Scouting the Tribe
The College heads to Cornell this weekend with an overall record of 2-7.  In its last outing, W&M fell at North Carolina A&T, 85-78, as senior Emily Correal tallied a career-high 30 points against the Aggies. 

Correal leads the Tribe attack averaging a Colonial Athletic Association best 19.3 points per game to go along with 8.2 rebounds per outing.  Classmate Janine Aldridge is pouring in 13.3 ppg, while her 25 3-pointers on the season are tied for tops in the conference.  Senior Taylor Hilton is netting 10.2 points per outing, while her team-high 30 assists rank fifth in the league.

As a team, the College's 66.7 ppg rank third in the CAA, while its scoring defense of 69.3 sits in tenth.  W&M ranks first in the league with 107 steals, while its 140 assists stands in second.  Furthermore, the Tribe's 61 3-pointers rank third, while its free-throw percentage of .686 sits in fourth.

Scouting Cornell
Under the direction of tenth-year head coach Dayna Smith Cornell plays host to the Tribe with a record of 5-5.  In its last contest, the Big Red dropped a 53-40 decision at Texas on Dec. 20.  Junior Allyson DiMagno paced Cornell against the Longhorns with 13 points and seven rebounds, while senior Clare Fitzpatrick added 10 points.

For the year, DiMagno is averaging 13.8 points ppg to go along with 11.5 rebounds per outing.  At one time, DiMagno was averaging 12.5 boards per contest, which ranked fifth in America.  Fitzpatrick is the Big Red's second leading scorer averaging 11.3 per game. 

As a team, Cornell is scoring 58.0 points per contest, while allowing 61.2.  Cornell has scored 60 or more points in each of its victories this season.  On the flip side, in four setbacks, the Big Red have failed to reach the 60-point mark.       

News and Notes:
- Sunday's game will the second meeting between the Tribe and Cornell, as W&M owns a 1-0 series edge.  Last year, the College opened its season with an 85-54 blowout victory over the Big Red.  At halftime, the Tribe owned a 41-33 advantage as it posted 44 second-half points, while holding Cornell to just 21.  In the victory, senior Janine Aldridge scored a game-high 24 points, which included a 5-for-6 effort from 3-point range.  Classmates Jaclyn McKenna and Emily Correal poured in 20 and 16 points, respectively.   

- Against Ivy League competition, the College owns a record of 10-9.  Furthermore, W&M currently owns winning ledgers against Penn (3-1), Dartmouth (2-1) and Cornell (1-0).   

- Through nine games of the 2012-13 season, senior Emily Correal has been impressive.  The Venetia, Pa., native opened the season against East Carolina with 24 points and 21 rebounds as she became only the third player in program history to tally 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game.  In her return home to the Pittsburgh area, Correal backed up an impressive debut with 27 points and 10 rebounds in the College's tilt at Pitt.  For her opening week efforts, she was named the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week on Nov. 12.  Correal earned the player of the week distinction again on Dec. 10, after she scored 21 points at Navy before pouring in 28 points against Radford.  Additionally, in the contest at Radford, she became the 16th player in school history to reach the 1,000 career-point milestone.  In W&M's last outing at North Carolina A&T, Correal netted a career-high 30 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the floor. 

- Sophomore point-guard Anna Kestler earned her first collegiate start at North Carolina A&T and posted career-highs in assists and steals.  Kestler dished out a career-best seven assists, while recording a career-high five steals against the Aggies.    

- The College's Colonial Athletic Association opener is right around the corner, at Hofstra on Jan. 6, as the Tribe will conclude non-conference play against Winthrop on Jan. 2.  The contest at Hofstra will begin a three-game stretch in five days for the Green and Gold.  After the matching up with the Pride, W&M will return home to face UNCW (Jan. 8) before another road game at Northeastern (Jan. 10).