Women's Hoops Hosts St. Bonaventure In Tuesday Night Action

STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

• Cornell women's basketball will look to win three games for the first time since Nov. 30, 2022 through Dec. 5, 2022 when returns to Ithaca, N.Y. to take on St. Bonaventure.
• The Big Red will take on the Bonnies on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7:00 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.
• Senior captain Kaya Ingram has had a strong start to her last season on East Hill, scoring double-digits in five of the Big Red's eight games so far in 2023. The Albuquerque, N.M. native also leads the team in PPG (10.6) and steals (11). 
• Rachel Kaus has been a key player off the bench for the Big Red, sitting second in PPG (9.6) and leading the team in field goal percentage (58.3) over eight games. The first-year theme also carries over for Azareya Kilgoe, as the Seaford, Del. native has started all eight games and leads Cornell with 25 assists handed out so far in the 2023-24 season.

THE SERIES 
First Meeting: Cornell, 73-63, Jan. 14, 1984
Overall: Cornell leads, 8-6
In Overtime: N/A
Current Streak: Cornell won two
Last Time: Cornell, 70-42, Dec. 29, 2019 (Olean, N.Y.)
Smith vs. St. Bonaventure: 2-4 (1-1 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Series vs. St. Bonaventure: 
• Wednesday's game will be the 15th meeting between Cornell and St. Bonaventure in program history.

• It will be the first time the Big Red and the Bonnies will be facing off since the 2019-20 season. Cornell took the last matchup by a score of 70-42 on Dec. 29, 2019 in Olean.

• Head Coach Dayna Smith will look for her third win against St. Bonaventure as head coach of the Big Red. Smith is 1-1 inside Newman Arena against the Bonnies, with the win coming via a 58-44 decision on Dec. 31, 2018.

A WIN OVER BUCKNELL WOULD ... 

• Push the Big Red's record to 5-4 for the second consecutive season through nine games and be the first three-game winning streak in the series over St. Bonaventure since winning three consecutive matchups in 1993, 1998, and 2000.

• Be head coach Dayna Smith's third win over St. Bonaventure in her coaching career and her fourth over an Atlantic 10 opponent.

• Be the 470th win in program history (469-766 in 53 seasons, .380)

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 58, Bucknell 53
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY

• The Big Red led throughout the entire first half but needed a 15-8 run in the fourth quarter to close out Bucknell 58-53 on Saturday, Dec. 2 from Sojka Pavilion.
• Sophomore Emily Pape recorded 20 points and nine rebounds while Kaya Ingram had seven of her 11 points in the fourth quarter in the victory, which snapped a 13-game losing streak for the Big Red in Lewisburg.
• Cornell's offense had its fourth game of the season when they have shot over 40 percent from the field and also committed five turnovers or less for the first time since committing four in a 56-53 loss at Colorado State on Nov. 25, 2018.
• Summer Parker-Hall had a strong night behind Pape and Ingram with nine points, six rebounds, and two blocks. Azareya Kilgoe also put together a strong performance that included six points, six rebounds, and a team-high three assists in the win. 
• Ashley Sofilkanich had 22 points, nine rebounds, and four blocks in the loss for the Bisons, who dropped to 2-6 overall and had its four-game winning streak over Cornell snapped.