HAMILTON – Colgate women's basketball kicked off the 2022-23 season with a 62-48 win at home against Ivy League foe Cornell.
Sophomore
Taylor Golembiewski scored a career-high 22-points in the Raiders' win over the Big Red.
Colgate started the game hot, going on an 8-3 run right out of the gate. Two three-pointers in the eight points scored came from Golembiewski.
Cornell broke up a 4-0 Raider run with a layup to trial the Raiders by only five points.
Colgate went on its second straight 4-0 run, including a free throw from freshman
Christina Midgette had the Raiders leading 16-7. Back-to-back layups from each team had the score 18-9.
The Raiders led 20-12 going into the second quarter. Ten-of-32 points scored came from the charity stripe.
Back-to-back layups by each team started the second quarter. An elongated 6-4 Cornell run had the Big Red trail by only four points, with the Raiders leading 26-22.
Taking offense to Cornell cutting down their lead, the Raiders went a 5-2 run with a minute remaining in the first half to lead 37-28 going into the break.
Colgate came out of halftime with momentum scoring six unanswered points to lead 43-28. Cornell got on the board for the first time in the second half after a defensive rebound.
With a little under four minutes left in the third, both teams scored a combined 11-points, with the Raiders tallying 6-of-11 points. Colgate held the Big Red to only seven points in the third quarter, leading 49-35 going into the final 10 minutes of play. 3-of-7 Cornell points included their only three-point field in the game.
Cornell caught an offensive spark, going on a 4-0 run to start the fourth quarter to trail the Raiders by only 10-points. The Raider snapped the run with a layup by Golembiewski, but Cornell got the 10-point deficit right back with their layup.
A layup and free throw trimmed the Cornell deficit to single digits as the Big Red trailed 51-44. A 5-0 Raiders run by Brodie and Golembiewski bumped Colgate's lead up to double-digits again to squash any hopes of a Cornell comeback.
Back-to-back free throws from
Morgan McMahon and Brodie put the nail in the coffin, snapping a one-game skid against the Big Red. Nine-of-13 Raider fourth-quarter points came from Brodie and Golembiewski.
NOTES
- Madison Schiller, Midgette, and Nicole Parks made their collegiate debuts.
- Chidinma Okafor made her division I debut after spending the most recent season at the University of South Carolina Aiken.
- Jenna Paul captured six rebounds for Colgate, a team-high.
- 50-of-110 points scored were in the paint.
- Only two three-point field goals were scored in the second half of play, with each team getting one apiece.
- The Raiders went 9-for-10 at the charity stripe, while Cornell went 9-for-12.
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Women's Basketball Coach Ganiyat Adeduntan
"The effort was there tonight. One thing we're focusing on for sure this year is just going out and playing basketball.
"I'm proud of our returners, they put in a lot of work over the summer, and it showed today. I couldn't be prouder of them. I also felt great about our newcomers. They are each going to play an important role throughout the season.
"We're excited to go to Syracuse. It's going to be a great opportunity for us. We're going to come out and do our best as we continue to get ready for conference play."
UP NEXT
Keeping the trend on Central New York opponents, the Raiders (1-0, 0-0 PL) travel to Syracuse on Thursday, Nov. 10. Tip-off against the Orange is scheduled for 7 p.m. inside JMA Wireless Dome.
