STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

• Cornell women's basketball is 2-5 on the season after recording three straight losses last week to Bryant, Quinnipiac and UAlbany. 
• Tipoff against the Lakers is on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 1:00 p.m. The game will be streamed ESPN+.
• Cornell is currently on a three-game losing streak.
• 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 picked up her first win at the helm of the program against Army on Monday, Nov. 4.
• Cornell was selected seventh in the Ivy League preseason media poll. The Big Red is currently in seventh as of Nov. 25, 2024. 
• Cornell finished 7-19 in the 2023-24 season, ending at seventh in the Ancient Eight. 
• Emily Pape leads the team in points per game with 15.1, rebounds per game with 9.1 and steals per game with 1.1. Azareya Kilgoe leads in assists per game with 3. Pape and Summer Parker-Hall lead in blocks with two apiece.
   

THE SERIES

*This game will mark the first of the series between Cornell and Mercyhurst*

First Meeting: November 27, 2024
Overall: Tied Series, 0-0
In Overtime: Has not occurred
Current Streak: N/A
Last Time: N/A
Garner vs. Mercyhurst: 0-0

Series vs. Mercyhurst: 
- Wednesday will be the first meeting between Cornell and Mercyhurst.
 

A WIN OVER MERCYHURST WOULD ... 

• Improve Cornell's record to 3-5.
• Break the Big Red's three-game losing streak.
• Give Cornell women's basketball a win in its first contest with the Lakers.
• Be the 475th win in program history (473-785 in 53 seasons, .3769).

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 47, University at Albany 54
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY

• Cornell opened the game with an Emily Pape three-pointer.
• Kaci Donovan answered for UAlbany with a jumper.
• Clarke Jackson answered with a layup for Cornell.
• Lilly Phillips was fouled for UAlbany and made both to bring the Great Danes within one. 
• Cornell went on a four-point run to make the score 9-4.
• Donovan hit a three for UAlbany to cut the lead to two.
• Summer Parker-Hall was fouled and went 2-1 to make the score 10-7 in favor of Cornell.
• Donovan hit a jumper for UAlbany to make it a one-point game at the end of the first.
• Rachel Kaus opened the second quarter scoring with a layup for Cornell. 
• UAlbany went on a four-point run to give them the lead 13-12.
• Jackson was fouled and made both to give Cornell a 14-13 lead.
• UAlbany went on a four-point run to make the score 17-14 in their favor.
• Pape was fouled on a three-point attempt and went 2-1 to close the gap to one with one-minute left in the half.
• Donovan hit a three for UAlbany to make the score 20-16 in favor of the Great Danes at the half. 
• Pape opened the third quarter scoring with a layup for Cornell.
• Cooper answered with a layup for UAlbany to make it 22-18 in favor of the Great Danes.
• Pape hit a three-pointer to close the gap to one.
• Donovan hit a three to extend UAlbany's lead to 25-21.
• Jackson hit two mid-range jumpers in a row to tie the game at 25. 
• Kaus then hit a layup for Cornell to give the Big Red a 27-25 lead and force UAlbany to take a timeout.
• Out of the timeout, Kaus continued Cornell's scoring efforts with a jumper to extend the Big Red's lead to four.
• UAlbany went on a seven-point run to take the lead 32-29.
• Kaus was fouled and made both.
• Cooper made a layup and was fouled, but missed her "and-one" shot to end the quarter with a UAlbany lead 34-31.
• Kaus opened up the fourth quarter with a three-pointer for Cornell to tie the game at 34.
• Kayla Cooper made a layup to put UAlbany up by two.
• Jackson hit a layup for Cornell to tie the game at 36.
• Cooper made a layup to give UAlbany the lead.
• Kaus hit a jumper to tie the game at 38. 
• Meghan Huerter made a three-pointer to put UAlbany up 41-38 with six minutes left in the game.
• Pape hit a three for Cornell to tie the game at 41.
• Huerter answered for UAlbany with two back-to-back three's to give UAlbany a 47-41 with four and a half minutes left in the game.
• Jackson hit a mid-range jumper to cut UAlbany's lead to four. 
• Gabriela Falcao hit a jumper for Albany.
• Cornell answered with a four-point run to cut UAlbany's lead to two.
• Cooper was fouled with thirty seconds left and went 1-1, UAlbany made the rebound and Cooper was fouled again and this time made both to put UAlbany up 52-47. 
• Cooper was fouled once again and made both free throws to extend UAlbany's lead to 54-47 to end the game.