The Cornell Big Red women's basketball team competes against Mount St. Mary on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022 in Newman Arena in Ithaca, NY.
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Women's Hoops Set to Host Lady Toppers on Friday

The Cornell Big Red women’s basketball team competes against Lafayette College on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 in Newman Arena in Ithaca, NY.
The Big Red put hands in versus Lafayette

 

Cornell Big Red (2-3) 

vs. Western Kentucky Lady Toppers (1-2)
 

November 25, 2022 • 1:00 p.m.
Ithaca, N.Y. • Newman Arena at Bartels Hall (4,473)
Never competed

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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.
  • The Big Red tallied the first win of the season in the home opener when it battled Lafayette after trailing by five at half.
  • 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). She tallied a remarkable 24 points in the most recent outing for the Big Red, a 66-61 win over Mount St. Mary's.
  • Cornell returns 11 athletes from last year, while adding four new faces.
  • The Big Red and the Mountaineers are competing for only the second time ever. Cornell won the lone meeting in 2004.

Dayna Smith 

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

• Dayna Smith is in her 21st 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 Big Red women's basketball team competes against Lafayette College on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 in Newman Arena in Ithaca, NY.
Ania McNicholas cashes a three against Lafayette

THE SERIES 
Overall: Never competed
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Never competed
Current Streak: Never competed
Last Meeting: Never competed
Smith vs. Mount: Never competed
Series Notes: 

  • Friday will mark the first ever meeting between the Big Red and the Lady Toppers.
  • WKU is coming off a fourth place finish in Conference USA in the 2021-22 season.

 

A WIN OVER WKU WOULD ... 

  • move the home record to 3-1.
  • be the first back-to-back wins since Dec. 29, 2021 and Jan. 2, 2022.
  • be the 459th win in program history (458-748 in seasons, .353).

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LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 66, Mount St. Mary's (Md.) 61
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY

  • The Big Red returned to the win column with a 66-61 win over the Mountaineers
  • Cornell trailed 18-17 at the end of the first quarter, but came stormed back in the second. The Big Red never trailed after 9:44 remaining in the the second quarter, following a layup by Emily Pape.
  • Pape tallied a career-high 24 points in just her fifth collegiate game. The only active player on the Cornell roster to clock more points is senior  captain Shannon Mulroy, who tallied 27 in an outing against Columbia in her freshman season.
  • Summer Parker-Hall ended the day just one rebound shy of a double-double, tallying 9 boards and 13 points.
  • The Big Red had its best shooting day of the year so far, going 25-56 from the field, good for a .446 shooting percentage.
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