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Luckily for Cornell, though, things are looking up. Last year's record was the team's fourth-best ever and this may be the first season since 1972 the team breaks .500. Also, the team's close losses to Penn and Princeton at the end of the season provided added confidence and momentum...
...problem for Cornell last season was the lack of a frontcourt presence. With the return of senior Jumana Salti from a knee injury, some players can return to their natural position. Salti, a 6'2 center from Amman, Jordan, was the team's leading scorer before suffering the season-ending injury...
...pair of sophomore guards rounds out the starting lineup. Breean Walas was last season's Ivy League Rookie of the Year with 12.4 ppg and 102 assists. Shooting guard Deborah Stevens scored 11.5 ppg and dished out 111 assists...
...bright points for the Bears will be in the backcourt. Sophomore Rada Pavichevich had a stellar freshman year and saw action in all 26 games. A versatile guard/forward, Pavichevich averaged 5.8 ppg and 2.9 rpg last year. Junior Kris Wiig has been a backup the last two seasons but seems poised to move into the starting role...
...rest of the Brown team is either inexperienced or ineffective. Becca Jones and Erin-Kate Barton are upperclassmen who figure to get some minutes down low but who played rather poorly last season. Finally, forward Nicole Brown, a 5'10 senior, will try to rebound from a knee injury that sidelined her all of last year and return to her sophomore form, when she started 25 of 26 games...