# 2018–19 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Red, led by seventeenth year head coach Dayna Smith, played their home games at Newman Arena and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season at 12–14, 6–8 to finish in a 3-way tie for fourth place. Due to a tie breaker with Yale and Dartmouth, Cornell earned the 4th seed in the Ivy League women's tournament. They lost to Princeton in the semifinals.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 9, 2018* 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Binghamton | L 61–72 | 0–1 | Binghamton University Events Center (2,509) Vestal, NY |
| Nov 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Albany | W 48–34 | 1–1 | Newman Arena (269) Ithaca, NY |
| Nov 15, 2018* 6:00 pm | | at Colgate Postponed; inclement weather | | | Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY |
| Nov 17, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMass Lowell | W 63–54 | 2–1 | Newman Arena (211) Ithaca, NY |
| Nov 23, 2018* 4:00 pm | | at No. 23 Minnesota | L 45–65 | 2–2 | Williams Arena (4,339) Minneapolis, MN |
| Nov 25, 2018* 2:00 pm | | at Colorado State | L 53–56 | 2–3 | Moby Arena (1,401) Fort Collins, CO |
| Nov 29, 2018* 6:00 pm | | at Lehigh | L 54–67 | 2–4 | Stabler Arena (482) Bethlehem, PA |
| Dec 1, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stony Brook | L 61–63 | 2–5 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,123) Stony Brook, NY |
| Dec 15, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Delaware State | W 94–59 | 3–5 | Newman Arena (179) Ithaca, NY |
| Dec 20, 2018* 12:00 pm | | at Lafayette | W 62–59 | 4–5 | Kirby Sports Center (310) Easton, PA |
| Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Hampton | W 79–53 | 5–5 | Newman Arena (223) Ithaca, NY |
| Dec 31, 2018* 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | | St. Bonaventure | W 58–44 | 6–5 | Newman Arena (376) Ithaca, NY |
| Jan 7, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Vermont Tech Cancelled | | | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| Jan 19, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | Columbia | W 60–51 | 7–5 (1–0) | Newman Arena (512) Ithaca, NY |
| Jan 26, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Columbia | L 57–65 | 7–6 (1–1) | Levien Gymnasium (1,002) New York, NY |
| Feb 1, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Penn | L 46–59 | 7–7 (1–2) | Newman Arena (1,741) Ithaca, NY |
| Feb 2, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Princeton | L 46–75 | 7–8 (1–2) | Newman Arena (750) Ithaca, NY |
| Feb 8, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Dartmouth | L 56–63 | 7–9 (1–3) | Newman Arena (412) Ithaca, NY |
| Feb 9, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Harvard | L 61–68 | 7–10 (1–4) | Newman Arena (424) Ithaca, NY |
| Feb 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Brown | W 65–53 | 8–10 (2–4) | Pizzitola Sports Center (355) Providence, RI |
| Feb 16, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Yale | W 43–41 | 9–10 (3–4) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (424) New Haven, CT |
| Feb 22, 2019 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Princeton | L 64–68 | 9–11 (3–6) | Jadwin Gymnasium (285) Princeton, NJ |
| Feb 23, 2019 4:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Penn | L 58–69 | 9–12 (3–7) | Palestra (4,298) Philadelphia, PA |
| Mar 1, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Yale | W 66–56 | 10–12 (4–7) | Newman Arena (465) Ithaca, NY |
| Mar 2, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Brown | W 66–48 | 11–12 (5–7) | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| Mar 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Harvard | L 38–80 | 11–13 (5–8) | Lavietes Pavilion (763) Cambridge, MA |
| Mar 9, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | W 57–47 | 12–13 (6–8) | Leede Arena (757) Hanover, NH |
| Ivy League Tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | (4) | vs. (1) Princeton Semifinals | L 47–68 | 12–14 | John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||