Women's Hoops Takes Final Road Trip of 2023-24

THE SERIES 
First Meeting: Yale, 31-23, Dec. 8, 1974 (in Princeton, N.J.)
Overall: Yale leads, 59-29
In Overtime: Three times
Current Streak: Yale, Won 7
Last Time: Yale, 66-59, Feb. 10, 2024 in Ithaca, N.Y.
Smith vs. Yale: 15-24 (5-15 in New Haven, Conn.)
Series vs. Yale: 
- Friday's game will be the 89th all-time meeting between Cornell and Yale.
- Yale has taken the last six matchups outright and has held Cornell's offense to below 60 points in the last five.
- Head coach Dayna Smith will look for her first win in New Haven since taking down the Bulldogs in a defensive battle, 43-41, on Feb. 16, 2019.
- John J. Lee Amphitheater has not been kind to the Big Red over the past decade, as it is 2-7 in its last nine trips.

A WIN OVER YALE WOULD ... 

• Push the Big Red's record to 8-15 and be the team's second conference win of 2023-24.
• Be the 101st career Ivy League conference win at Cornell for head coach Dayna Smith.
• Snap a seven-game losing streak to the Bulldogs.
• Be the 473rd win in program history (472-774 in 53 seasons, .379).

THE SERIES 
First Meeting: Brown, 34-30, Dec. 7, 1974 (in Philadelphia, Pa.)
Overall: Brown leads, 55-32
In Overtime: Once (Brown, 85-78 2OT, Feb. 6, 1999 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Current Streak: Brown, Won 2
Last Time: Brown, 64-53, Jan. 20, 2024 in Ithaca, N.Y.
Smith vs. Brown: 20-21 (8-12 in Providence, R.I.)
Series vs. Brown: 
- Saturday's game will be the 88th all-time meeting between Cornell and Brown.
- Cornell has been dominant in the last ten matchups, sporting a 6-4 record but will look to snap a two game skid to the Bears.
- Cornell's offense has put up a fight in the Pizzitola Sports Center in recent times, scoring 65 or more points in four out of its last five. The Big Red is 3-1 in those games.
- Head Coach Dayna Smith will look to claim her third straight win over the Bears in Providence.

A WIN OVER BROWN WOULD ... 

• Push the Big Red's record to 8-15 and be the team's second conference win of 2023-24.
• Be the 101st career Ivy League conference win at Cornell for head coach Dayna Smith.
• Snap a two-game losing streak to the Bears.
• Be the 473rd win in program history (472-774 in 53 seasons, .379).

STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

• Cornell women's basketball will hit the road for the final time this weekend as it heads to Yale before heading to Rhode Island to battle Brown.
• The Big Red will face off against the Bulldogs on Friday, March 1 at 4 p.m. before turning around to battle the Bears on Saturday, March 2 at 3:30 p.m.
• Cornell was selected seventh in the Ivy League preseason media poll. Cornell finished 10-17 in the 2022-23 season, ending at seventh in the Ancient Eight. The Big Red tallied a road win over Brown and a sweep over Dartmouth in conference play.
• Freshman Azareya Kilgoe has been the hot hand as of late for Cornell, scoring double figures in four of the last six games. The Delaware product scored a team-high 17 against Yale in Newman Arena on Feb. 10. 
• Classmate counterpart Rachel Kaus has pushed the envelope over the last two games against Dartmouth and Penn, scoring a combined 33 points, shooting .484 from the field (16-33), grabbing 10 rebounds, and dishing out six assists.
   

LAST TIME OUT: Pennsylvania 61, Cornell 54
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY

• A 12-4 run over the final 2:53 gave the Penn Quakers the momentum it needed to steal a 61-54 victory over the Big Red on Saturday from Newman Arena.
• Freshman Rachel Kaus paced the Cornell offense with 15 points on 7-13 shooting from the field, marking her seventh game reaching double figures this season. Azareya Kilgoe rounded out the duo of double-figure scores with 11 points for her eighth time surpassing the double-digit mark this season.
• Cornell flipped the script after being down by six at halftime, shooting a game-high  7-of-15 from the field (.466) in the third to inch ahead by four. Penn though would turn it on over the final ten minutes with a 61.5% clip and an 8-of-10 showing from the charity stripe to hand Cornell its fifth straight loss.
• Penn's Jordan Obi (18), Stina Almqvist (15), and Mataya Gayle (12) each hit double figures in the contest. Obi accounted for a double-double with a game-high 12 rebounds, while Almqvist poured on the defense with four blocks.