PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team continues its three-game Ivy League road trip this weekend, making the trek up to Ithaca on Saturday for a matchup with Cornell.
 
GAME 24: PENN (12-11, 4-6 Ivy League) at CORNELL (7-15, 1-9 Ivy League)
Saturday, February 24, 2024 | 2:00 p.m.
Ithaca, N.Y. | Newman Arena at Bartels Hall
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The Cornell Series
• Saturday's game against Cornell marks the 89th time in program history, as the Quakers maintain a 67-21 lead in the all-time series.
 
• Penn is riding a 13-game winning streak against the Big Red, dating to the 2016-17 season.
 
• The Red and Blue have an edge in the series in Ithaca, 27-12.
 
• The longest stretch of wins in the series belongs to the Quakers, going 15 straight games from the first matchup in 1974 to 1986. The longest streak for the Big Red is three games from 2011-12.
 
• The series dates to 1974, with Penn securing a 36-31 decision in The Palestra.
 
Last Time We Met
• The Quakers clashed with the Big Red in The Palestra the first half of the conference season on January 15, taking a 67-54 decision.
 
 • Stina Almqvist notched a then-career-high 26 points in the win. She also recorded 10 rebounds, her second consecutive double-double.
 
 • Jordan Obi scored 14 points with nine rebounds, Lizzy Groetsch had 10 points.
 
• Mataya Gayle finished with a game-high seven assists.
 
• Penn out-rebounded Cornell, 39-36, while outscoring the Big Red on fast-break points, 16-6.
 
• The Quakers held the Big Red without a three-point basket during the contest. Cornell was 0-for-7 from deep.
 
Penn's Last Time Out
• The Quakers slipped in the final game of an Ivy League road weekend at Brown last Saturday, 61-59.
 
• A back-and-forth clash that had 10 lead changes and four ties saw the game even with six seconds left.
 
• The Bears scored with one second left on the clock before Mataya Gayle nearly hit a half court shot to win the game.
 
• Gayle led the team with 19 points on 7-for-15 shooting, 3-for-5 from deep.
 
• Obi added 16 points and eight boards, while Almqvist notched her fifth double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
 
• The result splits the season series, as Penn secured a 77-56 win over the Bears on February 2 in The Palestra.
 
Rookie Dominance Continues
• On Monday, for the seventh time this season, Gayle was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week.
 
• She is just the 13th player in Ivy League history to have secured at least seven Rookie weekly honors, and the fifth in program history. The last time a Penn player had at least seven was in 2018 when Eleah Parker earned eight.
 
• Gayle averaged 16.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, and two assists in a 1-1 Ivy weekend on the road. She shot .423 from the floor, .417 from three (5-for-12), and 6-for-8 at the line.
 
• She has started in all 23 games, averaging 14.9 points on .404 shooting. She has totaled 342 points, 78 rebounds, 69 assists, 36 steals, and three blocks.