STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

• Cornell women's basketball is 4-14 on the season and 0-5 in Ivy League play after dropping its contest to Princeton 62-54. 
• The Big Red is on a five-game losing streak. 
• Tipoff against the Big Red's next Ivy opponent, Dartmouth, is set for Friday, Jan. 31 at 6:00 p.m. in Hanover, NH. The Big Red will then face Harvard on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 5:00 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.  
• Cornell is currently 2-9 overall on the road this season with its last road win being back on Monday, Dec. 30 at Siena where the Big Red won 76-73. 
• 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 eighth as of Jan. 27, 2025. 
• 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 11.6, steals per game with 1.1 and rebounds per game with 6.3. Summer ParkerHall leads the team in total blocks with 11. Kelsey Langston leads in assists per game with 2.1.
  
  
   

THE SERIES WITH DARTMOUTH

First Meeting: Cornell W 50-49, February 19, 1977
Overall: Dartmouth leads 63-26
In Overtime: Dartmouth leads 3-2
Current Streak: Dartmouth W1
Last Time: Dartmouth W 48-44, February 17, 2024
Garner vs. Dartmouth: 0-0

Series vs. Dartmouth:
- Friday's matchup will be the 90th match-up between Cornell and Dartmouth.
- The Big Red's last win against Dartmouth came on February 2, 2024 when the Big Red won
61-47.
- Cornell is currently 7-36 overall against Dartmouth on the road.
- Cornell averages 55.15 points against Princeton in its 88 games.

THE SERIES WITH HARVARD

First Meeting: Cornell W 36-20, December 8, 1974
Overall: Harvard leads 76-14
In Overtime: Harvard leads 2-0
Current Streak: Harvard W4
Last Time: Harvard W 74-5, February 16, 2024
Garner vs. Harvard: 0-0

Series vs. Harvard:
- Saturday's matchup will be the 91st match-up between Cornell and Harvard.
- The Big Red's last win against Harvard came back on February 19, 2022.
- Cornell is currently 1-44 overall against Harvard on the road.
- Cornell averages 58.81 points against Harvard in its 90 games.

WINS OVER THE BIG GREEN AND CRIMSON WOULD ... 

•  Improve Cornell's record to 6-14.
•  Break Cornell's five-game losing streak.
• Break the Dartmouth's one game winning streak over Cornell.
• Break Harvard's four game winning streak over Cornell.
• Be the 477th and 478th wins in program history (476-794 in 53 seasons, .375).
   

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 54, Brown 62
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE 

• Four Big Red players notched double digit points in Cornell's 62-54 loss to Princeton on Saturday afternoon in Newman Arena.
• The loss was largely due to the height of Princeton's team which allowed the Tigers to come up with 35 rebounds to Cornell's 24, giving them more opportunities at the basket as Princeton earned 14 second chance points to the Big Red's two. Rachel Kaus led the Big Red in rebounds with seven, Kelsey Langston notched four, Clarke Jackson and Emily Pape each had three and Paige Engels and Summer Parker-Hall had one. 
• Kaus led Cornell in scoring with 16 points on the afternoon. Three other Big Red scored in double digits in the game; Parker-Hall had 11, Engels and Pape each had 10. Jackson also made it on the board with four and Audrey Chen notched three points. The Tigers were led by Parker Hill who had a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds. 
• Both teams shot similarly overall with Princeton just nudging Cornell out in each category; the Tigers shot 40.8% from the field to the Big Red shot 40.4%, 26.3% to Cornell's 21.4 percent from three and 77.3% to the Big Red's 75% from the line. 
• Cornell was able to force 11 turnovers by Princeton and steal the ball twice while only turning over the ball nine times and holding Princeton to zero steals. The Big Red did struggle when it came to playing aggressive however as it earned 21 personal fouls including Parker-Hall fouling out in the fourth quarter. Princeton had 15 personal fouls on the night. 
• The Tigers earned more assisted baskets on the night, having a total of 13 assists to Cornell's 11. Princeton was led in assists by Ashley Chea who had four. The Big Red were led by Langston who notched four. Lexi Green and Engels each had two assists in the game and Jackson, Kaus and Azareya Kilgoe had one.
• Princeton opened the game strong coming out to an 18-5 lead with four-and-a-half minutes left in the first quarter. 
• Parker-Hall made a layup for Cornell, but then Hill was fouled and made both free-throws for Princeton to give the Tigers a 20-9 lead at the end of the first. 
• The second quarter opened with a three-pointer from Fatima Tall to extend Princeton's lead to 14. Cornell answered with a ten-point run from Cornell to make it a four-point game with five minutes left in the first half. 
• The Tigers hit two three pointers back-to-back to extend its lead to ten, but Cornell showed its grit by having Rachel Kaus make a layup and hit a free-throw to end the first half down by just seven.  
• The third quarter was a battle of resilience as both teams traded baskets with Princeton inching out Cornell to extend its lead to ten heading into the final quarter of play. Parker-Hall opened up the fourth quarter with a layup for the Big Red. Princeton answered with a layup and made a free-throw. Cornell then hit back-to-back shots to make it a seven-point game with six minutes left in regulation. 
• Hill hit a jumper for Princeton to extend the lead to 53-44. Cornell then made two free-throws and a jump shot to cut the deficit to five before a foul would earn Princeton's Skye Beller a free-throw to put the Tigers up 54-48 with four minutes left. 
• Pape was able to drive to the basket and make a layup to make it a four-point game with four minutes left. 
• The teams traded points until there was one minute left on the clock forcing Cornell to foul its way to the end of the game resulting in a 62-54 loss for the Big Red.