# 2024–25 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Red, led by first-year head coach Emily Garner, play their home games at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York, as members of the Ivy League.

## Previous season

The Big Red finished the 2023–24 season 7–19, 1–13 in Ivy League play, to finish in a tie for last place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament, as only the top four teams qualify.
On March 11, 2024, the school announced that they would be parting ways with head coach Dayna Smith, ending her 21-year tenure with the school. On April 12, the school announced that they would be hiring Trinity College head coach Emily Garner as the team's new head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 4, 2024* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Army | W 60–54 | 1–0 | Christl Arena (250) West Point, NY |
| November 7, 2024* 7:00 pm, B1G+ | at Rutgers | L 61–72 | 1–1 | Jersey Mike's Arena (1,263) Piscataway, NJ |
| November 10, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Marist | L 56–62 | 1–2 | McCann Arena (889) Poughkeepsie, NY |
| November 14, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Binghamton | W 68–51 | 2–2 | Newman Arena (675) Ithaca, NY |
| November 19, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | Bryant | L 53–60 | 2–3 | Newman Arena (258) Ithaca, NY |
| November 21, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Quinnipiac | L 47–56 | 2–4 | M&T Bank Arena (365) Hamden, CT |
| November 23, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Albany | L 47–54 | 2–5 | Broadview Center (1,559) Albany, NY |
| November 27, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | Mercyhurst | W 64–63 $^{OT}$ | 3–5 | Newman Arena (266) Ithaca, NY |
| December 1, 2024* 2:00 pm, B1G+ | at Northwestern | L 54–67 | 3–6 | Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,163) Evanston, IL |
| December 5, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | at St. Bonaventure | L 54–56 | 3–7 | Reilly Center (126) St. Bonaventure, NY |
| December 8, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | Lehigh | L 51–73 | 3–8 | Newman Arena (245) Ithaca, NY |
| December 22, 2024* 1:00 pm, FloHoops | at Stony Brook | L 40–54 | 3–9 | Stony Brook Arena (736) Stony Brook, NY |
| December 30, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Siena | W 76–73 | 4–9 | UHY Center (434) Loudonville, NY |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 4, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | at Princeton | L 39–72 | 4–10 (0–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ |
| January 11, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | Columbia | L 44–69 | 4–11 (0–2) | Newman Arena (340) Ithaca, NY |
| January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | Penn | L 51–57 | 4–12 (0–3) | Newman Arena (321) Ithaca, NY |
| January 20, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Brown | L 39–49 | 4–13 (0–4) | Pizzitola Sports Center (473) Providence, RI |
| January 25, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | Princeton | L 54–62 | 4–14 (0–5) | Newman Arena (257) Ithaca, NY |
| January 31, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Dartmouth | W 60–48 | 5–14 (1–5) | Leede Arena (841) Hanover, NH |
| February 1, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Harvard | L 60–72 | 5–15 (1–6) | Lavietes Pavilion (869) Cambridge, MA |
| February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Yale | W 57–40 | 6–15 (2–6) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (659) New Haven, CT |
| February 14, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Harvard | L 29–66 | 6–16 (2–7) | Newman Arena (67) Ithaca, NY |
| February 15, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | Dartmouth | W 56–43 | 7–16 (3–7) | Newman Arena (87) Ithaca, NY |
| February 22, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | at Penn | L 63–68 | 7–17 (3–8) | The Palestra (423) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 28, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | Yale | L 46–48 | 7–18 (3–9) | Newman Arena (317) Ithaca, NY |
| March 1, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | Brown | L 36–38 | 7–19 (3–10) | Newman Arena (588) Ithaca, NY |
| March 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Columbia | L 58–91 | 7–20 (3–11) | Levien Gymnasium (2,307) New York, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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