2013; 7:00 p.m.
Location: Newman Arena (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Records: Cornell (10-9, 2-3 Ivy); Yale (7-13, 2-4 Ivy)
Series Record: Yale leads, 45-22
Last Meeting: Yale won, 69-58 (Feb. 25, 2012; Newman Arena)
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Brown at Cornell
Tip Off: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013; 7:00 p.m.
Location: Newman Arena (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Records: Cornell (10-6, 2-0 Ivy); Penn (7-8, 0-1 Ivy)
Series Record: Brown leads, 46-20
Last Meeting: Cornell won, 51-50 (Feb. 24, 2012; Newman Arena)
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Game Notes (PDF)
 
THE MATCHUP: The Big Red women's basketball team (10-9, 2-3 Ivy) returns to Newman Arena to take on a pair of Ivy opponents as it faces Yale and Brown on Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16, respectively. Saturday's game will also be the team's annual Play 4Kay game, as Cornell joins the WBCA in its fight against breast cancer. Fans are encouraged to wear pink and admission to the game is fee.
 
PLAY 4KAY: Saturday's game against Brown has been designated the Play 4Kay game with proceeds to benefit the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes. There will be no admission, though donations will be accepted. There will be commemorative shirts and wristbands for sale at the game, as well as raffle tickets for sale with great prizes to area restaurants and attractions. Radio station Z95.5 will be at Newman Arena broadcasting live starting at 6 p.m., while Trumansburg Mini-Golf Kids Zone will be open pregame and throughout the contest with a bounce house, mini golf and other games, along with face painting by Cami of Festive Faces.  Join the team post-game for autographs. All activities are free.
 
ABOUT YALE: The Bulldogs have lost four of their last six outings to slip to 7-13 overall and 2-4 in the Ivy League. Yale is led by Sarah Halejian with 13.6 points per game, while Janna Graf is chipping in 11. 6 points and a team-best 5.0 rebounds per game. Graf is also the team's biggest 3-point threat, connecting on 40 percent from beyond the arc and knocking down 2.0 treys per contest.
 
THE SERIES VS. THE BULLDOGS: Cornell first faced the Bulldogs in the 1974-75 season, with Yale taking the 31-23 victory. Cornell has held the lead in the series since 2000 (leading 13-11), winning seven-straight from 2000 to 2003, and splitting the series in 2005-06 and 2006-07, before sweeping Yale from 2006-09. However, the Bulldogs have won the last six meetings to improve its lead in the all-time series history to 45-22.
 
ABOUT BROWN: The Bears enter the weekend on a five-game losing streak, taking a 7-13 record overall (1-5 Ivy) into its game with Columbia on Friday evening. Lauren Clarke leads Brown with 14 points and 2.8 assists per game, while Shelia Dixon is averaging 11.1 points and a team-high 4.8 rebounds per game.
 
THE SERIES VS. THE BEARS: Cornell's rivalry with the Bears began in the 1974-75 season when Brown defeated the Big Red, 34-30. The Bears dominated the series during the first 20 years, with Cornell winning only three times prior to the 1994-95 season. Since that year, the series has been far more competitive with Brown holding a slight 19-17 lead, though the Bears still hold the advantage in the all-time series with a record of 46-20. Brown had a five-game winning streak ended last season when Cornell earned a 51-50 victory at Newman Arena.
 
LAST TIME VS. YALE (Feb. 25, 2012 ~ Ithaca, N.Y.):
• Yale hit eight 3-pointers and shot 49 percent from the floor overall to claim a 69-58 victory over Cornell at Newman Arena.
• Maka Anyanwu scored 17 points and had six rebounds and both Taylor Flynn and Allyson DiMagno notched 11 points for the Big Red, but 21 Cornell turnovers and Yale's hot shooting was enough for the Bulldogs to complete the season sweep.
• The visitors shots 61 percent after halftime and drilled 5-of-8 shots from 3-point range to earn the victory.
• Cornell's Clare Fitzpatrick scored six points and pulled down 10 rebounds as the home team won the battle of the boards, 35-32.
• Yale's Janna Graf had 13 points and eight rebounds, Michelle Cashen scored 12 with eight rebounds and Megan Vazquez also tallied 12 points for the victors.
• After trailing at the half, 34-24, Cornell made several second half charges, getting within six points once, but each time the Big Red threatened, Yale responded with a 3-pointer.
 
LAST TIME VS. BROWN (Feb. 24, 2012; Ithaca, N.Y.):
• Clare Fitzpatrick's layup with three seconds remaining gave Cornell a 51-50 victory over Brown on Feb. 24, 2012 at Newman Arena.
• The win snapped a five-game win streak by Brown in the series.
• Shelby Lyman led the Big Red with 13 points, including 11 in the first half, and Fitzpatrick ended the evening with nine points and seven rebounds, including the game-winning basket.
• Maka Anyanwu notched eight points and Stephanie Long had seven in the win.
• Allyson DiMagno was credited with five points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals.
• The Big Red shot 43 percent from the floor and assisted on 16 of its 21 baskets.
• Cornell also won the battle of the boards 28-26, while the team had 11 steals.
• Brown was led by Lindsay Nickel's 16 points and six rebounds, while Lauren Clarke scored nine and grabbed four rebounds.
• The Bears turned the ball over 19 times, but made up for it with an 8-of-16 effort from beyond the arc.
 
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?:
• After seeing its game postponed for two days due to winter storm Nemo, the Big Red decided to make the most of it, erasing a 10-point deficit over the final 9:02 of the contest to force overtime, but Harvard jumped out to a quick five-point lead in the opening moments of the extra session and never looked back en route to a 69-60 victory at Lavietes Pavilion.
• Cornell was led by a trio of players in double-figures, including Allyson DiMagno who led the visitors with a 20-point, 14 rebound double-double while playing all 45 minutes.
• Clare Fitzpatrick was also outstanding, connecting on 6-of-8 baskets and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe for 17 points to go along with seven rebounds, three steals, two blocks and two assists.
• Stephanie Long finished with 10 points, four rebounds and four assists.
• Harvard was led by Victoria Lippert's 19 points, while Christine Clark added 15 points and nine rebounds.
Temi Fagbenle chipped in 12 points and six rebounds in the victory.
• The Crimson shot 39 percent from the floor but was held to just 17 percent from 3-point range, while Cornell hit 38 percent overall and 21 percent from beyond the arc.
• Harvard outrebounded the visitors 42-36, despite Cornell's outstanding performance on the boards over the final 25 minutes as it outrebounded the Crimson, 24-22.
• Both teams turned the ball over 17 times with Cornell coming up with nine steals.
 
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END: Prior to Cornell's 69-60 overtime loss to Harvard on Feb. 10, head coach Dayna Smith was undefeated in three previous overtime contests at the helm of the Big Red program, having guided Cornell to victory against Harvard in 2003-04, Niagara in 2005-06, and Columbia earlier this season.                
 
DOUBLE THE OT: Cornell has played in two overtime contests this season (Columbia on Jan. 26, Harvard on Feb. 10), a feat that hasn't occurred since the Big Red played three overtime games during the 1997-98 campaign.
 
EVERYBODY'S (ACADEMIC) ALL-AMERICAN: Junior Allyson DiMagno has been named a Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District first-team selection for the first time of her career. She is now among 40 players to vie for a spot on the prestigious Capital One Academic All-America squad. A biological sciences major with a3.79 grade-point average, she becomes just the second Academic All-District selection in the history of the Big Red women's basketball program, joining Virginia McMunigal '10, who was a second-team selection during her senior season.
 
A LEGEND IN THE MAKING: The Atlantic 10 Conference recently announced its Inaugural Women's Basketball Legends list and Cornell head coach Dayna Smith has been selected to represent her alma mater, the University of Rhode Island. Smith was one of the top point guards in Atlantic 10 history while starring for Rhode Island from 1992-96. One of just 11 players at the NCAA Division I level to record more than 1,000 points and 750 assists, Smith was a key component of the Rams' run to the 1996 NCAA Tournament. The Women's Basketball Legends will be honored on March 16 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., the morning of the 2013 A-10 Women's Basketball Championship finals. Each honoree will be recognized during an awards brunch in the 40/40 Club, beginning at 11 a.m.
 
THRICE AS NICE: Three times this season, Allyson DiMagno has been named the Ivy League co-Player of the Week (Dec. 3, Jan. 21, and Jan. 28). The three weekly honors in a single season ties the school record and DiMagno becomes the first Cornell women's basketball player to accomplish that feat since Jeomi Maduka won the award three times during the 2007-08 season.
 
STREAKING: Earlier this season, Cornell had a four-game winning streak, as well as a posting six consecutive victories at Newman Arena. Those streaks were the longest since the Big Red won eight consecutive games during the 2007-08 season, and posted 10-straight victories at Newman Arena over the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.
 
SEASON SWEEP: With its double overtime victory at Columbia on Jan. 26, the Big Red posted back-to-back season sweeps against the Lions for the first time since 2005-06, 2006-07.
 
FIFTY IS FINE: Junior Allyson DiMagno set a school record for minutes played in a contest when she played all 50 minutes during Cornell's double overtime game at Columbia on Jan. 26. The previous record had been held by Do Stevens, who played 46 minutes of a double overtime game vs. Harvard on Feb. 22, 2002.
 
DOUBLE OT: When Cornell's game at Columbia went into double overtime, it became just the third double-overtime game in Cornell women's basketball history (1979-80 vs. Colgate; 2001-02 vs. Harvard).The Big Red lost both previous games by the identical score of 77-75.
 
BEST BOARDS: As of the national rankings on Feb. 10, Allyson DiMagno led the Ivy League and ranked 10th in the nation in rebounds per game (11.7).
 
TOP TEN ASSISTS: With her seven assists vs. Daemen College (N.Y.) on Jan. 13, Spencer Lane jumped into the top 10 in Cornell history for career assists. She currently has 242 assists and needs three more to surpass Mary LaMacchia (1992-96), who sits in ninth place.
 
TOP TEN POINTS: With her 17 points at Harvard on Feb. 10, senior Clare Fitzpatrick moved into the top 10 for points in a career at Cornell. She sits in 10^th place overall with 1,106 and needs 43 more points to move into ninth place.
 
TOP TEN REBOUNDS: Allyson DiMagno and Clare Fitzpatrick have both moved into Cornell's top 10 for career rebounds. DiMagno made the jump after pulling down 15 against Columbia on Jan. 19 and Fitzpatrick did it with seven boards the very next weekend at Columbia on Jan. 26. DiMagno currently sits in fifth place with 596 and needs 22 more to surpass Lynell Davis (1999-2003). Fitzpatrick is 10th overall with 567 and needs five more to surpass Jeomi Maduka (2005-08).
 
RECORD WATCH: At a pace of 11.6 rebounds per game and nine contests remaining on the schedule, Allyson DiMagno is on pace to set the school record for rebounds in a single season. The junior forward currently sits in sixth place overall with 222 rebounds and needs just nine more to move into fifth place, surpassing Patti Froehlich (1987-88), and needs just 66 more to overtake the all-time leader Rhonda Anderson.
 
NUMBER ONE STARTER: Earlier this season vs. Princeton, senior Clare Fitzpatrick set the school record for games started in a career, surpassing Lauren Benson (97; 2006-10). Fitzpatrick has currently made 100 career starts for the Big Red.
 
TOP 10 SHOTS: Clare Fitzpatrick and Taylor Flynn have moved into the top 10 in Cornell history for field goals made and three point field goals made, respectively. Fitzpatrick sits 10th overall (400) and needs just six more to move into ninth place, while Flynn ranks 10th (106) and needs just two more treys to move into ninth place.
 
IVY LEADERS: In addition to Allyson DiMagno leading the Ivy League in rebounding (11.7 rpg.), several Big Red players are ranked among the top 10 in various categories in the Ivy League, including:
*Allyson DiMagno – fifth in scoring (13.8 points per game)
*Clare Fitzpatrick – seventh in scoring (13.1 points per game)
*Clare Fitzpatrick – third in field goal percentage (.492)
*Allyson DiMagno – fourth in field goal percentage (.471)
* Spencer Lane – 10th in field goal percentage (.423)
* Spencer Lane – first in assists (3.8 assists per game)
* Stephanie Long – ninth in assists (2.5 assists per game)
*Allyson DiMagno – second in free throw percentage (.831)
*Clare Fitzpatrick – seventh in free throw percentage (.763)
*Allyson DiMagno – fourth in steals (2.0 steals per game)
* Spencer Lane – eighth in steals (1.6 steals per game)
*Shelby Lyman – fifth in 3-point field goals made (1.6 per game)
*Stephanie Long – 10th in 3-point field goals made (1.3 per game
* Clare Fitzpatrick – seventh in blocked shots (0.8 blocks per game)
* Spencer Lane – first in assist/turnover ratio (1.4 per game)
*Allyson DiMagno – first in offensive rebounds (4.1 per game)
*Allyson DiMagno – first in defensive rebounds (7.6 per game)
*Allyson DiMagno – first in minutes played (35.9 per game)
* Spencer Lane – fourth in minutes played (31.6 per game)
* Shelby Lyman – sixth in minutes played (31. per game)
* Stephanie Long – 10^th in minutes played (30.4 per game)
 
SURE SHOTS: Clare Fitzpatrick and Allyson DiMagno rank third and fourth, respectively in the Ivy League in field goal percentage, helping the Big Red to third place ranking in the Ivy League as a team (.395).
 
CLOSE CALLS: Since the beginning of the 2010-11 season, the Big Red has had 28-of-74 games (38%) decided by eight points or fewer. In those games, Cornell has posted a 15-13 record.
 
BLOCKS A LOT: Senior Clare Fitzpatrick currently sits in sixth place in Cornell history for career blocks (64), having surpassed classmate Kristina Danielak, who is now sitting in 11th place with 52 blocks.
 
I'LL TAKE THAT: So far this season, Cornell has averaged 8.8 steals per game, up slightly from last year when the Big Red averaged 8.4 steals per game. Last season's total was the best team average since the 2001-02 team finished the year with 11.0 steals per game.
 
MAY I ASSIST YOU?: So far this season, the Big Red has assisted on 277-of-399 baskets (69%), which is up significantly from last year when Cornell had assists on 366-of-576 baskets (64%).
 
STARTING STREAK: Junior Allyson DiMagno has a 70-game starting streak, which is by far the longest current active streak on the team. Senior Spencer Lane's 49-game streak ranks second.
 
FIRST ACTION: Freshman Jen Wahleithner became the first member of the rookie class to see action this season, playing one minute in the Big Red's first game at Colgate. Since then, both other members of the class of 2016 – Allison Bockrath and Molly Meriggioli – have seen the court for the Big Red, with Bockrath getting her first playing action vs. Syracuse, while Meriggioli saw her first minutes vs. Buffalo. 
 
LOW PERCENTAGE SHOTS: So far this season, Cornell has held 13 of its 19 opponents to below 40 percent shooting from the floor. The Big Red closed the 2011-12 season by holding its opponents to 40 percent or below from the floor in 12 of its final 18 games.
 
100 THREES: For the past five seasons, Cornell has hit at least 100 3-pointers as a team, and is on pace to extend that streak this year. With an average of 4.7 3-pointers made per game, the Big Red should reach 134 by season's end. Cornell 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.
 
22 BOARDS: Junior Allyson DiMagno registered a career- and team-season high 22 rebounds at Columbia on Jan. 26. The 22 rebound effort is the fifth-best single-game performance in the NCAA this season and ranks fourth all-time in Cornell history, matching Patti Froehlich (vs. St. Francis (Pa.) on Jan. 9, 1989) and Rhonda Anderson's (vs. Oneonta State on Dec. 2, 1980) 22-rebound efforts.
 
COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS POW: Clare Fitzpatrick was named the College Sports Madness Ivy League Player of the Week on Jan. 28 following her performance in Cornell's double-overtime victory at Columbia. Fitzpatrick scored 23 points, including seven in the two overtime sessions, to go along with four assists, two blocks and two steals. Fitzpatrick sunk two free throws with nine seconds remaining in the first overtime period, and then blocked a Mawa Tachibana shot attempt with 1.7 seconds to play to force the game into a second overtime.
 
100 WINS AND COUNTING: Head Coach Dayna Smith is already the winningest coach in Cornell history, and she reached the 100-win mark for her career with the team's victory over Manhattan. She has since added to that and has 107 career coaching wins.
 
IVY OPENERS: Since Ivy League round robin play began in the 1982-83 season, Cornell has posted a 16-15 record in conference openers. The Big Red snapped a four-game losing streak in Ivy openers when it defeated Columbia, 68-54, earlier this season, making Coach Dayna Smith's record 5-6 in the first game of Ancient Eight play. Cornell has faced the Lions more than any other team, opening the season against Columbia 15 times.
 
HITTING 1,000/500: With her 15 points vs. Buffalo on Jan. 5, senior Clare Fitzpatrick became the 12th player in Cornell history to score 1,000 career points. She is also the seventh player in Cornell history, and second ever under head coach Dayna Smith, to register at least 1,000 points and 500 rebounds for her career. She hit the 500-rebound plateau with 12 boards against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Dec. 18. 
 
HELPING HAND: Cornell assisted on 24-of-30 shots vs. Daemen College. The 24 assists were the most in a game for the Big Red since recording 20 assists against Dartmouth on Jan. 28, 2011.
 
STUDYING THE OPPONENTS: Since the 1980-81 season, the Big Red is 12-20 coming out of Cornell's two-week study break. However, Coach Smith's teams have fared much better, posting a record of 7-4 in the first game back from exams … This season, the Big Red was edged by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 52-49 in its first game following the break.
 
FOR OPENERS: The Big Red is 18-24 all-time in season openers. Coach Dayna Smith improved her record to 2-9 in season openers after defeating Colgate, 69-65 on Nov. 11, 2012. It was the first season-opening victory since the 2004-05 campaign.
 
WHAT WAS LOST: The Big Red graduated two players from the 2011-12 squad – Maka Anyanwu and Allie Munson. A junior college transfer, Anyanwu earned two varsity letters and finished her senior season with 211 points (7.8 ppg.) and 118 rebounds (4.4 rpg.). Munson was a four-year letter winner for the Big Red and played in 93 career games (13.3 mpg.). She averaged 3.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game for her career and ranks 12th all-time in Cornell history for career blocked shots (42). 
 
WHAT REMAINS: Cornell returns four starters and nine letter winners from last season's squad. The Big Red returns 84% of its scoring (1,298-of-1,554 points) and 83% of its rebounding (813-of-975) from a year ago.
 
BASKETBALL PEDIGREE: Junior Stephanie Long isn't the only member of her family to play collegiate basketball. Her father Dennis played basketball for three seasons at UConn.
 
PRESEASON HONORS: Clare Fitzpatrick and Allyson DiMagno were both named to the College Sports Madness Preseason All-Ivy team, with Fitzpatrick earning first-team honors and DiMagno snagging a place on the second-team.
 
TICKLE THE (ALL) IVY: Clare Fitzpatrick and Allyson DiMagno were each named honorable mention All-Ivy League following the 2011-12 season. Fitzpatrick ranked 12th in the Ancient Eight in scoring (10.8 ppg.) and was fourth in rebounding (6.9 rpg.). She also ranked third in the circuit in blocked shots and registered five double-doubles. Her basket with less than four seconds to play helped down Brown. DiMagno was 13th in scoring (10.7 ppg.) and second in rebounding (7.3 rpg.). She also ranked 10th in the Ivy in assists and seventh in steals and was just outside the top 10 in blocked shots. Her basket with three seconds left pushed the Big Red over Fordham.
 
HI, MY NAME IS: Cornell has a new face on the bench for the 2012-13 season, as Daan de Heus joins the women's basketball staff as an assistant coach. A native of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, de Heus played for the Dutch national youth basketball teams before going on to serve as an assistant coach for the Netherlands at the 2009 high school basketball world championships, held in Istanbul, Turkey. He was also the head basketball coach of a variety of youth and senior basketball teams at Almonte, from 2005-2011, wining two championships at the U16 and U18 level.
 
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: The Big Red added three players to the 2012-13 squad: Allison Bockrath (Dayton, Ohio), Molly Meriggioli (Waunakee, Wisc.) and Jen Wahleithner (Highlands Ranch, Colo). The class of three come from three different states and consists of two guards and one forward.
 
UP NEXT: Cornell opens a four-game road trip next weekend, travelling to Penn and Princeton on Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23, respectively. Both games will tip off at 7 p.m.