NEW YORK – Levien Gymnasium's doors will be open to the public for Columbia basketball this Sunday, as the women's team hosts New York University in an exhibition contest. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. ET.

Fans must enter from the street level at the doors located at the southeast corner of 120th & Broadway. Fan capacity at Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium is limited to 70 percent of the venue's listed capacity per University Task Force protocols. All fans 12 and older must show proof of vaccination upon entry. All fans are required to wear a mask at all times. All fans must also fill out a COVID-19 protocol attestation.

Admission to the game is free. Fans arriving to Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium are required to adhere to Columbia Athletics' and Columbia University's venue protocols. Please find Columbia's venue policies here.
 
Sunday's game will not be streamed online. Fans who cannot attend can keep up with the action with live stats provided by GoColumbiaLions.com.
 
 
5 THINGS TO KNOW:

1. BASKETBALL RETURNS
Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium will host a basketball game that is open to the public for the first time in 603 days. The last contest played inside Columbia's home gym was back on March 7, 2020, four days before the Lions were scheduled to leave for the 2020 Ivy League Tournament.
 
 
2. TOP RETURNERS
Columbia returns the majority of its roster from 2019-20, including over 80 percent of its scoring and over 83 percent of its rebounding. All-Ivy selections Sienna Durr and Abbey Hsu are also back. Durr, a junior, and Hsu, a sophomore, were named the All-Met Basketball Writers Association Div. I Rookie of the Year in back-to-back seasons. Hsu and Durr also led the Lions in scoring two years ago with 14.3 and 12.8 points per game respectively.
 
 
3. TABBED THIRD
Columbia was picked third by the media in this year's Ivy League Preseason Poll. The Lions received 87 total votes to earn its highest preseason ranking in program history. The Lions received five more votes than Yale (82) and six more than Harvard (81) in what the media suggests will be a tight race for the top four qualifying spots in the 2022 Ivy League Tournament. 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Columbia is coming off a 2019-20 season in which it went 17-10 with an 8-6 Ivy League record to earn the right to attend Ivy Madness for the first time. The program's 17 wins and eight Ivy victories were its second-most since becoming a Div. I program in 1986-87. Along the way, the Lions won a program-best six consecutive Ivy League games, including three straight weekend sweeps. However, Columbia never got its postseason shot, as the Ivy League Tournament and subsequent 2020-21 season were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
 
5. HISTORIC NEW YORK RIVALRY
Columbia and NYU have not met since the late 80's, which resulted in a one-sided 88-40 victory for the Lions in one of their first seasons as a Div. I program. Since the establishment of the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium, Columbia is 3-2 all-time against the Bobcats. For the latest on the Columbia women's basketball, follow @CULionsWBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.