Women's Basketball Opens 2024-25 Season at Army

STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

• Cornell women's basketball opens the 2024-25 season against Army West Point.
• Tipoff against the Black Knights on Monday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. The game will streamed live via ESPN+.
• The Big Red welcome new Rebecca Quinn Morgan ‘60 Head Coach of Women’s Basketball this season in Emily Garner. Garner came from Trinity College where she served as the head coach since 2016.
• Garner will lead Cornell against Army West Point, which is where she began her career as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator in 2015.
• Cornell was selected seventh in the Ivy League preseason media poll.
• Cornell finished 7-19 in the 2023-24 season, ending at seventh in the Ancient Eight. 
• Returner Emily Pape averaged double-figure points last season with a 10.5 points per game. She also had the highest rebound average for the team last season with a 6.4 rebounds per game. In average assists, Azareya Kilgoe is the leading returner with 2.7 assists per game.  
   

THE SERIES 
First Meeting: Army West Point, 70-45, Jan. 31, 1980
Overall: Army West Point leads, 6-5
In Overtime: Has not occurred
Current Streak: Cornell, won one back in 2005
Last Time: Cornell, 64-61, Dec. 2, 2005, in Ithaca, N.Y.
Garner vs. Army West Point: 0-0
Series vs. Army West Point: 
- Monday's game will be the 12th all-time meeting between Cornell and Army West Point.
- The Big Red is on a one game winning streak after a win in the last contest between these two teams on Dec. 2, 2005, in Ithaca, N.Y.
- This game will be the first meeting between Cornell and Army West Point in almost 20 years.

A WIN OVER ARMY WEST POINT WOULD ... 

• Start the Big Red's season off with a 1-0 start for the 21st time in program history.
• Be the 1st career win at Cornell for head coach Emily Garner.
• Extend Cornell's winning streak over Army West Point to two.
• Be the 473rd win in program history (472-780 in 53 seasons, .377).

LAST TIME OUT: Columbia 82, Cornell 46
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY

• Cornell women's basketball celebrated three seniors on Saturday afternoon, but Columbia came out with the victory on game day, winning 82-46. 
• With the win, Columbia improved to 22-5 overall, including a 13-1 Ivy League record, clinching a share of the Ivy regular season title. Cornell fell to 7-19 on the season, and 1-13 in conference, finishing tied for seventh place in the Ivy with Dartmouth.
• Senior Kaya Ingram ended her Cornell career with a bang tallying a team-high 14 points, dishing two assists, grabbing two steals, and four rebounds. She was the only Big Red to score double figures in the contest. 
• Sophomore Emily Pape grabbed a team-high five boards and added a block. 
• Freshman Azareya Kilgoe matched Ingram's assist to lead the team with two.
• Columbia's Kitty Henderson led all scorers with 19 points and rebounders with 11 boards, followed by Riley Weiss, who tallied 17 points. Cecelia Collins put up 14 points including making 6-of-7 from the free throw line. 
• Abbey Hsu was held to just 13 points, matching her second-fewest of the season. Fliss Henderson grabbed nine rebounds, the second-most of the contest.
• Ingram got the first points of the day, but a 9-2 Columbia followed before Rachel Kaus began to score. The freshman scored the next four Cornell points that marked the beginning of the 8-6 Cornell run to close the first quarter. Cornell trailed by just three at the end of the first, and held the Ivy League's leading scorer, Abbey Hsu, to a single point.
• Columbia used a 6-0 run and 5-0 run in the second to help widen the gap to lead 37-28 at halftime. The Cornell defense held Hsu to just one made field goal across the first half.
• Columbia opened the third quarter with a made layup, moving its lead to double-digits. The Lions never let Cornell back within single digits, allowing just 18 points in the final two quarters while scoring 45.