Box Score HANOVER, N.H. – After waiting nearly a month to make up the game at Dartmouth that had been postponed due to winter storm Nemo, the Big Red women's basketball team made the most of it, storming back from a six-point half time deficit to defeat the Big Green 53-45 this evening at Leede Arena in Hanover, N.H.

Allyson DiMagno had a huge game for Cornell as the junior accounted for more than half of the Big Red's points with a 27-point, 10-rebound double-double. The career-high 27 points came on an 8-for-12 performance from the floor, including going 3-for-4 from 3-point range, while knocking down 8-of-9 free throws.

Shelby Lyman also chipped in 11 points, five rebounds and two assists, while Clare Fitzpatrick finished the game with seven points and four rebounds to go along with a block and a steal. Spencer Lane was also solid with six assists, six rebounds and two steals, including a crucial one with 1:27 to play that led to a fastbreak layup on the other end to put the Big Red up by seven points.

Dartmouth (6-20, 4-8 Ivy) was led by Faziah Steen and Abbey Schmitt with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Lakin Roland (11) and Kamala Thompson (10) accounted for half of the Big Green's rebounds as the home team held a slim advantage on the boards (42-40).

The two teams shot the ball at a nearly identical pace, with Cornell hitting 32 percent overall (19-59) and the Big Green converging 36 percent (19-53). The Big Red was at 24 percent from beyond the arc (5-21), while Dartmouth shot 22 percent (4-18). Both teams were just around 50 percent from the free throw line, but Cornell had more opportunities, hitting 10-of-19, as opposed to the Big Green's 3-of-6 performance.

The Big Red also forced Dartmouth into 17 turnovers, while the visitors turned the ball over a season-low 10 times.

Cornell jumped out to an early eight-point (11-3) lead just six minutes into the contest with four different players scoring for the Big Red, but the home team used an extended 16-4 run over the next nine minutes to go up 19-15. Dartmouth eventually pushed its lead to six points and then the teams traded baskets to close the half with the Big Green leading 25-19.

The Big Red opened the second half on a 9-2 run, with five points coming from DiMagno and two each from Lyman and Fitzpatrick, to put the visitors on top, 28-27. A trey by Steen put Dartmouth back up by two points, but back-to-back traditional three-point plays from DiMagno returned the lead to Cornell, 34-30, with 15:38 to play.

After three scoreless minutes by both teams, Thompson ended the drought and opened up a 6-0 run that returned the lead to the home team (36-34) but DiMagno answered once again with a trey to put Cornell up, 37-36 at the 10:40 mark.

Dartmouth regained the lead on a pair of made free throws by Steen and then slowly pushed its lead to five points once more on a jumper by Nicola Zimmer with 4:34 to play.

A left-handed finger-roll layup from Lyman opened up what proved to be the decisive run, as the Big Red scored 10 unanswered points, which included back-to-back 3-pointers from DiMagno and Allison Bockrath, to go up 49-42 with 1:19 to play.

Zimmer hit a 3-pointer to end the Dartmouth drought, but that would be the last scoring the Big Green would do and DiMagno and Fitzpatrick combined for 4-of-6 free throws down the stretch to account for the 53-45 final.

Cornell will play its final home games of the season and honor its four seniors – Kristina Danielak, Clare Fitzpatrick, Taylor Flynn and Spencer Lane – as it plays host to Dartmouth and Harvard on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9, respectively. Both games will tip-off at 7 p.m.