CornellBigRed.com2013-14 CORNELLCornell Athletics WOMEN’S@CornellSports BASKETBALL GameCornellAthletics Notes FOLLOW BIG RED WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 17 browN bearS (6-10, 0-2 IVY League) VS. CORNELL BIG RED (9-7, 1-1 IVY LEAGUE) WORLD WIDE WEB ............................................www.CornellBigRed.com JaN. 31, 2014 • 7:00 p.m. • Ithaca, N.Y. • NewmaN areNa (4,473) FACEBOOK .....................................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics TWIttER ..............................................www.Twitter.com/cornellsports tV: NoNe • radIo: WWW.rlmsports.net (KeviN MooNey) • LIVe VIdeo: ivyLeagueDigitaLNetworK.coM • LIVe StatS: CORNELLBIGRED.COM YOUTUBE ....................................... www.Youtube.com/cornellathletics SerIeS hIStorY: BrowN LeaDs, 47-21 • LaSt meetINg: BROWN WON; 58-51 (MAR. 1, 2013) LIVE STAts (HOME GAMES) ......... www.Sidearmstats.com/cornell/wbball/ LIVE VIDEO (HOME GAMES) ................www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com GAME 18 YALE BULLDOGS (8-8, 2-0 IVY LEAGUE)* VS. CORNELL BIG RED (9-7, 1-1 IVY LEAGUE)* LIVE AUDIO (HOME GAMES) .........................................www.rlmsports.net Feb. 1, 2014 • 6:00 p.m. • Ithaca, N.Y. • NewmaN areNa (4,473) tV: NoNe • radIo: WWW.rlmsports.net (KeviN MooNey) • LIVe VIdeo: ivyLeagueDigitaLNetworK.coM • LIVe StatS: CORNELLBIGRED.COM CORNELL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF SerIeS hIStorY: yaLe LeaDs, 47-22 • LaSt meetINg: YALE WON; 71-64 (MAR. 2, 2013) HEAD COACH DAYNA SMITH * record prior to Jan. 31 Dayna Smith, The Rebecca Quinn Morgan ‘60 Head Coach of Women’s Basketball, is in her 12th season at Cornell (119-199) ... Smith is the win- THE MATCHUP: The Big Red women’s basketball team (9-7, 1-1 Ivy) will look to carry the momentum from a dominating win over Columbia last weekend into this ningest coach in the history of the Cornell women’s basketball program. weekend’s contests against Brown (6-10, 0-2) and Yale (8-8, 2-0) at Newman Arena. AssIstANT COACHES ........................................Val Klopfer (Wake Forest ‘02) THE SERIES VS. THE BEARS: Cornell’s rivalry with the Bears began in the 1974-75 season when Brown defeated the Big Red, 34-30. The Bears dominated the series ................................................Kharmen Wingard (Daemen ‘05) during the first 20 years, with Cornell winning only three times prior to the 1994-95 season. Since that year, the series has been far more competitive with Brown ........................................................ Jim Sheehan (Cortland ‘10) holding a slight 20-18 lead, though the Bears still hold the advantage in the all-time series with a record of 47-21. Cornell has won two of the last three meetings, VIDEO COORDINATOR .........................................................James Huggins including back-to-back victories that were both won on last second layups from Clare Fitzpatrick ’13. ATHLETIC TRAINER ..............................................................Katie Mitchell STRENGTH COACH .................................................................. Jay Andress SCOUTING BROWN: The Bears are on a three-game skid, having lost back-to-back meetings with Yale over the past two weekends. Brown has two players averaging double-figures – Lauren Clarke (16.4) and Sophie Bikofsky (13.9) – with Jordan Alexander falling just short of the mark. Bikofsky also pulls down a team-best 4.5 re- CORNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS bounds per game, while freshman Rebecca Musgrove is handing out a team-high 2.6 assists per game. A tough defensive team, the Bears average 8.1 steals per game. DIRECTOR ..................................................................... Jeremy Hartigan ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (WBKB CONTACT)......................................... Julie Greco LAST TIME VS. THE BEARS: Stephanie Long was a perfect 6-for-6 beyond the arc and scored a season-high 18 points, all in the second half of play, but it wasn’t E-MAIL ..........................................................jag235@cornell.edu enough to help the Big Red overcome a slow start, as the visitors fell to Brown, 58-51, on March 1, 2013 at the Pizzitola Center. Long hit back-to-back 3 pointers in OFFICE PHONE .........................................................(607) 255-4688 CELL PHONE............................................................(315) 559-3422 a span of 13 seconds to make it a three-point game with 49 seconds to play, but the Bears hit their free throws down the stretch to seal the victory. Joining Long ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - CONTENT MANAGER .............................Brandon Thomas in double figures was Clare Fitzpatrick and Allyson DiMagno with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Fitzpatrick also pulled down seven rebounds, handed out three ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - MULTIMEDIA COORDINATOR ............................Maura Parks assists, came up with two steals and blocked one shot, while DiMagno registered her 12th double-double of the season with 14 rebounds to go along with three ACCOUNts REPRESENTATIVE ..............................................Marlene Crockford steals. Brown was led by a trio of players in double-figures – Shelia Dixon (14), Sophie Bikofsky (13) and Lauren Clarke (11). The Bears shot 47.8 percent from MAIN OFFICE PHONE .........................................................(607) 255-3752 the field (22-46) and held the slight advantage on the boards (36-32). Cornell shot 34.5 percent overall (19-55) and a blistering 50 percent from beyond the arc OFFICE FAX .....................................................................(607) 255-9791 (7-14), but was undone by a poor shooting first half (25.9 percent) that led to a 24-17 deficit at intermission. PRESS ROW PHONE ...........................................................(607) 255-3532 THE SERIES VS. THE BULLDOGS: Cornell first faced the Bulldogs in the 1974-75 season, with Yale taking the 31-23 victory. Cornell has held the lead in the series 2013-14 SCHEDULE & RESULTS since 2000 (leading 13-12), winning seven-straight from 2000 to 2003, and splitting the series in 2005-06 and 2006-07, before sweeping Yale from 2006-09. NOVEMBER However, the Bulldogs have won the last eight meetings to improve its lead in the all-time series history to 47-22. 8 COLGATE ...............................................W, 76-62 16 at Buffalo..........................................................W, 79-72 SCOUTING YALE: The Bulldogs played a challenging non-conference schedule and pulled their record even at 8-8 with consecutive wins over Brown. Yale is led by 18 at Syracuse ........................................................ L, 48-89 Sarah Halejian (15.2 ppg) and Janna Graf (10.6 ppg), while Meredith Boardman has a team-high 6.2 rebounds per game. Halejian also averages 3.2 assists and 23 BUCKNELL ..............................................L, 59-72 2.2 steals per contest. 26 LOYOLA .................................................W, 57-53 29 % vs. Drake ...........................................................W, 59-49 LAST TIME VS. THE BULLDOGS: Spencer Lane registered the first double-double of her career, including a personal-best 20 points to lead three Big Red players in 30 % vs. Seattle .......................................................... L, 49-52 double-figures, but a late Yale run led the Bulldogs to 71-64 victory on March 2, 2013 at Lee Amphitheater. Lane had an outstanding evening overall, also pulling down a career-high 12 rebounds to go along with six steals and three assists. The Big Red had two players register a double-double for the first time since the DECEMBER 2007-08 season, as Allyson DiMagno finished the night with 18 points and 13 rebounds, as well as three assists. With her 13 rebounds, DiMagno set the school 4 BINGHAMTON ........................................W, 63-52 record for rebounds in a season with 288, surpassing Rhonda Anderson who pulled down 287 boards in the 1982-83 season. Clare Fitzpatrick added 17 rebounds 7 ST. FRANCIS (NY) ....................................L, 68-78 and six rebounds. Yale was led by Megan Vasquez with 18 points, while Jana Graf came one rebound shy of a double-double with 16 points and nine boards. Sarah 21 at Robert Morris ................................................ L, 63-76 Halejian also chipped in 17 points. Both teams finished with 43 rebounds, while Cornell forced Yale into 15 turnovers with 11 steals, while the Big Red turned the 30 DREXEL ..................................................L, 44-69 ball over just 12 times. Cornell got off to a slow start, shooting just 18 percent in the first half and trailing 28-17 at the intermission, but the visitors knocked down 50 percent of its shots over the final 20 minutes to get back into the contest. JANUARY 2 VERMONT .............................................W, 81-46 DAVIDSON PLAYER OF THE WEEK: After having the best game of her career, Cornell senior Joelle Davidson was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Jan. 6 at Morgan State ................................................W, 59-42 27. It was the first honor of Davidson’s career and she became the first Big Red women’s basketball player other than Allyson DiMagno, a six-time honoree, to be 8 at Howard University ........................................W, 70-58 named Ivy League Player of the Week since Lauren Benson on Feb. 2, 2009. 18 * at Columbia ....................................................... L, 64-71 25 * COLUMBIA ..............................................L, 51-76 DIMAGNO PLAYER OF THE WEEK: After setting the Cornell school record with four Ivy League