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WBB Recap Cornell
Caroline Sherman / Cornell Athletics
Leah Middleton
51
Binghamton Bingha 2-2,0-0 America East
68
Winner Cornell CU 2-2,0-0 Ivy League
Binghamton Bingha
2-2,0-0 America East
51
Final
68
Cornell CU
2-2,0-0 Ivy League
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Binghamton Bingha 6 16 21 8 51
Cornell CU 19 11 18 20 68

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | David O'Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu)

Women’s Basketball Defeated 68-51 at Cornell

Middleton scores 14 points, Weltz adds 13 points

ITHACA, N.Y. – Emily Pape scored a game-high 24 points, powering Cornell (2-2) to a 68-51 win over Binghamton (2-2) in a non-conference women's basketball game on Thursday evening at Newman Arena. The game marked the Bearcats' second straight road contest.

Pape shot 10-of-16 from the floor and was 3-for-6 from three-point range. She also grabbed seven rebounds and recorded a team-best three steals.

Sophomore guard Leah Middleton scored 14 points, marking the second game in a row that she has led the Bearcats in scoring. Redshirt junior guard Jadyn Weltz netted 13 points. 

The Big Red blew the game open early, going on a 12-0 run over the final 6:47 of the first period to take a 19-6 lead. Pape drained a pair of three-point field goals during that stretch. 

Binghamton got to within 28-22 on a three-point field goal by Leah Middleton with 25 seconds left before halftime. The Bearcats then clawed to within 36-32 on a three-point field goal by Weltz with 4:45 left in the third period, forcing Cornell to call a timeout.

The Bearcats finally took their first lead of the night on a basket by Middleton with 2:47 left in the third period. The Big Red, however, closed out the period with six unanswered points in the final 1:52 to go up 48-43. 

Cornell then iced the game with a 13-0 run over the first 6:27 of the final period to go up 61-43.

Summer Parker-Hall added 15 points for the Big Red.

Junior guard Kaia Goode finished with six points, a game-high five steals and a pair of assists.

Cornell shot 49 percent from the field (28-of-57) and recorded 24 assists. They also ended the game with a 41-19 advantage in rebounding.

Binghamton returns home to face ACC member Pittsburgh on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.


 
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