NEW YORK – Winners of three straight and 13 of its last 14 overall, the Columbia women's basketball team (15-5, 6-1 Ivy) concludes a three-game Ivy League homestand on Friday night when it takes on Brown (13-7, 4-3 Ivy). Opening tip from Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.
TICKETS
• Fans are encouraged to
purchase tickets ahead of time by visiting GoColumbiaLions.com/Tickets. Fans can also purchase tickets on-site at the ticket window.
PLAY4KAY
• Friday will serve as Columbia's annual Play4Kay Game, a women's basketball initiative to raise awareness and funds for women's cancer research on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. Since the 2007-08 season, the Lions have participated in the Play4Kay game, helping raise awareness in the fight against women's cancer. The Lions will be wearing special Play4Kay warm-ups. The first 200 fans will receive a free pink bracelet. Additionally, the first 250 students receive a free t-shirt and one student in attendance will win a GoPro Hero 11.
• Fans wishing to provide a donation on behalf of the Lions to the Kay Yow Fund can do so by
clicking this link.
GAME COVERAGE
• Friday night's game will be broadcast
live on ESPN+ and the
ESPN App. Lance Medow and Doug Feinberg will have the call.
Live stats will be available through GoColumbiaLions.com. In-game updates will also be provided on social media by following
@CULionsWBB on X.
WHAT TO KNOW:
OPENING TIPS
• With 1,939 career points,
Abbey Hsu is 34 points from tying and 35 from breaking Camille Zimmerman's all-time program record. Zimmerman, a 2018 grad, is the current career leader in both points (1,979) and rebounds (940). Hsu scored a career-high 35 points on Feb. 17, 2023 in a 75-70 win at Harvard.
• Hsu moved up to No. 6 on the Ivy League's all-time women's basketball scoring list last weekend, passing Dartmouth's Gail Koziara (1978-82, 1,933 points). She is now 23 points away from Brown's Vita Redding (1995-99, 1,962 points), which would place her in the top five.
• Columbia is 12-1 (.923) at home this season and has won 11 straight in NYC, which ties for the 15th-longest active home winning streak in the country. Its home winning percentage is 28th-best in the nation.
• Columbia enters the contest leading the Ivy League in nine NCAA-ranked statistics, which includes scoring offense (77.0), scoring margin (+12.8), field goal percentage (.456), 3-pointers made per game (8.4), assists per game (17.7), bench points per game (21.5) and assist/turnover ratio (1.13).
• Columbia will be looking for its 10th straight series victory against Brown. Its current nine-game winning streak against the Bears, which dates back to 2018, is its longest in series history.
STARTER PACK
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Abbey Hsu has started all 113 games of her career entering this weekend, which accounts for the most starts by a single player in program history. She passed the previous record held by Camille Zimmerman '18CC when she made her 113th start on Feb. 3 against Dartmouth.
HARVARD/DARTMOUTH POSTGAME NOTES
• Saturday's win against Dartmouth was the 400th in the history of the Columbia women's basketball team.
• Columbia's 22 assists against Dartmouth marked its seventh game with 20 or more this season.
• Columbia's 55.4 percent mark from the field against Harvard was its second-highest shooting percentage of the season (61.4 percent against Northeastern).
•
Blau Tor played a season-high eight minutes, scored for the third time this season and came away with a season-high two steals against Dartmouth.
•
Habti Calvo played a season-high 11 minutes, scored for the second time this season and made her first collegiate field goal against Dartmouth.
•
Nicole Stephens matched her season-high of three assists, which she last recorded against Villanova (Dec. 3).
• First-year
Fliss Henderson recorded or matched career-highs in points (13), rebounds (8), field goals (5), attempts (9), shooting percentage (.556) and minutes played (29).
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Cecelia Collins posted her third 20-point game of the season and went a perfect 5-for-5 at the free throw line against Harvard (Feb. 2), marking the first time in her career she's gone 5-for-5 or better at the charity stripe.
ALL-TIME SCORING GREAT
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Abbey Hsu is currently No. 2 in scoring in Columbia basketball history (men's or women's) with 1,939 career points. She is 34 points behind the all-time record held by Camille Zimmerman '18CC.
Columbia Basketball All-Time Scoring Leaders
1. (W) Camille Zimmerman (2014-18) 1,973
2.
(W) Abbey Hsu (2019-pres.) 1,939
3. (M) Buck Jenkins (1989-93) 1,767
4. (M) Jim McMillian (1967-70) 1,758
5. (M) Maodo Lo (2012-16) 1,756
• Hsu is No. 6 on the Ivy League's all-time women's scoring list. She most recently passed Gail Koziara on Feb. 3 against Dartmouth.
Ivy League Women's Basketball All-Time Scoring Leaders
1. Diana Caramanico - Penn (1997-01) 2,415
2. Allison Feaster - Harvard (1994-98) 2,312
3. Hana Peljto - Harvard (2000-04) 2,109
4. Camille Zimmerman - Columbia (2014-18) 1,973
5. Vita Redding - Brown (1995-99) 1,962
6. Abbey Hsu - Columbia (2019-20, 21-24) 1,939
7. Gail Koziara - Dartmouth (1978-82) 1,933
8. Katharine Hanks - Dartmouth (1999-03) 1,870
9. Reka Cserny - Harvard (2001-05) 1,863
10. Jayne Daigle - Dartmouth (2001-05) 1,846
• Hsu is currently No. 24 among active NCAA Div. I players in career points.
ABOUT THE BEARS
• Brown (13-7, 4-3) currently holds the all-important No. 4 position in the Ivy League standings. After going 1-13 in head coach Monique LeBlanc's first season, the Bears improved to 4-10 last season and are now in a position to contend for the Ivy League Tournament. Brown will be looking to end a two-game skid, falling last weekend on the road in a back-to-back against Penn, 77-56, and Princeton, 76-63.
• Senior Kyla Jones leads the scoring effort at 16.0 points per game, which ranks No. 3 in the Ivy League. Grace Arnolie (12.9) also averages double figures scoring and leads the team in assists at 3.2 per contest. Meanwhile, Alyssa Moreland, a 5-11 forward, averages a team-best 6.5 rebounds. As a team, the Bears' primary focus in on defense, ranking just outside the top 50 nationally in scoring defense (58.2). Their field goal percentage defense (.382), blocks per game (3.7) and steals per game (8.9) all rank inside the top 100.
• Columbia has dominated the series with nine straight wins dating back to 2018. Last year, the Lions eclipsed 90 points in a 94-74 home win, completing the season sweep a month later in Providence, 83-55. Brown holds the all-time lead, 42-28.
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