Box Score FULLERTON, Calif. – Cal State Fullerton hit 11 three-pointers but the Big Red's first of the game, which came from junior Megan LeDuc late in the third quarter, proved to be the biggest as it gave Cornell a four-point lead it wouldn't relinquish, as the Big Red won, 59-47. Cornell trailed for most of the contest but erased a seven-point deficit after halftime to steal the victory and enter the holiday break with a winning record at 6-5.
 
Junior Nia Marshall led the way with 18 points, while LeDuc tied a season-high with 13. Juniors Nicholle Aston and Kerri Moran each chipped in 10, marking just the third time this season that the Big Red finished with four players in double figures. Native Californian Maddie Campbell led the team in rebounds with seven.
 
Cal State Fullerton jumped out to an early lead, taking the first six points of the game, with Dani Craig knocking down back-to-back threes before Marshall got Cornell on the board with a jumper.
 
After the Titans had taken an 8-4 lead, the next 3:58 was scoreless until Marshall got two back for Cornell. Fullerton answered quickly though, with Samantha Logan scoring her first of five threes on the night to put the Titans up, 11-6.
 
Moran came up with a big steal on defense and found LeDuc for a fast break, but Fullerton sunk another trey on the next possession. California native Aston made it 14-10 at the end of the first quarter in favor of the Titans.
 
Moran hit a jumper to open scoring in the second quarter and bring Cornell back within two, but Logan once again responded from behind the arc, the beginning of a 7-2 Fullerton run. Moran knocked down a jumper to cut the Big Red's deficit to five before the Titans made a pair of free throws with one second left in the half to lead 23-16 at the break.
 
The game shifted in Cornell's favor in the second half, beginnig with back-to-back layups and a pair of free throws from Marshall. The Titans peppered in two more treys, but Aston chipped in six consecutive points to cut Fullerton's lead to one. Marshall then gave the Big Red its first lead of the night, 30-29, when Aston found her all alone under the basket.
 
The sides traded leads before LeDuc scored five consecutive points, including the Big Red's first three of the contest, to give Cornell a 37-33 advantage to end the third quarter. LeDuc kept her streak going, hitting another trey to open the fourth. Moran quickly matched with her own jumper from deep, then drew a foul on a made basket and sunk the free throw for another three-point play to give the Big Red a 13-point lead, 46-33.
 
LeDuc wasn't done, hitting a season-high third three-pointer with just over six minutes remainig..
 
Logan hit two more treys to close the gap, but another Californian, freshman Samantha Clement made a layup before Marshall again made two from the line to push the advantage back to 10. Marshall went 6-for-6 from the charity stripe.
 
Aston blocked a shot to preserve the lead, and Campbell added four points in the waning moments, including a pair of free throws, to seal the Cornell victory, the Big Red's first over a Big West team.
 
After a brief hiatus for the holidays, Cornell returns home to Newman Arena for a matchup with Binghamton at 7 p.m. on December 30.