STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 

• Cornell women's basketball is 5-15 overall on the season and 1-6 in Ivy League play after going 1-1 over the weekend and earning its first Ivy League win of the season on Friday at Dartmouth 60-48. The Big Red is currently on a one game losing streak after dropping its game against Harvard 72-60
• Tipoff against the Big Red's next Ivy opponent, Yale, is set for Saturday, Feb. 8 at 2:00 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+. 
• Cornell is currently 3-10 overall on the road this season with its last road win being against Dartmouth on Friday, Jan. 31. 
• 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 seventh as of Feb. 3, 2025 after its win at Dartmouth bumping the Big Red over Yale. 
• 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 12.2 and total blocks with 14. Emily Pape leads the team in steals per game with 1.0 and rebounds per game with 6.1.Paige Engels leads in assists per game with 2.4.

THE SERIES WITH YALE

First Meeting: Yale W 31-23, December 8. 1974
Overall: Yale leads 60-29
In Overtime: Tied, 2-2
Current Streak: Yale W8
Last Time: Yale W 79-72, March 1, 2024
Garner vs. Yale: 0-0
Series vs. Yale: 
- Saturday's matchup will be the 90th match-up between Cornell and Yale.
- The Big Red's last win against Yale came bacl on March 1, 2019 when the Big Red defeated the Bulldogs 66-56 at Newman Arena.
- Cornell is currently 10-33 overall against Yale on the road. 
- Cornell averages 57.76 points against Princeton in its 89 games.

A WIN OVER THE BULLDOGS WOULD ... 

• Improve Cornell's record to 6-15. 
• Break Cornell's one-game losing streak. 
• Break Yale's eight-game winning streak over Cornell. 
• Be the 478th win in program history (477-795 in 53 seasons, .375).
   

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 60, Harvard 72
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE 

• Despite the Big Red coming out swinging and out-scoring Harvard in both the first and fourth quarter, Cornell takes a 72-60 loss to the Crimson on Saturday night falling to 5-15 overall and 1-6 in the Ivy League. 
• Cornell came out with a vengeance in the first quarter of play on defense using a team forward approach to contain the biggest threat shooters from Harvard. The Big Red held the Crimson to just 11 points in the first quarter and held its top scorer, Harmoni Turner to just one basket. This allowed Cornell to come out to a 12-11 lead at the end of the first. 
• In the second quarter of play, Harvard was able to create more successful opportunities for themselves offensively, almost doubling their points in the quarter scoring 21 to Cornell's 13 to end the first half with a 32-25 lead over the Big Red. 
• Harvard was able to maintain its lead over Cornell in the third and fourth quarters despite the Big Red out-scoring them 23-21 in quarter four. 
• Rachel Kaus matched her season high single-game points leading the Big Red with 17. 
• Kelsey Langston broke her career high in points with six and also broke her career record for three-pointers made in a single game with two.  
• Two other Big Red players hit double digits with Summer Parker-Hall notching 14 and Emily Pape having 10. 
• Paige Engels and Audrey Chen each had five points and to round out Cornell, Clarke Jackson had two. Harvard was led by Harmoni Turner who put up 20 points, which is under her points per game average. 
• Turner's point total was limited due to the strength of Cornell's defense on the court. Langston was a major contributor in Cornell's defense which kept the Big Red in the game, even when shots were not falling. Both teams had three steals in the game. Cornell's steals came from ParkerHall, Azareya Kilgoe and Vivienne Knee. 
• The Big Red were out-rebounded 36-32 by the Crimson, but kept it close at the boards overall. Engels was aggressive off of the glass as she led the team with six rebounds. Parker-Hall, Pape and Kaus had five each, Jackson had four and Kilgoe and Chen each had one. Harvard was led in rebounds by Saniyah Glenn who had six. 
• Overall, the Big Red stood tall and competed aggressively with one of the top teams of the Ivy League on Saturday night and made an impact with its defensive strengths on the court against Harvard in the 72-60 loss.