STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

•  Cornell women's basketball is 3-5 on the season after breaking its three game losing streak on Wednesday with a one-point overtime win against Mercyhurst. 
• Tipoff against the Wildcats is on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 1:00 p.m. The game will be streamed BIG+.
• Cornell is currently on a one-game winning streak.
• The Big Red welcomed a 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 sixth as of Nov. 27, 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 15.4, rebounds per game with 7.4, blocks with three and steals per game with one. Azareya Kilgoe leads in assists per game with 3.1.
   

THE SERIES

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

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

Series vs. Northwestern: 
- Sunday will be the first meeting between Cornell and Northwestern in program history.
 

A WIN OVER NORTHWESTERN WOULD ... 

• Improve Cornell's record to 4-5.
• Give Cornell its first back-to-back wins of the season. 
• Earn Cornell women's basketball a win in its first contest with the Wildcats in program history.
• Be the 476th win in program history (475-785 in 53 seasons, .377).

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 64, Mercyhurst 63 (OT)
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.