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The Big Red Drops Ivy League Opener To Princeton 72-39

1/4/2025 4:15:00 PM

Box Score

PRINCETON, NJ — The Cornell women's basketball team lost 72-39 to Princeton in its Ivy League opener in New Jersey. 

Princeton took control of the game with a seven-point run in the first-quarter and never let go of the reins or slowed down. In the second quarter, Cornell was able to put together a six-point run, but Princeton soon answered with a nine-point run of its own. After halftime, the Tigers continued their dominance as they had both a five-point and seven-point run in the third quarter. The fourth quarter was a back-and-forth aggressive battle early on, but Princeton strung together two large multi-point runs to run away with the game 72-39.

Summer Parker-Hall led Cornell in points with 11. Emily Pape led in rebounds with seven and blocks with one. Pape and Clarke Jackson led with two assists in the game and Langston led the team in steals with one.

Read the full game recap below:

FIRST QUARTER

  • Parker Hill opened the scoring for Princeton.

  • Paige Engels answered with a layup for Cornell.

  • Hill made a layup for the Tigers.

  • Summer Parker-Hall answered with a jumper for the Big Red.

  • Princeton went on a seven-point run to go up 12-4.

  • Parker-Hall made a layup and was fouled on the shot. She made the free-throw to cut Cornell's deficit to five.

  • Princeton went on a four-point run.

  • Rachel Kaus made a layup for the Big Red.

  • Princeton hit back-to-back jumpers and made a free-throw to go up 21-9.

  • Kaus made a layup for Cornell.

  • Katie Thiers made a jumper for Princeton to end the first quarter up 23-11.

SECOND QUARTER

  • Thiers opened the second quarter scoring for Princeton with a layup.

  • Cornell went on a six-point run to cut the deficit to eight.

  • Princeton went on a nine-point run to go up 34-17.

  • Parker-Hall was fouled and made both free-throws. 

  • Princeton scored back-to-back layups to end the first half up 38-19.

THIRD QUARTER

  • Ashley Chea made two free-throws for Princeton to open the third quarter.

  • Parker-Hall made a layup for Cornell.

  • Princeton went on a five-point run. 

  • Parker-Hall made a jumper for the Big Red.

  • Princeton went on a seven-point run.

  • Engels made a layup for Cornell.

  • Charles made a layup for Princeton. 

  • Engels was fouled and went 1-1 at the line to end the fourth quarter with Princeton in the lead 56-28.

FOURTH QUARTER

  • Hill opened the fourth quarter scoring with a layup for Princeton.

  • Engels made a layup for Cornell.

  • Princeton went on a five-point run to go up 63-30.

  • Engels hit a layup for Cornell.

  • Chea made a jumper for Princeton.

  • Kaus hit a three for Cornell.

  • Princeton went on a seven-point run to go up 72-35.

  • Audrey Chen made back-to-back layups for Cornell.

UP NEXT

  • Cornell will head back to Ithaca to host its first Ivy League game of 2025. The Big Red will take on Columbia at Newman Arena. Tip-off is set for 1:00 p.m. and the game will be streamed on ESPN+.

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