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PHILADELPHIA – Senior Allyson DiMagno became Cornell's all-time career rebounding leader this evening, grabbing 12 boards in her final collegiate game to finish with 938 and edge out Patti Froehlich (931; 1985-85) and a record that had stood for 24 years. DiMagno also tallied 14 points for her 10th double-double of the season (31st career) to lead Cornell, but it wasn't enough as Penn pulled away in the second half for the 50-43 victory.

With the loss, the Big Red finish the season with a 14-14 record overall and a mark of 6-8 in the conference, while Penn remains atop the Ivy League with a mark of 21-6 overall and 11-2 in the conference.

Freshman forward Nia Marshall also recorded 14 points, while senior guard Stephanie Long tallied 12. Marshall filled out the stat line with six rebounds, four blocked shots, three assists and two steals. Senior guard Shelby Lyman was the only other Big Red player to score, finishing with three points and four rebounds.

Sydney Stipanovich was the only Penn player to score in double-digits (13 points), while Kara Bonenberger chipped in nine. Senior Alyssa Baron was held well-below her season average of 14.6 points per game, as she finished with five points, but she was still a force on the court with a team-high eight rebounds and five assists.

After a hot start, Cornell ended up shooting just 26 percent for the game (16-62), while the Quakers finished at 40 percent for the game (19-48). Neither team had much success from beyond the arc with the Big Red hitting a mere 19 (3-16) and Penn shooting 18 percent (2-11). The home team held the slim edge in rebounds (39-38), and had 19 turnovers to Cornell's 15. Both team's offenses moved the ball extremely well with Penn assisting on 14-of-19 baskets, while the Big Red assisted on 12 –of-16.

After battling to a 9-9 tie midway through the first half, a trey by Long, followed by a layup from DiMagno gave the visitors some momentum that they would carry to the intermission. Cornell eventually stretched its lead to eight points (22-14) thanks consecutive baskets by DiMagno and Long, and took the 26-21 lead into halftime.

Penn opened the second half on 6-2 run to cut Cornell's lead to 28-27 with 17:54 to go in the game. Neither team managed to score again for more than three minutes before DiMagno hit a layup to give the Big Red the three-point advantage. Meghan Mcullough scored on Penn's next possession, but Marshall responded immediately scoring on a foul-line jumper. The teams traded rebounds before a layup from Melanie Lockett knotted the game at 33-33. Renee Busch game the 35-33 lead to Penn and Stipanovich scored Penn's next five points to extend what would become a 17-2 run to blow open the game. The Quakers eventually took its largest lead of the night, 48-35, on a free throw by McCullough with just over three minutes to play. During the decisive run, Cornell had at least four quality looks that rimmed out.

The Big Red had one final push to get back into the game.

With Penn leading 50-37, DiMagno hit back-to-back layups, with Joelle Davidson coming up with a big steal to earn an extra possession for the Big Red, to make it 50-41. Cornell had several more chances to cut into the lead in the waning moments, but couldn't connect. Long hit a pair of free throws with five seconds remaining to account for the 50-43 final.