# 2022–23 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Red, led by twenty-first-year head coach Dayna Smith, played their home games at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season at 10–17, 3–11 in Ivy League play, to finish in seventh place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League women's tournament.

## Previous season

The Big Red finished the 2021–22 season 9–16, 4–10 in Ivy League play, to finish in sixth place. They failed to qualify for the 2022 Ivy League women's basketball tournament.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Colgate | L 48–62 | 0–1 | Cotterell Court (483) Hamilton, NY |
| November 12, 2022* 2:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | at FDU | L 51–62 | 0–2 | Stratis Arena at the Rothman Center (204) Hackensack, NJ |
| November 16, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Lafayette | W 62–60 | 1–2 | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| November 19, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Bucknell | L 58–65 $^{OT}$ | 1–3 | Newman Arena (109) Ithaca, NY |
| November 21, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Mount St. Mary's | W 66–61 | 2–3 | Newman Arena (98) Ithaca, NY |
| November 25, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Western Kentucky | W 57–50 | 3–3 | Newman Arena (226) Ithaca, NY |
| November 27, 2022* 2:00 p.m., B1G+ | at Rutgers | L 52–71 | 3–4 | Jersey Mike's Arena (1,192) Piscataway, NJ |
| November 30, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Binghamton | W 71–48 | 4–4 | Newman Arena (187) Ithaca, NY |
| December 3, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at UAlbany | W 53–45 | 5–4 | SEFCU Arena (807) Troy, NY |
| December 5, 2022* 7:00 p.m., Hartford Hawks All-Access | at Hartford | W 89–38 | 6–4 | Chase Family Arena (228) West Hartford, CT |
| December 19, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Duquesne | L 60–87 | 6–5 | UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (501) Pittsburgh, PA |
| December 21, 2022* 12:00 p.m., B1G+ | at Penn State | L 48–79 | 6–6 | Bryce Jordan Center (1,589) State College, PA |
| December 28, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Clarion | W 93–49 | 7–6 | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 1, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Dartmouth | W 61–48 | 8–6 (1–0) | Newman Arena (113) Ithaca, NY |
| January 6, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Penn | L 54–62 | 8–7 (1–1) | Palestra (547) Philadelphia, PA |
| January 7, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Princeton | L 48–70 | 8–8 (1–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,017) Princeton, NJ |
| January 14, 2023 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Yale | L 56–68 | 8–9 (1–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (302) New Haven, CT |
| January 16, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. RV Columbia Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration | L 64–91 | 8–10 (1–4) | Newman Arena (579) Ithaca, NY |
| January 21, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Harvard | L 53–66 | 8–11 (1–5) | Newman Arena (468) Ithaca, NY |
| January 28, 2023 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Brown | W 66–61 | 9–11 (2–5) | Pizzitola Sports Center (435) Providence, RI |
| February 3, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Princeton | L 52–63 | 9–12 (2–6) | Newman Arena (756) Ithaca, NY |
| February 4, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Penn | L 54–67 | 9–13 (2–7) | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| February 11, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Brown | L 48–76 | 9–14 (2–8) | Newman Arena (291) Ithaca, NY |
| February 17, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Dartmouth | W 53–40 | 10–14 (3–8) | Leede Arena (361) Hanover, NH |
| February 18, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Harvard | L 59–86 | 10–15 (3–9) | Lavietes Pavilion (961) Cambridge, MA |
| February 25, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | Yale | L 42–63 | 10–16 (3–10) | Newman Arena (846) Ithaca, NY |
| March 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Columbia | L 64–69 $^{OT}$ | 10–17 (3–11) | Levien Gymnasium (2,602) New York, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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