Cornell Women’s Basketball at The Dayton Flyer Classic ~ Dec. 29-30, 2007 UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio) • Page 1

2007-08 THE DAYTON FLYER CLASSIC CORNELL BIG RED (5-3) VS. DAYTON FLYERS (11-2) CORNELL WOMEN’S SATURDAY, DEC. 29 • 2:30 P.M. ~ UD ARENA (DAYTON, OHIO) VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN (3-7) OR TEXAS A&M–CC (3-8) BASKETBALL SUNDAY, DEC. 30 • 1/3:00 P.M. ~ UD ARENA (DAYTON, OHIO) FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CORNELL WBKB CONTACT JULIE GRECO AT (607) 255-4688 • [email protected] • FAX: (607) 255-9791 • HOME/CELL: (315) 559-3422 Cornell Returns from Break to Participate in the Dayton Flyer Classic 2007-08 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Big Red Game Notes: NOVEMBER THE DAYTON FLYER CLASSIC — The Big Red returns 10 at Long Island ...... L, 53-55 Game Information 15 LAFAYETTE ...... W, 71-56 to the court this weekend as it travels to Ohio to 18 at West Virginia ...... L, 52-93 participate in the Dayton Flyer Classic. Cornell Game #9 ...... Cornell at Dayton 25 BUCKNELL ...... W, 74-63 will face the host school in the opening round on Tip off ...... Saturday, Dec. 29, at 2:30 p.m. 30 % GARDNER WEBB ...... W, 72-59 Game #10 ....Cornell vs. Cent. Michigan/Texas A&M-CC Saturday, Dec. 29 at 2:30 p.m. The following day, Tip off ...... Sunday, Dec. 30, at 1/3:00 p.m. DECEMBER the Big Red will play either Central Michigan or Site ...... UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio) 1 % BOWLING GREEN ...... L, 54-70 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The consolation game 2007-08 Records ...... Cornell, 5-3, Dayton (11-3) 18 at Colgate ...... W, 82-47 will tip off at 1 p.m., with the championship game ...... Central Michigan (3-7), Texas A&M-CC (3-8) 20 at St. Francis (N.Y.) ...... W, 63-51 slated for 3 p.m. Series Record vs. Dayton...... First Meeting 29 ^ at Dayton ...... 2:30 p.m. Series Record vs. Central Michigan ...... First Meeting 30 ^ vs. Central Mich./Texas A&M-CC ...... 1/3:00 p.m. THE SERIES HISTORY — Cornell has never faced Series Record vs. Texas A&M-CC ...... First Meeting JANUARY any of the three opponents of the Dayton Flyer Live Stats ...... www.DaytonFlyers.com 4 ST. BONAVENTURE ...... 7:00 p.m. Live Video...... www.DaytonFlyers.com 7 at Binghamton ...... 7:00 p.m. Classic. 15 at NJIT ...... 7:00 p.m. Women’s Basketball Staff 19 * COLUMBIA ...... 1:00 p.m. SCOUTING DAYTON — The Flyers improved to Head Coach ...... Dayna Smith 26 * at Columbia ...... 4:00 p.m. 11-1 after defeating Eastern Michigan, 59-57, on Alma Mater ...... Rhode Island ‘96 Record at Cornell/Yrs...... 47-96/sixth season FEBRUARY Dec. 21. Dayton has been dominant this season, Overall Record/Yrs...... 47-96/sixth season 1 * BROWN ...... 7:00 p.m. defeating opponents by an average of 11.9 points Asst. Coaches ...... Val Klopfer (Wake Forest ‘02) 2 * YALE ...... 7:00 p.m. per game. The Flyers are led by Nikki Oakland with ...... Dale Parker (Valdosta State College) 8 * at Princeton ...... 7:00 p.m. 13.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Brittany ...... Faye Young Miller (NC State ’78) 9 * at Penn ...... 7:00 p.m. Holterman and Kristin Daugherty are the teams 15 * HARVARD ...... 7:00 p.m. Basketball History other leading scorers with 11.7 and 9.2 ppg, 16 * DARTMOUTH ...... 7:00 p.m. First Year of Basketball ...... 1971-72 22 * at Yale ...... 7:00 p.m. respectively. All-Time Record ...... 297-533 23 * at Brown ...... 7:00 p.m. Ivy Titles ...... None 29 * at Dartmouth ...... 7:00 p.m. Postseason Appearances ...... None CORNELL VS. THE ATLANTIC 10 — Cornell is 6-9 MARCH all-time vs. the current members of the Atlantic Athletic Communications 1 * at Harvard ...... 7:00 p.m. 10 Conference, with all six victories coming vs. Director ...... Jeremy Hartigan 7 * PENN ...... 7:00 p.m. St. Bonaventure (6-4). The Big Red holds a losing Associate Dir. (WBKB Contact) ...... Julie Greco 8 * PRINCETON ...... 7:00 p.m. record vs. Duquesne (0-2), Fordham (0-1), UMass E-mail ...... [email protected] (0-1) and Richmond (0-1), while never having faced Offi ce Phone ...... (607) 255-4688 * - Ivy League game Cell ...... (315) 559-3422 % - Cornell Classic (Ithaca, N.Y. Charlotte, Dayton, George Washington, La Salle, Asst. Directors ...... Kevin Zeise, Lindsey Mechalik ^ - Dayton Flyer Classic (Dayton, Ohio) Rhode Island, Saint Joseph’s, Saint Louis or Xavier ... Accounts Representative ...... Marlene Crockford Home games in CAPS Coach Smith, who played (1992-96) and served as Tickets...... (607) 254-BEAR All Times Local to site interim head coach (1999) at A-10 member Rhode Big Red Hotline ...... (607) 255-2385 Web Site ...... www.CornellBigRed.com Island, is 0-4 against her former conference.

CORNELL ROSTER 07-08 STATS PLAYER NOTES

3 Lacey Workman G Jr. 5-8 0.0 0.0 Will not dress due to an injury 4 Virginia McMunigal G So. 5-9 4.0 1.5 Scored a season-high seven points at Colgate 11 • Moïna Snyder F Sr. 6-1 7.0 5.6 Led the team with 10 rebounds vs. Bowling Green in the Cornell Classic 12 • Kayleen Fitzsimmons G Jr. 5-5 11.6 2.1 Scored 12 points in 24 minutes of action at St. Francis 13 Allie Fedorowicz G So. 5-10 4.5 1.5 Scored a season-high 11 points at St. Francis 14 Susie Doyle G/F Fr. 6-0 0.0 0.5 Saw seven minutes of action at Colgate 21 Emma Shalaway G Fr. 5-10 1.5 0.5 Saw action vs. Bowling Green in the Cornell Classic 23 • Lauren Benson G So. 5-6 7.5 5.2 ast. Matched a career-high with eight assists at Colgate 24 Sasha Truong G Fr. 5-7 0.0 0.7 Played a season-high 10 minutes at Colgate 33 • Gretchen Gregg G Sr. 5-10 7.4 3.4 Scored 13 points, going 3-for-4 from 3-point range at Colgate 42 Megan Hughes F Sr. 6-1 0.8 1.0 Grabbed a season-high three rebounds at St. Francis 45 • Jeomi Maduka F Jr. 6-2 15.4 7.5 Has been Cornell’s leading scorer in six-of-eight games this season 53 Shannan Scarselletta F Jr. 6-1 6.6 2.0 Scored a season-high 12 points at Colgate • - Probable Starter Cornell Women’s Basketball at The Dayton Flyer Classic ~ Dec. 29-30, 2007 UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio) • Page 2

SCOUTING CENTRAL MICHIGAN — The Chippewas are riding a three-game losing streak The Coaches after dropping an 82-69 decision to Cincinnati on Dec. 17. Central Michigan is led by Latisha Luckett with 9.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, while Angel Chan is averag- Dayna Smith Rhode Island ‘96 ing 9.6 ppg.

CORNELL VS. THE MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE — Cornell is 4-11 all-time vs. the current members of the MAC. The Big Red holds a losing record vs. Buff alo (4-9), Bowling Green (0-1) and Eastern Michigan (0-1), but has never faced Akron, Ball State, Central Michigan, Kent State, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo or Western Michigan.

SCOUTING TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI — The Islanders lost to No. 11 Baylor, 69-42, on Record at Cornell/Yrs...... 47-96/sixth season Overall Record/Yrs...... 47-96/sixth season Dec. 19 to fall to 3-8 on the season. Elisa Beagle leads TAMCC with 11.0 points and 7.1 Assistant Coaches ...... Val Klopfer (Wake Forest ‘02) rebounds per game. Deziree Green is averaging 9.9 ppg, while Adrienne Scott is pulling ...... Dale Parker (Valdosta State College) ...... Faye Young Miller (NC State ‘78) down 5.5 rpg.

CORNELL VS. THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE — Cornell is 0-2 all-time vs. the current Dayton members of the Southland Conference. The Big Red holds a losing record vs. Texas-

Jim Jabir Arlington (0-1) and Southeastern Louisiana (0-1) but has never faced Central Arkansas, Nazareth ‘84 Lamar, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Corpus Chrisi, Texas-San Antonio or Texas State.

WINNING BIG — When Cornell defeated Colgate, 82-47 on Dec. 18, 2007, it was the larg- est margin of victory for the Big Red in over eight years. The last time Cornell defeated a team by more than 30 points came on Nov. 11, 1999 when it defeated Canisius, 85-50.

DISHING OUT — The Big Red registered 22 team assists vs. Colgate on Dec. 18, marking the Record at Dayton/Yrs...... 56-75/fi fth season Overall Record/Yrs...... 275-298/20th seaston most assists in a single-game since the team tallied 22 vs. Princeton on Feb. 28, 2004. Asst. Coaches ...... Susan Blauser (Illinois ‘00) ...... Kyle Rechilcz (Wisconsin (‘03) ...... Lesley Dickinson (James Madison (‘07) ONE-TWO PUNCH — Jeomi Maduka and Kayleen Fitzsimmons have been the Big Red’s two most consistant scorers this season. Maduka has registered double-digits in all but Central Michigan one game and has led the Big Red in scoring in six-of-eight games. Fitzsimmons has Sue Guevara tallied double-digits in all but two games, has led Cornell in scoring three times and has Saginaw Valley State ‘82 been the team’s second-highest scorer on four occasions.

POINT PRODUCTION — The 82 points scored by Cornell vs. Colgate is the third highest point total scored by the Big Red since Coach Smith took over the program.

FIVE GET 10 — Five members of the Big Red registered double-digits vs. Colgate – Jeomi Maduka (`7), Kayleen Fitzsimmons (14), Gretchen Gregg (13), Shannan Scarselletta (12) Record at Central Michigan/Yrs...... 3-7/fi rst season and Allie Fedorowicz (10). The last time Cornell fi ve players register double-digits was Overall Record/Yrs...... 126-89/eighth season vs. Columbia on Jan. 21, 2006. Asst. Coaches ...... Bill Ferrara (Florida ‘03) ...... Kathy McGee (Central Michigan ‘73) ...... Ayesha Whitfi eld (Minnesota ‘02) Statistical Match up* Category ...... Cornell ...... UD ...... CMU ...... TAM-CC Texas A&M-CC Points per game ...... 65.1 ...... 70.3...... 59.6 ...... 53.1 Scoring Margin ...... +3.4 ...... +11.9...... -13.4 ...... -10.5 Robert Robinson FG % ...... 424 ...... 429...... 354 ...... 357 Texas-Arlington ‘93 Opponent FG % ...... 416 ...... 362...... 449 ...... 420 3-point FG-ATT ...... 58-142 ...... 74-211...... 52-176 ...... 58-204 3-point FG % ...... 408 ...... 351...... 295 ...... 284 Opponent 3-point FG % ...... 311 ...... 307...... 353 ...... 342 FT % ...... 727 ...... 699...... 675 ...... 547 Rebounds ...... 271 ...... 531...... 351 ...... 390 Rebounds per game ...... 33.9 ...... 40.8...... 35.1 ...... 35.5 Rebound Margin ...... -0.9 ...... +4.5...... -7.8 ...... -5.5 Assists ...... 120 ...... 206...... 114 ...... 107 Assists per game ...... 15.0 ...... 15.8...... 11.4 ...... 9.7 Record at Texas A&M-CC/Yrs...... 18-24/second season Turnovers ...... 154 ...... 206...... 177 ...... 192 Overall Record/Yrs...... Same Turnovers per game ...... 19.3 ...... 15.8...... 17.7 ...... 17.5 Associate Head Coach ...... Deb Roof (Cleveland State ‘91) Turnover margin ...... -0.9 ...... +1.9...... +1.4 ...... -1.0 Asst. Coaches ...... Kim Dowell (UT-Arlington ‘97) Assists/turnover ratio ...... 0.8 ...... 1.0...... 0.6 ...... 0.6 ...... Geoff Grawn (Northern Michigan ‘01) Steals per game...... 6.9 ...... 7.4...... 10.4 ...... 6.7 Blocks per game...... 2.9 ...... 4.4...... 2.5 ...... 2.5 * as of December 28 Cornell Women’s Basketball at The Dayton Flyer Classic ~ Dec. 29-30, 2007 UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio) • Page 3

ALL-TOURNEY TEAM – Jeomi Maduka and Kayleen Fitzsimmons were both named to the Cornell Classic All-Tournament team after their outstanding performances vs. Gardner-Webb and Bowling Green.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK — For the fi rst time since the 2001-02 season, Cornell has had two players earn Ivy League Player of the Week honors. Moïna Snyder earned the award on Nov. 21 after helping the Big Red get out to a 1-2 record. The junior forward started the season red-hot, not missing a shot through the Big Red’s fi rst two games of the season, going 8-of-8 from the fl oor and 6-of-6 from the foul line. Through Cornell’s fi rst three games, she averaged 11.3 points, shot 68.4 percent from the fl oor and 87.5 percent from the free throw line, grabbed 4.7 rebounds per game, handed out 3.7 assists per game, blocked 0.7 shots per game and made 1.7 steals per game. Jeomi Maduka earned the honor on Dec. 3, after helping the Big Red to a second place fi nish at the Cornell Classic. Against Gardner-Webb, Maduka scored a team-high 19 points, grabbed a team-h