NEW YORK – Columbia women's basketball (15-3, 4-1 Ivy) begins a season-long five-game homestand on Saturday when it hosts Brown (8-9, 1-4 Ivy). Tip-off from Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.
 
TICKETS
Fans can purchase tickets ahead of time by visiting GoColumbiaLions.com/Tickets. Fans can also purchase tickets on-site at the ticket window, located at the main entrance on the southeast corner of 120th and Broadway.
 
GAME COVERAGE
Fans unable to attend Saturday's game can watch live on ESPN+. Live stats will be provided by GoColumbiaLions.com. Live updates will be posted to the Columbia women's basketball team's Twitter account (@CULionsWBB).
 
WHAT TO KNOW:

HITTING AT A RECORD PACE
• Columbia is hitting shots at a record pace this season. Currently, the Lions are shooting 46.2 percent, which would rank No. 2 in program history and would be the best mark of the Lions' NCAA Div. I era.
 
• This year, Columbia has posted four of the program's top seven shooting games. The best game came at Cornell (Jan. 16), where the Lions shot 63.0 percent (34-54), which is the second-highest mark in program history and the best in the Div. I era. The program record is 63.3 percent, which came against Staten Island in 1986. Columbia shot 62.5 percent in a 103-54 win over Marist (Dec. 1), which ranks fourth. Their shooting percentages at Yale (Dec. 31) and LIU (Dec. 13) of 59.3 percent and 59.0 percent, respectively, rank sixth and seventh. MIDSEASON WATCH LIST
• Abbey Hsu made the 15-player Midseason Watch List for the 2023 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award, presented by Her Hoops Stats. Hsu is one of 15 players representing 14 different schools and 12 conferences that were named to the midseason list. She is also the lone representative from the Ivy League. Earlier this season, she was one of 25 named to the Preseason Watch List. TWO-TIME PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Jaida Patrick was named Ivy League Player of the Week for a second time this season on Jan. 17. She and Hsu have each earned the honor twice this season.
 
• Patrick averaged 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.0 block to lead the Lions to a pair of Ivy League victories over Harvard, 82-56, and Cornell, 91-64. She was lights out from the floor, hitting 12 of her 18 looks (.667) and going 4-for-8 from 3-point range. Her performance helped push Columbia back into a tie for first place in the Ivy League standings. IN THE POLLS
• Columbia is receiving one vote in this week's USA Today Sports Coaches Poll. The Lions debuted with four votes on Jan. 3. This is the third straight week they are receiving votes.
 
• Columbia currently ranks No. 3 in the CollegeInsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25. Columbia began the 2022-23 season ranked No. 9 and peaked at No. 2.
 
• Columbia received its first votes in the AP Top 25 in program history, debuting with two votes in the Week 6 Poll (Dec. 12). The Lions went on to receive votes in four straight polls. They dropped out in Week 10 following a loss at Penn.
 
3-POINT "HSU-TERS"
• Columbia ranks No. 4 in the country in 3-pointers made per game (9.9) and total threes (178).
• Columbia is 37.2 percent from the outside, ranking No. 14 in the NCAA.
• The Lions have made 10 or more threes in nine of their 18 games so far this season.
• The Lions made a program record 18 threes (18-42) earlier this year at then-No. 7 Iowa State.
• Abbey Hsu leads the country in 3-pointers made per game (3.39) and is No. 2 in total 3-pointers (61).
• Hsu ranks No. 1 in the Ivies and top 50 in the NCAA in 3-point percentage (.421).
 
QUICK HITS
• Columbia is a combined 40-10 (.800) over the course of the last two seasons.
• Columbia is 13-0 this season when getting to the foul line more than its opponent. The Lions have won each of its last 26 games when committing fewer fouls than the opponent.
• Columbia is an unbeaten 13-0 this season when shooting 40 percent or better from the floor.
• Four of Columbia's starting five average double figures scoring - Abbey Hsu (17.3), Jaida Patrick (13.0), Kaitlyn Davis (12.1) and Kitty Henderson (10.1). Hannah Pratt is just outside of that at 9.6 per game. Those five all sit inside the top 25 in the Ivy League in scoring.
• Kaitlyn Davis (7.8) ranks No. 4 in the Ivy League in rebounding. Five Lions (Davis, Pratt, Henderson, Patrick, Hsu) rank among the top 25 in the Ivy League.
• Kitty Henderson leads the Ivy League in assists (81) and ranks second in assists per game (4.5). Henderson, Patrick (3.1) and Davis (3.0) all rank top 10 in the Ivy League. Hsu (2.7) and Rivera (2.4) are also top 15.
• Paige Lauder (.640) and Kaitlyn Davis (.530) rank No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in the Ivy League in field goal percentage. Henderson (.444) and Pratt (.436) also ranks inside the top 10. Hsu (.432) is No. 11.
• Davis (1.0), Patrick (0.8) and Pratt (0.7) are all top five in the Ivy League in blocks.
• Davis (1.6) and Patric (1.6) rank No. 10 and No. 11 in the Ivy League in steals.

THE OPPONENT
• Brown enters the game with an 8-9 record and a 1-4 mark in Ivy League play. The Bears have dropped two-straight games since winning at Dartmouth.

• Brown's defense comes into the game leading the Ivy League in blocks per game (4.4) and steals per game (11.2). The Bears are also holding teams to 39.2 percent shooting, third-best in the Ivy League.

• Kyla Jones continues to lead the Bears with 17.1 points per game, good for third in the league, but Jones has missed the last two games. Brown also missed Charlotte Jewell and Mackenzie Leahy in the game against Yale. Combined with Jones, the trio is averaging over 28 points per game for the Bears and have a combined 75 assists.
 
 
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