(2) Columbia Takes On (3) Harvard in Ivy Semifinals Friday

Friday, March 10

Princeton, N.J.

7:00 p.m.

Columbia University

(3) Harvard

Tickets

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Josh Wang

(2) Columbia Takes On (3) Harvard in Ivy Semifinals Friday

3/9/2023 7:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Lions begin quest for first Ivy Tournament title

NEW YORK — The second-seeded Columbia women's basketball team takes on third-seeded Harvard in the semifinals of the 2023 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament presented by TIAA. Friday night's tipoff from Princeton's Jadwin Gymnasium is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.

IVY MADNESS INFORMATION
Fans looking for additional information related to this weekend's tournament can visit IvyMadness.com. The home page includes links to purchase tickets, view brackets, social media, parking information and more.

GAME COVERAGE
Friday's semifinal game will air live on ESPN+ and the ESPN App. Live stats will be provided by through Princeton's website. Live updates will be posted to the Columbia women's basketball team's Twitter account (@CULionsWBB).

Fans can also catch the audio broadcast of Friday's semifinal on the Columbia Lions Radio Network. Columbia's student radio station, WKCR 89.9FM NY, will broadcast Saturday's potential championship game.

WHAT TO KNOW

IVY CHAMPS
• The Lions won a share of their first Ivy League Championship last Saturday by defeating Cornell, 69-64, in overtime. The win finished off Columbia's second-straight 12-2 Ivy League campaign. The Lions are in their 37th season competing as a member of the Ivy League, officially joining prior to the start of the 1986-87 season. Prior to this season, Columbia was the only team in the league to have never won at least a share of the title.

COACH OF THE YEAR
• Megan Griffith '07CC was voted the 2022-23 Ivy League Coach of the Year. Griffith is the first Columbia women's basketball head coach to win the award. Now in her seventh year at the helm, the 2007 graduate has led a transformational turnaround for her alma mater. This year, her team finished tied atop the Ivy League standings for the first time and posted a program-best 23-4 overall regular season record. The campaign included resume-building wins at Miami, UMass, Memphis, Seton Hall and Princeton, all of which are among the top 65 in the NET rankings.

The league got the award wrong...it's STAFF OF THE YEAR! We got unfinished business. Revenge tour continues. @CUCoachTy @ABassetti @CyLippold https://t.co/WPxUnE6p4V
— Megan Griffith (@CUCoachG) March 9, 2023

ALL-IVY HONORS
• Senior Kaitlyn Davis and junior Abbey Hsu were each unanimously voted First Team All-Ivy League by the league's coaches. The first-team honors make it back-to-back seasons for Davis. Hsu earned her third consecutive selection to one of the All-Ivy teams. The first-team honor this season is Hsu's first. Davis and Hsu are the first pair of Lions in program history to earn First Team All-Ivy honors in the same season.

• Senior Jaida Patrick was voted Second Team All-Ivy League, while sophomore Kitty Henderson earned Honorable Mention. The All-Ivy accolades were the first for both of them. Meanwhile, Carly Rivera was named Columbia's Academic All-Ivy League selection. Rivera boasts a 3.76 GPA as a biomedical engineering major at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

BUILDING SOMETHING SPECIAL. @CULionsWBB guard Kitty Henderson discusses how the Lions have built their program into an Ivy champion. 🌿🏀

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— The Ivy League (@IvyLeague) March 9, 2023

COACH G ON THE CUSP
• Head coach Megan Griffith is one win from passing Nancy Kalafus (1984-91) for the most coaching victories in program history. Kalafus went 94-87 (.519) in seven seasons, which included the historic 1985-86 season that saw the Lions advance to the NCAA Div. III Regionals. Griffith, in her seventh year at the helm, enters the tournament with a record of 94-75 (.556).

BRACKETOLOGY
• ESPN Bracketologist Charlie Crème currently has Columbia on the 10-seed line for the 2023 NCAA Tournament. While the Lions will be focusing on winning their first Ivy Tournament title in program history, ESPN's Charlie Crème has Columbia currently sitting above the Last Four In and very much in the at-large conversation.

NATIONAL LEADERS
• Columbia enters the tournament ranked No. 8 in the country in 3-pointers made per game (9.0) and No. 24 in 3-point field goal percentage (.359). Leading the charge is First Team All-Ivy selection Abbey Hsu, who leads the country in 3-pointers made per game (3.44), is No. 8 in total threes (93) and top 25 in 3-point percentage (.413). She was the Ivy League's leading scorer (17.9) through the regular season.

• Additionally, Columbia ranks No. 4 in the NCAA in assists per game (18.9), No. 7 in scoring margin (+17.7), NO. 8 in rebounding (43.33), No. 10 in rebounding margin (+9.7) and No. 11 in scoring offense (79.4).

FOLLOW THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia women's basketball, follow @CULionsWBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.