Women's Basketball Stays on the Road to Take on SIU

STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

• Cornell women's basketball looks to get a mark in the win column after opening the 2023-24 campaign with a loss at Colgate.
• The Big Red will take on Southern Illinois on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 3 p.m.
• The Big Red was selected seventh in the Ivy League preseason media poll. Cornell finished 10-17 in the 2022-23 season, ending at seventh in the Ancient Eight. The Big Red tallied a road win over Brown and a sweep over Dartmouth in conference play.
• Sophomore Emily Pape returns after a strong debut season. In her rookie season, she paced the Big Red in points per game (11.2) and ranked second in points (291). Pape's field goal percentage of 52.4 percent ranked atop the Ivy and 46th on a national scale at the end of last season.
• The Big Red lost three seniors at the conclusion of last season. Between the trio, they either let the Big Red or were the team's runner-up in points, points per game, minutes played, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Ania McNicholas, one of two captains from the 2022-23 season, finished out the year leading the conference in steals (75), and ranked 18th nationally in steals per game at 2.78. She also was tied for first in the league in triple-doubles.

THE SERIES 
The teams have never met.

A WIN OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WOULD ... 

• Break the four-game Big Red skid dating back to last season.
• Be the first win in the series.
• Be the first road win since the Feb. 17, 2023, when the Big Red topped Dartmouth.
• Be the 467th win in program history (466-763 in 53 seasons, .380)

LAST TIME OUT: Colgate 71, Cornell 60
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY

• The Big Red fell to Colgate in the season opener, 71-60.
• Cornell led by one at the end of the first quarter, and trailed by one entering halftime, but a 10-point deficit in quarter three proved to be the difference in the contest.
• The Raiders opened the third on a 7-2 run to help stretch the lead, and would add 19 more before the end of the quarter.
• The Big Red offense was led by senior captain Kaya Ingram, who tallied 15 points and a team-high five rebounds.
• Four of the five freshman saw their first collegiate minutes in the outing, and all four scored points.
• Rachel Kaus led the first-years with eight points, followed by Azareya Kilgoe who notched six. Clarke Jackson tallied five points with Maya Watts rounding out the rookie crew with five points.
• Vivienne Knee tallied a career-high seven points on a perfect shooting day from all three zones.
• Sophomore Emily Pape was held to just six points in the contest, her fewest since Feb. 3, 2023, when she was help to a blank against Princeton.