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 Basketball Hits the Road for Big 10 Matchup at Rutgers

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 (3-3) 

at Rutgers (3-4)
 

November 27, 2022 • 2:00 p.m.
Piscataway, N.J. • Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000)
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 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. Rutgers: Never competed
Series Notes: 

  • Friday will mark the first ever meeting between the Big Red and the Scarlet Knights.
  • Rutgers is coming off an 11-20 season last year. The Scarlett Knights have faced three opponents that were at least receiving votes in both poles. The Knights lost all three of those matchups.

 

A WIN OVER RUTGERS WOULD ... 

  • mark the first road win of the season.
  • be the first three consecutive wins since Nov. 16, 2019 through Nov. 27, 2022, when Cornell tallied four straight wins.
  • be the 460th win in program history (459-748 in seasons, .353).

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LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 57, Western Kentucky 50
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY

  • The Big Red tallied the first back-to-back wins since January 2021, with a 57-50 win over the Lady Toppers.
  • Cornell never gave up its lead in the contest, despite a several runs by WKU to bring up a one point spreads.
  • Senior captain Ania McNicholas tallied her fourteenth double-digit scoring games with a team-high 17 points. She also led the Big Red in steals, notching seven in the contest.
  • Summer Parker-Hall ended the day just one point shy of a double-double, tallying 9 points and a team-high 11 rebounds.
  • Junior Kaya Ingram drew 10 fouls of the 30 total WKU committed. She went 12-14 at the line, clocking a .857 free throw percentage.
  • The Big Red win marks just the second ever on Coach Smith's birthday, moving the record on Nov. 25th to 2-4 all-time. This was the first win since 2007.
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