Box Score | Game Highlights

ITHACA, N.Y. – Allyson DiMagno posted her second consecutive double-double to move into seventh place all-time in Cornell history with 1,208 career points, but it wasn't enough as the Big Red fell to Princeton, 71-56, this evening at Newman Arena. With the loss, Cornell slips to 11-9 overall (3-3 Ivy League), while the Tigers improved to 13-6 on the year (4-1 Ivy).

With her performance, DiMagno became the first player in Cornell women's basketball history to reach 1,200 points and 800 rebounds in a career.

In addition to DiMagno's team-high 14 points and season-high 15 rebounds, freshman forward Nicholle Aston registered a career-high 12 points. DiMagno also added three assists, three steals and one blocked shot to fill out her stat line. Shelby Lyman was the only other Big Red player in double figures with 10 points, while Stephanie Long registered a career-high seven assists.

Princeton was led by Blake Dietrick, who registered 19 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and Michelle Miller, who posted an 11-point, 12-rebound double-double. Taylor Williams also finished with 12 points.

The Tigers shot a blistering 52 percent for the game (29-56), and outscored the Big Red in the paint, 44-20, but was held to just 29 percent from 3-point range (2-7). Cornell struggled from the floor, shooting just 34 percent overall (20-59) and 23 percent from beyond the arc (3-13).

Princeton outrebounded the Big Red, 42-29, thanks to a 23-11 advantage in the first half. It was the Tigers' rebounding dominance and impressive transition offense in the first half that helped the visitors to jump out to a 38-26 lead at the break.

The game started as a back-and-forth battle but with Princeton holding a 15-11 advantage at the 11:40 mark the visitors embarked on a 13-5 run to push its lead to double-digits (28-16) with 5:24 remaining in the opening half. A pair of DiMagno free throws ended the run and moments later, DiMagno came up with a big steal and then hit a jumper on the other end. Lyman then drained a 3-pointer to make it a seven-point game, but the Tigers scored eight unanswered points to close the half. Cornell ended the period on a high-note when Megan LeDuc was fouled at the buzzer and went on to drain all three free throw attempts to make it a 38-26 game at the break.

The Big Red carried that momentum into the second half, and thanks in large part to eight points by DiMagno, made it a five-point game (46-41) with just less than 15 minutes to play.

But the Tigers responded over the next five minutes, pushing its lead back to 15 points, and then rolled to the 71-56 victory.

Cornell will wrap up the first half of Ivy League play next weekend when it heads to Dartmouth and Harvard on Friday Feb. 14 and Saturday, Feb. 15, respectively. The game with the Big Green will tip-off at 7 p.m., while the game with the Crimson will begin at 6 p.m.