Women's Hoops Faces Columbia on Senior Day

STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

• Cornell women's basketball celebrates senior day when the team hosts Columbia in the final test of the season.
• Tipoff against the Lions on Saturday, March 8 at 2 p.m. The game will streamed live via ESPN+.
• Cornell was selected seventh in the Ivy League preseason media poll and continues to reside there entering the final weekend. 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.
• Big performances by senior Kaya Ingram and sophomore Emily Pape pushed the duo into averaging double-figure points heading into this weekend after the Big Red had none averaging more than 9.9 last weekend.
• Ingram leads the team in assists as well, dishing 78 across the season.
• Pape has been the defensive presence for the Big Red this season, accounting for 35 steals and 6.4 rebounds per game.
   

THE SERIES 
First Meeting: Cornell, 67-20, Dec. 6, 1975
Overall: Cornell leads, 50-31
In Overtime: Cornell leads, 4-2
Current Streak: Columbia, won five
Last Time: Columbia, 82-53, Jan. 13, 2024, in New York, N.Y.
Smith vs. Columbia: 22-18 (13-7 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Series vs. Columbia: 
- Saturday's game will be the 82nd all-time meeting between Cornell and Columbia.
- The Big Red has lost five consecutive games to the Lions dating back to a 57-46 loss in New York, N.Y. on Jan. 20, 2021.
- Cornell's last win came in an 80-77 overtime win on Jan. 25, 2020, in Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell has not won in regulation since Jan. 19, 2019.

A WIN OVER COLUMBIA WOULD ... 

• Push the Big Red's record to 8-18 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 five-game losing streak to the Lions.
• Be the 473rd win in program history (472-779 in 53 seasons, .378).

LAST TIME OUT: Brown 75, Cornell 66
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY

• Six consecutive successful offense trips to open the second half by Brown was too much for the Cornell women's basketball team to overcome as the Big Red fell 75-66 to the Bears on Saturday night from the Pizzitola Sports Center.
• Summer Parker-Hall was the leading scorer for the Big Red with 12 points and falling a rebound short of a double-double with nine. Senior Kaya Ingram secured double figures for the 13th time this season with 11, while Rachel Kaus had 10 points off the bench on a team-best 5-of-7 shooting.
• Clarke Jackson closed out the top scorers with nine points and a game-high four steals in the loss for Cornell, which extended its losing streak to seven straight contests.
• Grace Arnolie paced Brown's offense, tying her career high with 25 points on 8-of-14 shooting. Three other players joined Arnolie in the double figures department in Mya Murray (12), Olivia Young (12), and Isabella Mauricio (11). Murray and Alyssa Moreland also tied Parker-Hall with nine rebounds. Brown's victory keeps them in contention for the final spot in Ivy Madness with only one week left in the regular season.