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Mikayla Markham is Columbia's lone senior that is set to be honored as part of Saturday's Senior Day

Women's Basketball

Lions Host Brown for Senior Day on Saturday

Mikayla Markham to be honored in home finale

NEW YORK – The Columbia women's basketball team (19-5, 10-2 Ivy) will play its final home game of the regular season on Saturday, hosting Brown (6-18, 1-11 Ivy) for Senior Day. Tip-off from Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.
 
TICKETS
Tickets can be purchased ahead of time by visiting GoColumbiaLions.com/Tickets or calling 888-LIONS-11. Tickets can also be purchased on site at the ticket window located at the southeast corner of 120th & Broadway.
 
FAN INFORMATION

Fans must enter from the street level at the doors located at the southeast corner of 120th & Broadway. All fans ages 5 and older must show proof of vaccination upon entry. All fans are required to wear a mask at all times.

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.

GAME PROMOS:
The first 250 fans in attendance will receive a free t-shirt, courtesy of Liberty Coke. One student will win an iPad Mini and one student will win a JBL Speaker.
 
GAME COVERAGE
Fans unable to attend the game can watch live on ESPN+. Live stats will be available through GoColumbiaLions.com. Live updates will also be posted to the women's basketball team's Twitter page (@CULionsWBB).
 
 
5 THINGS TO KNOW:

1. KAY DAY
• Columbia's Mikayla Markham will be honored as part of Senior Day prior to the start of Saturday's game. Markham has played in 67 games in her three-year playing career. As a first-year, she set the Columbia rookie record with 120 assists. The Manasquan, New Jersey native's career includes 340 points and 215 assists. She also boasts a career 44.1-percent mark from the floor and is a 38.5-percent shooter from the perimeter.
 
2. HISTORY IN THE MAKING
• The 2021-22 season has seen Columbia set many firsts and numerous school records, beginning at the very start of the season when they started 5-0 in the first time. Columbia's other notable season accomplishments include:
   - Defeating an ACC team on the road (Clemson, Nov. 13)
   - Starting Ivy League play 7-0 (previous best was 2-0)
   - Winning a program record eight consecutive games (Dec. 13 - Feb. 4)
   - Winning the most Ivy League games in program history (10)
   - Winning the most games overall in the program's Div. I era (19)
   - Defeating Penn for the first time since 2011
   - Sweeping Penn for the first time since 2010
   - Sweeping Yale for the first time since 2011

3. HSU-TING THE THREE
• Sophomore Abbey Hsu broke the program's single-season record for most made 3-pointers as part of Friday's, 74-70, victory over Harvard. Her record-breaking 74th triple came in the final seconds of the first half to put the Lions up 35-31 at the break.
 
• Hsu leads the Ivy League and ranks top 10 in the NCAA in 3-pointers made (80), attempted (218) and made per game (3.33). She also shoots the ball at an effective rate, sitting at 36.7 percent on the season to rank No. 2 in the Ivies and top 100 in the country.
 
• With 80 threes this year, Hsu has entered the top 10 in Ivy League history for made threes in a single season. She is tied with Erin Maher, who made 80 at Harvard during the 1991-92 season. Next on the list is Jeannie Cullen, who had 82 for Dartmouth during the 2003-04 season. The record is 99, set by Katie Benzan of Harvard during the 2017-18 campaign.
 
4. HEADING TO IVY MADNESS
• Columbia has clinched its spot at the 2022 Ivy League Tournament, which will be held March 11-12 in Boston. The Lions cinched their spot on Feb. 18 with win against Harvard. In 2020, the Lions posted an 8-6 Ivy League record to finish fourth, but were never able to compete in the tournament due to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
• Columbia is locked into the No. 2 seed for the Ivy League Tournament. The Lions will play their semifinal game against the No. 3 seed on Friday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. ET.

5. SCOUTING BROWN
• The Bears (6-18, 1-11 Ivy) picked up their first Ivy League win of the season on Feb. 8 with a 70-56 home win over Dartmouth. Brown has since dropped three straight against Cornell, 68-61, Princeton, 88-42, and Penn, 67-53. The team is led by freshman Isabella Mauricio, who is averaging 14.3 points on the season. Sophomore Kyla Jones is also averaging double figures at 12.4 points. Head coach Monique LeBlanc is looking to turn the program around in her first season at the helm.
 
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MORNINGSIDE HOOPS
The newly branded Morningside Hoops podcast is back for a fourth season. Formerly known as Inside Columbia Basketball, the podcast features weekly interviews with coaches and members of the men's and women's basketball programs. New episodes are available weekly on SoundCloud, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
 
To listen to this week's episode, click here.
 
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For the latest on the Columbia women's basketball, follow @CULionsWBB on TwitterInstagram and Facebook, or on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
 
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Players Mentioned

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Players Mentioned

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Mikayla Markham

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