NEW YORK – Columbia women's basketball (11-6, 2-2 Ivy) heads to Penn (11-5, 1-2 Ivy) and Princeton (15-1, 3-0 Ivy) for its first back-to-back road weekend of the Ivy League season. The Lions head to Philadelphia Friday to take on the Quakers at 7 p.m., followed by Princeton Saturday at 5 p.m.
 
Fans looking for this weekend's game online can access them on ESPN+. Live stats will be available through StatBroadcast courtesy of IvyLeague.com for both games. You can also receive live updates by following @CULionsWBB on Twitter.
 
OPENING TIPS
• The Lions are coming off a home weekend split against Yale and Brown. A sharpshooting second half propelled the Bulldogs to an 85-60 victory on Friday. Columbia bounced back on Saturday, outrebounding Brown, 50-26, to earn a 74-60 win. Sienna Durr posted a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds to go with five assists.
 
• Columbia heads into the weekend 2-2 in Ivy play and in a three-way tie for third place in the league standings.
 
• Leading scorer Abbey Hsu earned her third Ivy League Rookie of the Week selection this past Monday after going for 16 points against both Yale and Brown last weekend. Hsu shot 42.9 percent from the floor and 46.7 percent from 3-point range (7-15). She scored 10 fourth-quarter points on 4-of-6 shooting to help the Lions bounce back from Friday's loss to Yale with a 74-60 victory over Brown.
 
• Hsu has scored at least 15 points in each of her first four Ivy League contests and ranks among the top five in league play in scoring at 18.5 points per game. She is shooting 50 percent (17-34) from deep in Ivy games.
 
• Columbia hopes to snap a 22-game losing streak against Princeton and a 16-game losing streak against Penn. The Lions last defeated Penn in 2011 and last defeated Princeton in 2008 (both at Levien Gymnasium).

QUICK NOTES
• Hannah Pratt ranks No. 5 in the Ivy League with 18 blocked shots and 1.1 per game.
• Kaitlyn Davis is also top 10 in the league in blocked shots (14).
• Hsu (13.5) and Durr (12.0) rank 11th and 12th, respectively, in the Ivy League in scoring.
• Janiya Clemmons is No. 3 in the Ivy League in steals (36) and top five in steals per game (2.1).
• Columbia has shot better than its opponent in 13 of its 17 games.
• Columbia is 11-0 when holding the opponent to fewer than 70 points and 0-6 when opponent scores more.
• Columbia is 9-2 in day games and 7-2 on the weekend.
• Nine of Columbia's 11 wins have come when holding the opponent under 40 percent shooting.
 
EXTRAS FROM LAST WEEKEND
• Durr's double-double against Brown was her second of the season and sixth of her career.
• Carly Rivera had career-highs of eight rebounds and five assists against Brown.
• Kaitlyn Davis went 8-for-8 at the free throw line against Brown, marking the most makes without a miss in a single game since Sienna Durr went 9-for-9 last February in a 75-65 win over Harvard.
• Columbia's 50 rebounds against Brown marked the fourth time this season they've gone for at least 50.
• Columbia outrebounded Brown by 24, marking its highest rebound margin in a game since Dec. 2, 2016, when it outrebounded UMass Lowell by the same amount in a 76-57 victory at Levien Gymnasium.
 
BALANCED EFFORT
• Columbia ranks among the NCAA's top 100 in nine statistical categories, including scoring offense (70.1), scoring margin (+6.5), field goal percentage (.425), 3-point percentage (.331), 3-point defense (.289), rebounds per game (40.41), rebounding margin (+5.0), blocks per game (4.0) and assists per game (15.8).
 
• Columbia is the only team in the Ivy League that has four players rank inside the top 25 in scoring (Hsu, Durr, Clemmons, Davis).
 
HSU IN FOR ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
• Abbey Hsu has picked up three Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors this season, two of which have come since the start of league play. She earned her first in December following an 18-point performance against NJIT, followed by her second after scoring 17 and hitting 5-of-7 from three in a victory over Cornell. Hsu's latest came this past Monday following back-to-back 16-point performances against Yale and Brown. Hsu's three Rookie of the Week awards this season along with the eight combined Columbia earned last season give the Lions 11 over the past two years.
 
SCOUTING PENN
• The Quakers (11-5, 1-2 Ivy) picked up their first Ivy League win after starting conference play 0-2, defeating Dartmouth, 66-33, on Saturday in Hanover. Penn went on a 29-0 run to take control of the game and held Dartmouth scoreless for an 11:30 span. Eleah Parker turned in her second double-double with 14 points and 16 rebounds. The victory helped Penn bounce back from a 58-51 loss to Harvard in which the Quakers were held to just 13 first-half points and two in the second quarter. Freshman Kayla Padilla leads the Ivy League in scoring at 19.3 points per game and is shooting 43.2 percent from deep with a league-best 48 makes. Phoebe Sterba (10.5) and Parker (10.1) also average double figures. Parker heads the effort on the glass (6.6).
 
SCOUTING PRINCETON
• The Tigers (15-1, 3-0 Ivy) enter the weekend receiving votes in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Poll. Their vote total would make them 26th in each rankings system. They also carry an impressive RPI of 19. Princeton boasts the nation's top scoring defense, allowing just 49.3 points per game, as well as a top-10 scoring margin of +20.8 and a top 25 rebound margin of +8.1. The Tigers picked up a road sweep over Dartmouth, 66-34, and Harvard, 60-46, last weekend. Their only loss on the season came in overtime at Iowa, 77-75, which is currently ranked 22nd in the AP Poll. Senior Bella Alarie leads the team averaging 17.8 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Carlie Littlefield (13.9) also averages double figures scoring.
 
INSIDE COLUMBIA BASKETBALL PODCAST
• The Inside Columbia Basketball Podcast is back for second season. Columbia Athletics debuted the new podcast last season, which features weekly interviews with coaches and members of the men's and women's basketball programs. New episodes are available weekly on iTunes and SoundCloud.

THE IVY LEAGUE ON ESPN+
All home Columbia games and most Ivy League road contests will air on ESPN+ as part of The Ivy League's partnership with ESPN. ESPN+ is a new, subscription-based service that offers monthly ($4.99) and yearly ($49.99) plans. Click here to subscribe to ESPN+ and start your free trial! Click here for frequently asked questions about the Ivy League on ESPN.  

#ROADTOIVYMADNESS
• This year's Ivy League Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments will be hosted by Harvard at Laveites Gymnasium. The top four men's and women's teams will earn berths to the tournament with the women's semifinals on Friday, March 13, and the championship on Saturday, March 14. All games will be broadcast live on ESPN's networks. For tickets and more information please visit IvyMadness.com.

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