NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Columbia women's basketball team saw its six-game winning streak come to an end Sunday afternoon, falling to Vanderbilt, 72-51, at historic Memorial Gymnasium.
 
Columbia (7-4) was led by Abbey Hsu's team-high 17 points. The reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week was 6-of-15 from the field, adding four rebounds, two assists and tying her season-high of four steals. Senior Janiya Clemmons and sophomore Hannah Pratt added nine points apiece.
 
Vanderbilt (10-3) scored 24 points off 23 Columbia turnovers. The Commodores used their length to disrupt the Lions and finished with a 46-23 advantage on the glass. Sixteen of those rebounds were offensive.
 
"You want to learn from this game because I think there are a lot of great nuggets we can take from it," head coach Megan Griffith said. "We want to make sure we're improving in the areas we struggled in tonight.
 
"it was really nice to see a couple of players like Abbey Hsu and Hannah Pratt play and really be aggressive … We saw two young players come into their own tonight and hopefully we can build on that."
 
The Commodores went up 12-4 just three minutes into the contest and shot 61 percent in the opening quarter to set the pace. Despite the home team's hot shooting, Columbia weathered the storm and hung around. A second-chance 3-pointer by Pratt and a layup by Sienna Durr made it a five-point game, 20-15, at the 3:17 mark.
 
Unfortunately, the Lions would go the next 9:55 before scoring again. Vanderbilt scored 11 straight over that span before Hsu's 3-pointer from the left corner ended the drought. Columbia was limited to seven points through the second quarter and trailed 39-22 at the break.
 
Despite the deficit, the Lions came bursting out of the locker room with four quick points in a span of 30 seconds to get within 13. However, that would be as close as it would get. Vanderbilt's cushion grew to as many as 24 late in the fourth quarter before all was said and done.
 
"Having the opportunity to quickly turn around and get after it again tomorrow is just like Ivy League play," Griffith added. "I think this is going to be a good opportunity for us to make sure we're ready for that."
 
Columbia remains in Nashville to take on Tennessee State Monday afternoon. Tip-off from the Gentry Center is scheduled for 2 p.m. local, 3 p.m. ET.
 
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