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Mercyhurst Mercy 2-5,0-0 NEC

Cornell CU 3-5,0-0 Ivy League

Mercyhurst Mercy

2-5,0-0 NEC

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Nov. 27, 2024

Cornell CU

3-5,0-0 Ivy League

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Team	1	2	3	4	OT 1	F
Mercyhurst Mercy	15	12	18	10	8	63
Cornell CU	15	18	8	14	9	64

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 11/27/2024 3:40:00 PM

Rachel Kaus’ Go-Ahead Basket Secures Victory for Cornell in Overtime against Mercyhurst on Wednesday

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ITHACA, N.Y. — Rachel Kaus hit a layup with 28.3 seconds left in overtime to put Cornell women's basketball up by one and snap its three-game losing streak with a 64-63 victory over Mercyhurst on Wednesday. The Big Red are now 3-5 on the season.

Clarke Jackson led the Big Red against Mercyhurst as she earned her first double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Azareya Kilgoe, Emily Pape and Kelsey Langston led the team in assists with four each, Pape and Vivienne Knee each recorded one block and Jackson also led the team in steals with three.

While Jackson led the team in points, rebounds and steals she also broke multiple of her own career single game records. Jackson's 18 points and her 10 rebounds are both career highs for the athlete. She also shot 9-for-12 from the field which serves as her most field goals made and attempts had in a single game.

The Big Red overall shot 40.3 percent from the field over Mercyhurst's 39.3. Cornell shot 25.0 percent from three to the Laker's 20.8 percent and the Big Red shot 66.7 percent from the line to Mercyhurst's 55.6.

While the Cornell offense stepped up to secure an overtime win, the defense held its ground throughout the game holding Mercyhurst to a less than 38 percent overall shooting average in Wednesday's game.

This win for the Big Red snaps its three-game losing streak and gives the team momentum heading into its Sunday match-up with Northwestern in Illinois.

Read the scoring-breakdown from Wednesday's game below:

FIRST QUARTER

Clarke Jackson opened up scoring for Cornell with a layup.
Cici Hernandez answered with a three-pointer for Mercyhurst
Cornell went on a four-point run.
Bailey Kuhns hits a layup for Mercyhurst.
Pape makes a three-pointer for Cornell to put them up 9-5.
Grace Clary answered with a three-pointer for Mercyhurst to bring the gap to one.
Kuhns hits a jumper to put Mercyhurst in the lead 10-9 with five minutes left in the quarter.
Rachel Kaus hit a jumper for Cornell to put them up 11-10.
Erica Hall was fouled and went 1-1 at the line to tie the game at 11.
Vivienne Knee hit a jumper for Cornell to put them up 13-11.
Mercyhurst went on a four-point run to take the lead 15-13.
Knee made a layup to tie the game at 15.

SECOND QUARTER

Kuhns opened up the second quarter scoring for Mercyhurst with a layup to put the Lakers up 17-15.
Pape hit a layup for Cornell to tie it at 17.
Clary was fouled and went 1-1 at the line to give Mercyhurst a one-point lead.
Pape made a layup to put the Big Red up one.
Kuhns was fouled and went 1-1 at the line to tie the game at 19.
Cornell went on a seven-point run to make the score 26-19.
Mercyhurst went on a four-point run to cut the Big Red's lead to three.
Cornell went on a seven-point run to take the lead 33-23
Mercyhurst went on a four-point run to end the first half with a six-point deficit, 33-27.

THIRD QUARTER

Clary opened the second half scoring with a three-pointer.
Jackson hit a layup for Cornell to put them up 35-30.
Kuhns hit a layup to close the gap to three.
Kaus hit a layup for the Big Red to make the score 37-32.
Clary was fouled and went 1-1 at the line for Mercyhurst.
Jackson made a layup for Cornell.
Kuhns answered with back-to-back layups for Mercyhurst to close the gap to two.
Jackson hit a layup to put Cornell up 41-37.
Mercyhurst went on an eight-point run to take the lead 45-41 at the end of the third.

FOURTH QUARTER

Kaus made a layup for Cornell to open up the fourth quarter and make it a two-point game.
Pape followed with another layup for Cornell to tie the game at 45,.
Lauryn Stover makes a layup to put Mercyhurst up 47-45.
Pape answers with a layup for Cornell to tie it at 47. Paige Engels followed with a three-pointer to put Cornell up 50-47.
Kuhns answered with a layup to make it a one-point game with just over six minutes left in the game.
Jackson makes two jumpers back-to-back.
Van Schaik makes a three-pointer for Mercyhurst.
Azareya Kilgoe was fouled and went 1-1 at the line putting Cornell up 55-53.
Kuhns hit a layup to tie the game at 55 with 22.2 seconds left in the game.

OVERTIME

Kelsey Langston was fouled at the beginning of overtime and made both free throws to put Cornell up two.
Van Schaik was fouled and went 1-1 for Mercyhurst.
Jackson hit a jumper for Cornell.
Kuhns hit a layup for the Lakers and then hit a three-pointer to put Mercyhurst up 61-59 with 2:39 left in overtime.
Pape got fouled and went 1-1 at the line to make it a one-point game.
Van Schaik made a layup for Mercyhurst.
Jackson hit a jumper to bring Cornell's deficit to one (63-62).
Kaus hit a layup to put Cornell up 64-63 with 28.3 seconds left in the game, which would prove to be the difference as the Big Red took the victory 64-63.