NEW YORK – The Columbia women's basketball team (11-4, 2-0 Ivy) plays two games over MLK Weekend. First, the Lions conclude a six-game, 47-day road swing on Saturday when they visit Lee Amphitheater to take on Yale (1-14, 0-2 Ivy) at 2 p.m. Two days later, Columbia returns home to Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium to battle Princeton (11-4, 2-0 Ivy) on MLK Day. Monday night's tip is scheduled for 7 p.m., with the game to be televised throughout the New York area on SNY.
 
TICKETS
• Fans can click here to purchase tickets to Saturday's game at Yale. Tickets are also available online for Monday's game against Princeton. Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets ahead of time online.

GAME COVERAGE
• Saturday's game at Yale will be streamed live on ESPN+ with JJ Duke and Christine Huber on the call. Monday's home game against Princeton, televised regionally on SNY, will also be available on ESPN+. Fans can check the Columbia women's basketball schedule page for all the ways to follow. Gameday coverage will also be provided on the @CULionsWBB Twitter and Instagram accounts.
 
OPENING TIPS
• Columbia is in a three-way tie with Princeton and Dartmouth for first place in the Ivy League standings. This is the fourth consecutive season the Lions have started league play 2-0. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Columbia is a combined 39-5 (.886) against league competition.
 
• The Lions are looking for their first five-game winning streak of the season. Over the last four games, they are a combined +80 on the glass - Wagner (+28), Towson (+26), Penn (+11) and Cornell (+15). Columbia now ranks No. 15 in the NCAA in offensive rebounds per game (15.7), and is also top 40 in the NCAA in rebound margin (+6.9). Both of those marks lead the Ivy League.
 
• Columbia leads the Ivy League in points per game (73.6) and assists per game (17.1). The Lions have led the league in scoring each of the last two seasons. Their current assists per game average ranks No. 33 in the NCAA.
 
• Senior point guard Kitty Henderson has been named Ivy League Player of the Week a league-best three times this season (Nov. 11, Dec. 2, Dec. 30). She ranks top 40 in the NCAA in assists per game (5.1). Henderson is one of just three players in the NCAA to average 15+ points, 6+ rebounds, 5+ assists and 2+ steals per game, joining Duquesne's Megan McConnell and Murray State's Haven Ford.
 
• Henderson ranks among the top 10 in Columbia women's basketball history in five separate categories. The senior point guard is eighth in career points (1,166), fourth in assists (420), seventh in steals (147), fifth in games started (101) and tied for seventh in games played (110). She is also 13th in career rebounds (608).
 
CORNELL POSTGAME NOTES (Jan. 11)
• Columbia allowed a season-low 44 points, its fewest in a game since setting a program record in an 80-37 win at Dartmouth (Feb. 18, 2023).
• Kitty Henderson recorded her third double-double of the season and her second in the last three games.
• Henderson (7-11 FG) had her best shooting game of the season and matched a season-high with four steals.
• Perri Page tied her career-high with four assists.
• Henderson passed Kathleen Barry (2007-11) for seventh at Columbia all-time in steals (147).
• Columbia earned its seventh straight against Cornell, tying for its longest winning streak in series history (1988-91).
 
BUBBLE WATCH
• For the third consecutive season, Columbia has placed itself in the NCAA Tournament conversation. In the latest ESPNW Bracketology, Charlie Creme has the Lions on the "Next Four Out" line. However, Megan Griffith's program has proven in can go on a late-season winning streak and play its way into the NCAA field, doing just that to earn an at-large bid in 2024.
 
• Currently, Columbia has played six teams inside the NET Top 100 with a record of 2-4 against those opponents. The Lions are a perfect 9-0 against teams in Quads 3 and 4.
 
ON THE ROAD AGAIN…
• The Lions are in the midst of a 47-day stretch without a home game, which is the longest span between home games in the country. They play six straight games on the road before returning home to play Princeton on Monday, January 20. UC Irvine (46), Texas A&M Commerce (45), Indiana State (45) and Stephen F. Austin (40) are the only other teams that go 40+ days between home games.
 
RANKING THE LIONS
• Columbia leads the Ivy League in scoring offense (73.6), rebound margin (+6.9) offensive rebounds (15.7), rebounds per game (40.27) and assists (17.1).
 
• Kitty Henderson ranks No. 1 in the Ivy League in total assists (76) and assists per game (5.1). She is top 40 in the NCAA in assist per game. The senior from Australia ranks No. 2 among NCAA qualified Ivy League players in field goal percentage (.482), and is 37th in the country in minutes per game (35.24).
 
• Cecelia Collins ranks No. 3 in the Ivy League in total assists (59) and No. 2 in assists per game (4.2). She is top 100 in the NCAA in assists per game.
 
• Perri Page (6.9) is No. 6 in the Ivy League in rebounding. Kitty Henderson (6.5) is eighth and Cecelia Collins (5.4) is just outside the top 10 in 11th.
 
• Riley Weiss leads Columbia and ranks No. 3 in the Ivies in scoring (16.9). Kitty Henderson (15.6) is seventh in scoring (15.3) and Cecelia Collins is eighth (12.9).
 
• Weiss ranks No. 7 nationally in 3-pointers made per game (3.00), No. 12 in total 3-point attempts (130) and No. 29 nationally in 3-point makes (45). All of those marks lead the Ivy League. Her 34.6 percent 3-point percentage is third in the Ivy League.
 
SCOUTING YALE
• Yale has lost 14 straight games since winning its season opener against Monmouth, 64-61, on November 4. The Bulldogs fell to Harvard, 61-43, to open Ivy League competition, and followed with a 77-69 loss at Brown last weekend. Mackenzie Egger leads the team in nearly every statistical category, averaging 16.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 0.9 blocks per game. She ranks top five in the Ivies in scoring and is No. 1 in rebounding.
 
• Columbia is on a series-best eight-game winning streak against Yale. Over the last five series meetings, Columbia has outscored the Bulldogs by an average of 32.6 points per game.
 
SCOUTING PRINCETON
• The Tigers used a buzzer-beater by Ashley Chea to defeat Harvard, 52-50, last Saturday at Jadwin Gymnasium. They'll host Dartmouth (2-0 Ivy) on Saturday in New Jersey before traveling to New York to take on the Lions on Monday. Princeton is currently No. 43 in the NET, one of three Ivy League teams in the top 55. They are led offensively by Chea's 12.4 points per game, followed closely behind by Skye Belker at 12.3. Fadima Tall leads all rebounders at 6.2 per contest.
 
• The Lions and Tigers have split the regular season series each of the last two seasons, going on to share the Ivy League Regular Season Championship each time. Last season in New York, Columbia earned its first AP Top 25 win in program history when it took down Princeton, 67-65.
 
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