In his second season as a contributor to The Cornell Basketball Blog, "T.J." provides and update on the Cornell women's senior weekend send-off.
Senior Night for the Cornell Women on Saturday
On Saturday, February 28, at 7pm, Big Red fans in Newman Arena will say goodbye to two dedicated seniors on the Cornell Women's basketball team. Shannon Scarselletta, a 6-1 forward from Buffalo, NY, and Lacey Workman, a 5-8 guard from Indianapolis, Indiana. Both will suit up in Red for the last time at home.
Scarselletta has been a true leader of this team. The big forward plays tough in the post and is the Red's go-to option when Cornell really needs a hoop. She has a variety of post moves, can finish under the basket in traffic, and she can hit a 15-18 footer to keep the defense honest. On the defensive end she is a position-holding defender in the post and is not willing to yield her spot on the floor to any opponent. She is leading the team in scoring (11 ppg), rebounding (5.7 rpg), and blocks (with 16 so far for the season). Shannon defines tough. She is not afraid of contact and is quick to the basket, despite being the strongest player on the team.
Workman has come off the bench this year to provide that needed spark to ignite a significant number of runs for the Red. She lives up to her name on the defensive end, is an excellent rebounder, but her primary contribution has been from deep on the offensive end. She is a 3-point shooter with deadly accuracy. Some 46 of her shot attempts have been from outside the arc, as compared with only 14 from inside the arc. And she has hit for 39% from 3-point-land and 40% overall. Lacey missed a number of games this year due to injury, but she is back and looking good.
The women put themselves in a very good position to enjoy stheir enior night by taking the zero off of Dartmouth's 9-0 record on Friday night. With their overtime defeat of the first-place Big Green, Cornell showed that they are better than their 6-5 record and showed Dartmouth that they still have their number (following up on last year's win for the Ivy League Championship in the playoff game at Morningside Heights).
This year at Newman Arena the Cornell women put together an incredible defensive effort and a strategy that kept Dartmouth from getting into their rhythm. Meanwhile, the Red was lights out on the offensive end when they could get open for threes (with senior Workman plus Virginia McMunigal and Allie Fedorowicz, leading the way), Point-guard- extraordinaire Lauren Benson directed traffic and controlled the ball, and senior Shannon Scarselletta put on an offensive show on the blocks in overtime.
Come out and support the Cornell women's team on Saturday night at 7pm as they take on second place (and very tall) Harvard, and as they try to make the Crimson see Red.
Scarselletta has been a true leader of this team. The big forward plays tough in the post and is the Red's go-to option when Cornell really needs a hoop. She has a variety of post moves, can finish under the basket in traffic, and she can hit a 15-18 footer to keep the defense honest. On the defensive end she is a position-holding defender in the post and is not willing to yield her spot on the floor to any opponent. She is leading the team in scoring (11 ppg), rebounding (5.7 rpg), and blocks (with 16 so far for the season). Shannon defines tough. She is not afraid of contact and is quick to the basket, despite being the strongest player on the team.
Workman has come off the bench this year to provide that needed spark to ignite a significant number of runs for the Red. She lives up to her name on the defensive end, is an excellent rebounder, but her primary contribution has been from deep on the offensive end. She is a 3-point shooter with deadly accuracy. Some 46 of her shot attempts have been from outside the arc, as compared with only 14 from inside the arc. And she has hit for 39% from 3-point-land and 40% overall. Lacey missed a number of games this year due to injury, but she is back and looking good.
The women put themselves in a very good position to enjoy stheir enior night by taking the zero off of Dartmouth's 9-0 record on Friday night. With their overtime defeat of the first-place Big Green, Cornell showed that they are better than their 6-5 record and showed Dartmouth that they still have their number (following up on last year's win for the Ivy League Championship in the playoff game at Morningside Heights).
This year at Newman Arena the Cornell women put together an incredible defensive effort and a strategy that kept Dartmouth from getting into their rhythm. Meanwhile, the Red was lights out on the offensive end when they could get open for threes (with senior Workman plus Virginia McMunigal and Allie Fedorowicz, leading the way), Point-guard- extraordinaire Lauren Benson directed traffic and controlled the ball, and senior Shannon Scarselletta put on an offensive show on the blocks in overtime.
Come out and support the Cornell women's team on Saturday night at 7pm as they take on second place (and very tall) Harvard, and as they try to make the Crimson see Red.
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