GAME INFORMATION
Game #10: Cornell at No. 12/15 Stanford
Tip off: Saturday, Dec. 19, at 2:00 p.m. PST
Site: Maples Pavilion (7,223), Stanford, Calif.
2015-16 Records: Cornell (5-4, 0-0 Ivy); Stanford (7-2, 0-0 Pac-12)
Series Record: First Meeting
Last Meeting: First Meeting
Live Video: http://pac-12.com/live/stanford-university
Live Stats: None
 
Game #11: Cornell at Cal State Fullerton
Tip off: Monday, Dec. 21, at 5:30 p.m. PST
Site: Titan Gym (4,000), Fullerton, Calif.
2015-16 Records: Cornell (5-4, 0-0 Ivy)*; Fairfield (2-9, 0-0 Big West)*
Series Record: First Meeting
Last Meeting: First Meeting
Live Video: http://www.fullertontitans.com/links/75tr2f
Live Stats: http://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/w-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20151221_2wtd.xml
 
Game Notes (PDF)
 
THE MATCHUP: For the first time since a 2013 trip to Seattle, the Big Red women's basketball team is heading to the West Coast for a pair of games vs. No. 15 Stanford on Saturday, Dec. 19 and Cal State Fullerton on Monday, Dec. 21. Cornell is coming off a dominating defensive performance in a 59-35 decision vs. Fairfield on Thursday to enter the game with a 5-4 record. The Cardinal have won four of the last five games to improve to 7-2 on the year, while the Titans won their first two games of the season before dropping nine straight heading into a Saturday contest at San Diego State.
 
THE SERIES VS. STANFORD: First meeting.
 
CORNELL VS. THE PAC-12: Cornell is 0-2 all-time vs. the current members of the Pac-12 with losses to Arizona and Arizona State. The Big Red has never faced California, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington or Washington State ... Dayna Smith is 0-0 vs. the Pac-12.

THE SERIES VS. CAL STATE FULLERTON: First meeting.
 
CORNELL VS. THE BIG WEST: Cornell is 0-1 all-time vs. the current members of the Big West with its lone loss coming against Hawaii during the 1985-86 season. The Big Red has never faced Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, or UC Santa Barbara ... Coach Smith's record against teams in the Big West is 0-0.

WELCOME HOME: This weekend's trip is a homecoming for the three Big Red players that hail from the state of California – senior Maddie Campbell (Loomis, Calif.), junior Nicholle Aston (Woodland Hills, Calif.) and freshman Samantha Clement (Anaheim, Calif.).  
 
CAMPBELL VS. CAL STATE FULLERTON: Although Cornell has never faced Cal State Fullerton, one member of the Big Red – senior transfer Maddie Campbell – has played against the Titans. During her two seasons at UC Santa Barbara, Campbell was part of a team that went 3-1 vs. Cal State Fullerton. In four appearances, she registered one point, four rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots.

35 POINTS: Cornell held Fairfield to 35 points, the lowest point total by a Big Red opponent since defeating Keuka College, 46-35, during the 1978-79 season.
 
RACE TO 1,000: With 962 career points through 65 games, Nia Marshall is on pace to reach the 1,000-point plateau faster than any Cornell player other than Karen Walker '91, the leading scorer in Cornell history, who scored her 1,000th point in her 65th career game. The junior forward is averaging 17.2 points per game, which would have her eclipse the mark in her 68th career game.
 
50 REBOUNDS: Cornell pulled down 50 rebounds in its 59-35 win over Fairfield, its most rebounds in a game this season. The Big Red last pulled down 50 rebounds a year ago in a double-overtime contest at Vermont. Prior to that, Cornell had 52 rebounds vs. Ithaca College during the 2012 season. The last time the Big Red had more than 50 rebounds in regulation vs. a Division I opponent came on Nov. 15, 2011, when it posted 53 vs. Colgate.
 
HANDLE WITH CARE: The Big Red is second in the Ivy League and 21st in the nation in turnovers per game (13.1) … Cornell is also first in the conference and 90th in the nation in turnover margin (2.56).
I'LL TAKE THAT: The Big Red is averaging 8.7 steals per game, ranking third in the Ivy League and 140th in the nation … Nia Marshall ranks second in the conference and 85th in the country in steals per game (2.44).
 
MAY I ASSIST YOU: The Big Red is first in the conference and 38th in the country in assist/turnover ratio (1.15) … Cornell also ranks third in the Ivy League and 81st in the nation in assist per game (15.1). … Kerri Moran leads the Ivy League and ranks 42nd nationally with a 2.41 assist/turnover ratio.  Moran also leads the conference and ranks 88th in the country with 4.6 assists per game.
 
A PERFECT TIME: Over the course of four games – Marshall, Towson, Stony Brook and Fairfield – junior guard Kerri Moran had a streak of 96:16 without a turnover, including two full games vs. the Tigers and Seawolves. During that time, she has handed out 16 assists.
 
POINT-ASSIST: Junior guard Kerri Moran was outstanding vs. Towson with career highs in points (18) and assists (10), with no turnovers, to post the Big Reds first point-assist double-double since Lauren Benson had 13 points and set a school record with 12 assists vs. Tennessee State on Nov. 21. 2009. 
 
10 ASSISTS CLUB: With her 10 assists vs. Towson, Kerri Moran became just the 11th player in Cornell history to have 10 assists in a single game. Those 11 players have accounted for 22 double-digit assist performances.  
 
PERFECT 10: Kerri Moran became the first player in Cornell history to post 10 assists, with zero turnovers, in a single game. On three previous occasions, Lauren Benson (12-1 vs. Tennessee State on Nov. 21, 2009), Kacee English (11-1 vs. Penn on Feb. 28, 1997) and Keri Farley (10-1 vs. Colgate on Dec. 6, 1994) had all posted 10+ assist performances with just one turnover.
 
BIG NIGHT: Cornell's 88-point output vs. Towson was the most points scored in regulation by the Big Red since finishing with 92 vs. Tennessee State on Nov. 21. 2009. Cornell scored 90 points a year ago at Vermont in a double overtime contest.
 
CAMPBELL CAN: Senior Maddie Campbell earned her first career double-double with 13 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in the Big Red's 70-62 victory over Bryant. At the time, she was the only current player on the team other than Nia Marshall (10) and Nicholle Aston (7) to post a double-double and the first to do it in the 2015-16 season … In her second full season with the Big Red, the UCSB transfer is having her best season to date, averaging 8.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
 
40-MINUTE WOMEN:  Megan LeDuc has played at least 40 minutes in eight contests during her career. Only Karen Walker (27 games), Kacee English (17 games) and Lauren Benson (16 games) have played more 40-minute games in their career than LeDuc.
 
COACHING TENURE: Head coach Dayna Smith, in her 14th season at the helm of the Big Red program, ranks third overall in Ivy League women's basketball history in years served as a head coach in the conference. Only one active coach, Harvard's Kathy Delaney-Smith (34th season), ranks ahead of Cornell's Smith.
 
CLOSE CALLS: Since the beginning of the 2010-11 season, the Big Red has had 53-of-146 games (36 percent) decided by eight points or fewer. In those games, Cornell has posted a 26-27 record (.491).
 
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 on Nov. 20, 2012. She has since added to that and has 144 career coaching wins.
 
LOW PERCENTAGE SHOTS: Since the beginning of the 2012-13 season, Cornell has held 49 of its 92 opponents (53 percent) to below 40 percent shooting from the floor, including 5-of-9 opponents (56 percent) this season.
 
STARTING STREAK: Junior Nia Marshall has the longest starting streak on the team, standing at 39 games. Marshall had started every game of her freshman season, with the exception of the Big Red's Senior Day on March 1, 2014.
  
UP NEXT: The Big Red closes the 2015 portion of its schedule when it welcomes Binghamton to Newman Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 30 at 7 p.m.