ITHACA, N.Y. -- Emily Pape and Kaya Ingram combine for 33 points, but Cornell women's basketball could not over come the Harvard defense, which forced 20 turnovers, three steals, and six blocked shots in the 66-53 Big Red loss. Cornell fell to 8-11 (1-5 Ivy), while Harvard improved to 11-7 (4-2 Ivy), moving to fourth in the league.

Pape led the Big Red in both points (17) and rebounds (8), nearing her second career double-double and shooting 7-for-12 for her sixth consecutive game shooting above .500. Ingram was one shy of the freshman in each category, tallying 16 points and 7 rebounds.

Lola Mullaney led the Crimson scoring effort with 19 points. Two more Harvard athletes tallied double-digits. Elena Rodriguez added 17 while Harmoni Turner collected 15, her sixth lowest mark this season and more than three points lower than her average entering the game. Katie Krupa, McKenzie Forbes, and Elle Stauffer also added eight, five, and two points respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Harvard was first on the boards after winning the jump ball, but Kaya Ingram had the answer to take the first Cornell lead with a three pointer at 8:26. The Crimson would storm back with an 8-0 run to force a Big Red timeout at 6:31. Ania McNicholas would get the Big Red back on the scoring block at 6:15 with a floater. Harvard would expand to a 14-5 run before Cornell hit an unanswered run of 7-0 to trail just 14-12. The teams would close the quarter with back-and-forth play, with Harvard leading 23-20 at the break.

Harvard tallied the first points of the second quarter with a quick layup at 9:34, but both teams would hit a scoring drought for the next 3:42 of game time. Pape would then spark an 8-2 Big Red run, with her being responsible for all 8 points to take a 28-27 lead. Harvard would regain the lead after two hit free throws and go on to score one more layup to close the half with a 31-28 Crimson lead. Neither team tallied double-digits in the seconds, each only tallying eight.

Cornell had hot hands to open the seconds half of play, barreling out to a 7-0 run in the first 2:36 of play to take a 35-31 lead. Harvard was seemingly unfazed by the Big Red run, responding with 11 unanswered points, holding Cornell off the score board until Summer Parker-Hall hit a deep three with 2:04 to go in the period. One more free throw was all Cornell could tally in the third, while Harvard pulled away to a 46-39 lead.

The Big Red battled hard in the fourth quarter, but a 5-of-16 scoreline from the field never allowed Cornell with eight of the Crimson, while Harvard would go perfect for three in the fourth quarter, in addition to making eight free throws.

Shannon Mulroy tallied the third-most Cornell points in the outing with seven, followed by Parker-Hall's six, McNicholas's five, and Anna Hovis's two. Mia Beam and Val Garcia-Martinez would also make appearances for the Big Red.

OF NOTE

• Pape led Cornell in steals for the fourth time this season with three.
• For the ninth time this season, a Cornell player hit at leat three three pointers (Ingram, 3-for-5)
• Mulroy led the team in assists for the 11th time this seaosn, tallying four.

UP NEXT
The Big Red hit the road to Brown (8-10 overall, 1-5 Ivy) next weekend for a single Saturday matinee on January 28. The game will be played in Providence, R.I. and tip off is set for 12 p.m.