Box Score WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Big Red women's basketball team erased a 10-point deficit midway through the first half and went on to defeat Howard, 70-58, this evening at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C. With the win, Cornell ends non-conference play with an 8-6 record, posting a winning non-conference slate for the second consecutive season.

Trailing by a score of 18-8 with just under eight minutes to play in the opening stanza, Cornell embarked on a 14-4 run, which included eight points from freshman forward Nia Marshall en-route to a career-high 21, to tie the score at 22-22 and take over the contest.

Marshall connected on 8-of-13 from the floor and 5-of-10 from the charity stripe to go along with eight rebounds, three assists and one steal. Senior forward Allyson DiMagno chipped in her third double-double of the season, and her second in the past three contests, with 13 points and 11 rebounds, while Stephanie Long finished with a season-high 15 points and seven rebounds. Kerri Moran and Shelby Lyman had nine and five points, respectively, and each finished with five assists, as Cornell assisted on 17-of-26 baskets.

Howard (6-9) saw a three-game winning streak snapped despite 21 points from Te'Shya Heslip and 13 points apiece from Cheyenne Brown and Victoria Gonzalez. The Bison held the slim 43-42 edge in rebounds, but also had one more turnover than Cornell (21-20).

Cornell was on fire from the field, hitting 47.3 percent for the game, including 56 percent in the crucial second half, and knocked down 28.6 percent from 3-point range. Defensively, the Big Red held the home team to just 33.3 percent overall and a mere 12.5 percent from beyond the arc.

After Cornell knotted the game for the first time since the opening moments at 22-22 with just over seven minutes to play the teams traded baskets to make it a 26-26 game. The Big Red outscored the home team 15-8 over the closing moments of the first and opening moments of the second stanza to take a 41-34 lead with just under 17 minutes to play.

With Cornell leading by six-points (43-37) with 16:20 to play, both teams went cold for nearly three minutes before a made free throw from Aspen Chandler opened up an extended run that saw the Big Red push its lead to 15 points (56-41) at the 9:37 mark.

The Big Red held a double-digit lead the rest of the way.

Cornell is back in action on Saturday, Jan. 18 when it opens Ivy League play at Columbia.