NEW YORK – The Columbia women's basketball team (25-6, 12-2 Ivy) hosts Seton Hall (22-12, 12-8 BIG EAST) on Monday night in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Postseason Women's National Invitational Tournament. Tip-off from Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.
 
TICKET INFORMATION:
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.
 
UPDATED SPECTATOR POLICIES:
Effective March 14, 2022, masking will no longer be required indoors or outdoors at Columbia University. Masking will become optional, and recommended in crowded settings. 

All spectators in attendance, 5 years of age and older, must show proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter all Columbia Athletics venues. Proof of full vaccination includes two doses of approved mRNA vaccines, or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. 
 
For more information, please visit the Columbia Athletics venue policy page at GoColumbiaLions.com/VenuePolicies.

BROADCAST COVERAGE:
Monday night's game will be televised in the New York market on SportsNet New York (SNY). Fans with a cable subscription that includes SNY can watch the game on SNY.TV. The game will also be carried online on ESPN3, which is available by visiting ESPN.com or through the ESPN app. John Fanta and Maren Walseth will have the call.
 
Live stats will be provided by GoColumbiaLions.com. Live updates will also be posted to the women's basketball team's Twitter page (@CULionsWBB).

5 THINGS TO KNOW:
 
1. COLUMBIA'S POSTSEASON RUN
• Columbia defeated Holy Cross, Old Dominion and Boston College in succession to earn its spot in the quarterfinals of the WNIT. The Lions earned home wins over Holy Cross, 80-69, and BC, 54-51. They defeated the Monarchs on the road, 62-59, in the second round.
 
• The Lions are competing in their first WNIT in program history. Prior to this season, Columbia had not played a postseason game since 1985-86, when they won the New York State AIWA Championships and advanced to the NCAA Div. III East Regional.
 
• Columbia earned a place in the WNIT by receiving the automatic qualifying spot out of the Ivy League. The Lions posted a 22-6, 12-2 Ivy League, record through the regular season. They earned the No. 2 seed in the Ivy League Tournament and routed Yale, 67-38, in the semifinals. Top-seeded Princeton earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by defeating Columbia in the tournament title game, 77-59. 2. A LOOK AT THE BRACKET
• Just eight teams remain in the tournament – two in each region. Monday night's winner between Columbia and Seton Hall will move on to face the winner of Toledo and Middle Tennessee State in the WNIT Final Four. The regional final between Toledo and MTSU will tip Monday night at 7 p.m. ET.
 
• Click here for a complete look at the 2022 WNIT Bracket. 3. HSU-TING INTO THE RECORD BOOKS
• Abbey Hsu enters the game with the most career 3-pointers in Columbia women's basketball history (170), as well as the most treys in a season in Ivy League history (105). She broke both records in the WNIT First Round victory over Holy Cross, surpassing Katie Benzan's previous Ivy League record of 99 in the first half, as well as Melissa Shafer's (2008-12) previous Columbia career record of 166 in the second half.
 
• Entering Monday's game, Hsu has scored 509 points this season, becoming just the fourth Lion in program history to do so. Camille Zimmerman (2014-18) did it twice and holds the single-season record of 608 points from her 2016-17 junior campaign. Hall of Famer Judie Lomax is next on the list in front of Hsu, scoring 521 points as a senior in 2009-10.
            Single Season Record: Points (Columbia)
            1. Camille Zimmerman - 608 (2016-17)
            2. Ellen Bossert - 598 (1985-86)
            3. Camille Zimmerman - 565 (2017-18)
            4. Judie Lomax - 521 (2009-10)
            5. Abbey Hsu - 509 (2021-22)


4. FOUR STRAIGHT AGAINST THE BIG EAST
• The Lions have won four consecutive games against BIG EAST opponents. Earlier this season, they defeated Georgetown, 66-56, in double overtime to extend their winning streak to four games. Prior to that, they earned their last BIG EAST win on Dec. 6, 2019 when they took down the Hoyas, 54-49, on Education Day at Levien Gymnasium. The game tipped at 11 a.m. with over 2,400 elementary school students from the New York area in attendance. Columbia earned its first BIG EAST win in program history when it defeated Providence, 66-64, on Education Day in 2016. The Lions beat the Friars again in the 2017-18 season opener.
            Columbia vs. BIG EAST (Last 4 Games)
            - Columbia 66, Georgetown 56 (2OT) - Nov. 21, 2022 (Washington, D.C.)
            - Columbia 54, Georgetown 54 - Dec. 6, 2019 (New York, N.Y.)
            - Columbia 73, Providence 64 - Nov. 10, 2017 (Providence, R.I.)
            - Columbia 66, Providence 64 (OT) - Dec. 7, 2016 (New York, N.Y.) 5. THE OPPONENT
• Down nine points in the fourth quarter, the Pirates completed a furious late rally to upend Drexel, 78-71, in Walsh Gym on Monday and advance to the WNIT Elite Eight. Seton Hall outscored the Dragons, 31-20, to turn a nine-point deficit into a seven-point victory.  The Pirates were 11-for-14 in the fourth quarter overall, 4-for-5 from three-point range and a perfect 5-for-5 from the free-throw line.

• Seton Hall posted a record of 19-12, 12-8 BIG EAST through the regular season and BIG EAST Tournament. They fell to second-seeded Villanova in the semifinals, 64-55. The Pirates have since gone on to defeat Fairleigh Dickinson, Virginia Commonwealth and Drexel in the first three rounds of the WNIT. All three of those wins came at Walsh Gymnasium, the Pirates' home court.

• Junior Lauren Park-Lane averages a team-high 18.4 points and has 241 assists on the season (7.1/game), ranking No. 4 in the NCAA in both total assists and assists per game. Lane is also top 50 in the NCAA in assist/turnover ratio (2.21), field goal attempts (504), field goals made (211), total points (625), points per game (16.4) and 3-point field goal percentage (.406). Lane is also the national leader in minutes played (1,305:42) and minutes per game (38.40). Sidney Cooks averages 15.5 points and a team-high 8.0 rebounds, along with a team-high 52 total blocks (1.58/game). Cooks ranks top 50 nationally in total blocks, double-doubles (12), field goal attempts (465) and field goals made (226).
 
• This will be Columbia's first game against Seton Hall since 1993. The Pirates won the last meeting, 83-44, on Dec. 4, 1993 at Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange. Prior to the formation of the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium, the Pirates defeated Barnard College, 54-24, on Feb. 4, 1974, also at Walsh Gym.
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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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