STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

• Cornell women's basketball is 7-16 overall on the season and 3-7 in Ivy League play after dropping its contest to Harvard 66-29 and defeating Dartmouth 56-43. 
• Tipoff against the Big Red's next Ivy opponent, Penn, is set for Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.  
• Cornell is currently 4-10 on the road this season with its last road win being at Yale where the Big Red won 57-40. 
• 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 sixth due to its win over Dartmouth and is only one game behind Penn and Brown who are in fourth and fifth currently as if 2/19/25. 
• Cornell finished 7-19 in the 2023-24 season, ending at seventh in the Ancient Eight. 
• Summer Parker-Hall leads Cornell in points per game with 12.0 and total blocks with 17. Emily Pape leads the team in rebounds per game with 5.7. Clarke Jackson leads the team in steals per game with 0.9. Paige Engels leads in assists per game with 2.4.

THE SERIES 

First Meeting: Penn W 36-31, December 7, 1974
Overall: Penn leads, 69-21
In Overtime: Penn leads, 1-0
Current Streak: Penn W15
Last Time: Penn W 57-51, January 18, 2025
Garner vs. Penn: 0-1
Series vs. Penn: 
- Saturday's matchup will be the 91st match-up between Cornell and Penn.
- The Big Red's last win against Penn came back on February 26, 2016 when the Big Red 
won 51-46 at home.
- Cornell is currently 7-35 overall against Penn on the road.
- Cornell averages 57.52 points against Penn in its 90 games.

A Win Over the Quakers Would... 

• Improve Cornell's record to 7-16. 
• Keep Cornell's Ivy League tournament chances alive. 
• Give Cornell a two-game winning streak. 
• Break Penn's 15-game winning streak over Cornell. 
• Be the 480th win in program history (479-796 in 53 seasons, .377).

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 56, Dartmouth, 43
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE 

• The Cornell women's basketball team defeated Yale 57-40 in New Haven on Saturday afternoon for the first time since 2019.
• With the win, the Big Red move to 6-15 overall and 2-6 in the Ivy League and break Yale's eight-game win-streak over Cornell.
• The first quarter was a low-scoring defensive battle that began with Yale jumping out to an early 5-0 lead. Cornell answered back with a six-point run to take the lead 6-5. The teams then traded baskets before the Big Red went on a four-point run to end the quarter up 12-8 over the Bulldogs.
• In the second quarter, Cornell was able to become more effective on the offensive side of the ball, finding its rhythm which began with a six-point run to start the quarter. Yale was able to bring the score within three a couple times throughout, but the Big Red constantly found breakaways to regain the lead, ending the half up 27-18 over the Bulldogs.
• Cornell came into the second half soaring and never waivered, out-scoring the Bulldogs 30-22 to maintain a 17-point lead and take the win 57-40.
• Summer Parker-Hall led the Big Red in scoring with 17 points adn went 7-7 from the free-throw line. Paige Engels also scored double digits with ten points, Azareya Kilgoe had nine, Rachel Kaus notched seven, Clarke Jackson had six and Kelsey Langston and Audrey Chen rounded out the Big Red scoring with three each. Yale was led in scoring by Mackenzie Egger who had nine.
• The Big Red was strong on the defensive side of the ball and dominated the boards. Cornell had 42 boards to Yale's 28. Emily Pape, Parker-Hall and Kaus all had six rebounds, Engels and Jackson each had five, Kilgoe had three and Langston and Vivienne Knee rounded out the Big Red boards with one each.
• Cornell had three steals to Yale's five with Jackson having all three for the Big Red. • Each team had one block, for Cornell it was Parker-Hall.
• Cornell saw a lot of fast-break moments throughout the game and used its dribble as a main strength. The Big Red did record 11 assists on the afternoon with Paige Engels leading the effort with four. Jackson and Pape each notched two assists and Kilgoe, Knee and Alana Andrews each had one.
• The Big Red's aggressive defense coupled with its effective offensive scheme against Yale was able to secure Cornell women's basketball its second Ivy League win of the season.