STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

• Cornell women's basketball is 3-9 on the season after dropping its last game against Stony Brook University on Sunday, Dec. 22 40-54. 
• Tipoff against the Saints is on Monday, Dec. 30 at 6:00 p.m. at Siena. The game will be streamed on ESPN+. 
• Cornell is currently 1-7 on the road this season and on a seven game losing streak on the road. 
• Siena has played one other Ivy League team in Penn. The Saints lost to the Quakers 78-47. 
• 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 seventh as of Dec. 23, 2024. 
• Cornell finished 7-19 in the 2023-24 season, ending at seventh in the Ancient Eight. 
• Emily Pape leads Cornell in points per game with 12.8, steals per game with 1.3 and rebounds per game with 7.0. Pape and Summer Parker-Hall lead the team in total blocks with nine. Azareya Kilgoe leads in assists per game with 2.7.
  
   

THE SERIES

First Meeting: Siena W 69-45, December 1, 1978
Overall: Siena leads, 0-3
In Overtime: Has not occurred
Current Streak: Siena W3
Last Time: Siena W 81-56, December 5, 1980
Garner vs. Siena: 0-0

Series vs. Siena:

• Monday's matchup will be the 4th match-up between Cornell and Siena.
• This game will be the first matchup between Cornell and Siena in 44 years.
• The Big Red are currently 0-2 against the Saints on the road. 
• Cornell averages 47 points against Siena in three games. 
   

A WIN OVER THE SAINTS WOULD ... 

• Improve Cornell's record to 4-9. 
• Break Cornell's overall four-game losing streak. 
• End Cornell's seven-game road losing streak. 
• Give the Big Red its first win over Siena in program history. 
• Break Siena's two-game winning streak against Cornell.
•  Be the 476th win in program history (475-789 in 53 seasons, .376).

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 40, Stony Brook 54 
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE 

• Emily Pape opened the scoring for the Big Red with a layup.
• Stony Brook responded with a nine-point run.
• Azareya Kilgoe made back-to-back jumpers for Cornell.
• Zaida Gonzalez hit a jumper for Stony Brook to put the Seawolves up 11-6 at the end of the first.
• Gonzalez hit a jumper to open up the second quarter scoring for Stony Brook.
• Summer Parker-Hall answered with a jumper for Cornell.
• Gonzalez made another shot to put the Seawolves up 15-8.
• Clarke Jackson made a jumper for Cornell.
• Breauna Ware made a layup for Stony Brook to put the Seawolves up 17-10.
• Paige Engels made a layup for the Big Red to cut its deficit to five and end the first half with Stony Brook up 19-12.
• Janay Brantley opened the second half with a layup for the Seawolves.
• Parker-Hall answered with a layup.
• Stony Brook went on a four-point run putting the Seawolves up 25-16.
• Emily Pape made a layup and was fouled on the shot. She made her free-throw.
• Stony Brook went on a four-point run to put them up 29-19. • Cornell went on an eight-point run to cut the deficit to two.
• Gonzalez hit a jumper for Stony Brook.
• Engels hit a three for Cornell.
• The Seawolves went on a four-point run to end the third up 35-29.
• Stony Brook opened the fourth quarter with a four-point run of free-throws.
• Kilgoe made a layup for Cornell.
• King hit a three for the Seawolves.
• Parker-Hall made a jumper for the Big Red.
• Gonzalez made a layup for Stony Brook.
• Parker-Hall hit a jumper for Cornell.
• The Seawolves answered with a ten-point run to go up 54-35.
• Cornell went on a five-point run, but it wasn't enough as the game ended 54-40 in favor of Stony Brook.