The Cornell Big Red women's basketball team competes against Colgate on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 at Colgate in Hamilton, NY.
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Women's Basketball Opens Home Campaign With Lafayette

WBB Hands In vs. Columbia
The Big Red put hands in versus Columbia

 

Cornell Big Red (0-2) 

vs. Lafayette Leopards (1-2)
 

November 16, 2022 • 7:00 p.m.
Ithaca, N.Y. • Newman Arena at Bartels Hall (3,500)
Cornell leads, 8-3

Game Links
Watch Live • Live Stats • Tickets
Cornell Game Notes • Lafayette Game Notes
Cornell Roster • Cornell Schedule & Results • Cornell Stats
Lafayette Roster • Lafayette Schedule & Results • Lafayette Stats

STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

  • The Cornell women’s basketball team opened the 2022-23 season against its longest non-Ivy rival at Colgate on Monday, Nov. 7 where it fell 62-48 to the Raiders at Cotterell Court in Hamilton, N.Y.
  • Picked sixth in the Ivy League Preseason media poll, the Big Red is coming off a 9-16 season and a sixth-place finish among the Ancient Eight.
  • Theresa Grace Mbanefo and Samantha Will were the lone 2022 grads for the Red, opening up new court opportunities for the returners.
  • Freshman Emily Pape has neared double-double territory in both of her first two collegiate outings (13 pts, 7 rebounds at Colgate; 7 pts, 10 rebounds at FDU).
  • Cornell returns 11 athletes from last year, while adding four new faces.
  • A win over the Knights would mark the first Cornell win since the 2002-03 season, and give Cornell the lead in the all-time series.

Dayna Smith 

The Rebecca Quinn Morgan '60 Head Coach of Women's Basketball

• Dayna Smith is in her 20th season as The Rebecca Quinn Morgan '60 Head Coach of Women's Basketball. 
• Became Cornell’s seventh head coach in June of 2002. 
• Longest active-tenured coach in the Ivy League.
• Winningest coach in Cornell women's basketball history.
• She helped lead Cornell to its first-ever Ivy League championship title and NCAA tournament appearance in 2008.

Head coach Dayna Smith
The Cornell women's basketball team competes at Colgate in Cotterell Court on Monday, November 7, 2022.

THE SERIES 
Overall: Cornell leads, 8-3
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Tied, 3-3
Current Streak: Cornell, 2 games
Last Meeting: Cornell won 66-65, 11/28/2021 in Easton, Pa.
Smith vs. Lafayette: 5-1
Series Notes: 

  • Cornell has won 8 of the last 9 matchups against Lafayette, including an impressive 66-55 win last season.
  • Wednesday's matchup between the Big Red and the Leopards will be the 12th meeting between the two schools dating back to the 1982-83 season. 
  • The winner of the upcoming contest will take the lead of the series for the games held at Newman Arena. 

 

A WIN OVER FDU WOULD ... 
• mark the first Big Red win of the 2022-23 season.
• up Cornell’s record vs. Lafayette to 9-3 all-time.
• be the 457th win in program history (456-747 in seasons, .379).

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LAST TIME OUT: FDU 56, Cornell 41
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY

  • The Big Red dropped a 56-41 contest at FDU to fall to 0-2 on the season.
  • Freshman Emily Pape neared double-double territory  for the seconds straight game of her collegiate career. She tallied a team-high 10 rebounds while scoring seven in the match up.
  • Senior Shannon Mulroy led the Big Red scoring for the second time this season, notching 12 points.

 

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