ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell forced 30 turnovers, had a season-high 19 steals and limited St. Bonaventure to 30 percent shooting in a 58-44 victory on Monday afternoon at Newman Arena. The Big Red closed the calendar year with its fourth consecutive win to improve to 7-6, while the Bonnies fell to 3-10 with the loss.

Laura Bagwell-Katalinich was the lone double figure scorer with 14 points and chipped in four rebounds and four steals as 11 different Big Red players put points on the board. Samantha Widmann added eight points, seven rebounds and three steals, Danielle Jorgenson notched seven points and four steals and Kate Sramac was credited with five points, five assists and two steals in the win. The lead was 53-32 leading into the fourth and the Big Red were never threatened in the final stanza.

Deja Francis led St. Bonaventure with 14 points, while Emily Calabrese had six points and nine rebounds and both Mckenna Maycock (eight points, seven rebounds, three blocks, two steals) and Asianae Johnson (nine points, five rebounds, three steals) narrowly missed double figures. The Bonnies were just 2-of-24 from beyond the 3-point arc, including missing their final 17 shots  from deep.

Cornell's pressure defense forced live-ball turnovers and fastbreak points all evening, outscoring the Bonnies 32-12 off miscues and 12-2 on the break. 

A 16-5 run to end the first half put Cornell up 27-20 at the break. Only a last-second basket by Asianae Johnson gave the Bonnies any momentum in a half they shot just 29 percent from the floor overall and committed 14 turnovers. The Big Red shot just 35 percent itself and made a single 3-pointer, but got to the free-throw line (8-of-11) and outscored the Bonnies 17-7 off turnovers, most of it in transition (8-0 on fastbreak points).

Widmann had six points and seven rebounds and Jorgenson posted seven points, three rebounds and three steals to lead the Big Red at the half, while Francis (seven points) and Johnson (six points) combined for 13 of the team's 20 points.

It didn't get any better for the Bonnies in the third quarter, as Cornell scored 26 points to up its lead to 21 heading into the fourth. The Big Red forced 16 second half miscues and were never threatened after St. Bonaventure got within seven points early in the third. Cornell went on a 16-4 run, capped by a Samantha Will 3-pointer, over 6:29 while allowing just one field goal over that span to put the game away. The Big Red forced 10 third quarter turnovers, turning them into 10 points.

The Big Red scored the game's first four points, but then went scoreless for more than five minutes as the Bonnies netted nine straight to take the lead. The contest went back-and-forth, with Jorgenson hitting a 3-pointer and then grabbing a steal and pitching it ahead to Kate Sramac to make it a 5-0 run over 14 seconds to tie it, but St. Bonaventure went into the first break up just 15-13 after a buzzer-beating putback by Widmann.

The Big Red switched defensees to kick off the second and immediately forced a shot-clock violation before a three-point play on the other end by Caitlyn Smith put the Big Red back ahead for good at 16-15as part of an 8-0 Big Red run. Widmann's steal, score and drawn foul for a three-point play pushed the Big Red's lead to 23-16 with 4:43 left in the half, a lead they maintained into the break.