Saturday, December 6
New York, N.Y.
2:00 p.m.
Columbia University
vs
Wagner
Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Stockton Photo, Inc.
Women’s Basketball Continues NYC Tour Saturday Against Wagner
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NEW YORK – The Columbia women's basketball team (5-4) plays in front of its home crowd for the first time in nearly two weeks when it hosts Wagner (2-5) on Saturday. Opening tip from Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium is scheduled for 2 p.m.
The women's basketball game is the front end of a Columbia basketball doubleheader on Saturday. The men's team hosts UAlbany at 5:30 p.m. Tickets to both games can be purchased ahead of time at GoColumbiaLions.com/tickets.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Lance Medow and Shawn Fitzgerald '80CC will be on the call for Saturday's game. Fans who are unable to attend can watch live on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
OPENING TIPS
• Columbia is coming off its most dominant win of the season on Wednesday in the Bronx, crushing Manhattan, 84-38. The Lions went on a 24-0 run that spanned the final five minutes of the first quarter and the opening five minutes of the second. Perri Page had a game-high 15 points to go with eight rebounds and three steals. Sophomore Nasi Simmons scored a career-high 12 points, 10 of which came in the second quarter.
• In the Megan Griffith era, Columbia is 8-1 against opposing teams that call NYC home. The Lions have won seven straight against competition from the five boroughs, a winning streak that dates back to 2018.
• Perri Page ranks No. 1 in the Ivy League in field goal percentage (.560), No. 2 in steals (2.7), No. 4 in rebounds (7.0) and No. 6 in scoring (14.2). She is one of six players in the country to average at least 14.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game. Two of those players include reigning All-Americans Sarah Strong (UConn) and Madison Booker (Texas). Among the six, only Page and Strong are shooting 50% or better from the field.
• Riley Weiss was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Monday. In her three games at the Cancun Challenge, Weiss averaged 27.3 points, shot 48% from the field and 42% (11-26) from 3-point range. She had a game-high 30 against K-State, a season-high 31 against South Dakota State, and a game-high 21 against UNC. She was named to the Cancun Challenge All-Tournament team.
• Weiss (19.4) is the Ivy League's top scorer. She ranks 17th in the NCAA in total points (175) and top 30 in points per game. Perri Page (14.2) and Susie Rafiu (12.4) also rank top 10 in the Ivy League in scoring.
• Columbia leads the Ivy League in assists per game (15.9), steals per game (11.9), and turnovers forced per game (19.22), as well as free throws made (13.78) and attempted (18.89) per game.
THE SERIES
• This will be the 28th series meeting between Columbia and Wagner. The series began on December 8, 1987, with a 66-62 Columbia victory. The Seahawks lead the all-time tilt, 17-10, but the Lions have won the last three and have not lost to Wagner since 2014. Last season, Columbia made the trip to Staten Island and walked away with a 77-53 victory. The Lions dominated the glass, 54-26.
MANHATTAN POSTGAME NOTES (Dec. 3)
• Columbia's 38 points allowed were one off the program record for the fewest allowed in a game against a Division I opponent. The Lions held Dartmouth to 37 in both February of 2023 and 2025.
• Columbia's 23 steals were its most ever against a Division I opponent. It tied for the fourth-most in a game in program history.
• Manhattan's 22.8-percent field goal percentage was the lowest by an opponent since Harvard shot 22.4 percent in a 59-43 Columbia win on Feb. 13, 2015.
• Nasi Simmons scored a career-high 12 points.
• Riley Weiss tied her career-high of five steals.
• Mia Broom tied a career-high with four steals.
WE OWN NEW YORK
• Columbia has won seven straight games against teams from New York City's five boroughs. The winning streak began with a 70-51 victory over Fordham on November 10, 2019, followed by two wins over LIU (2021, 2022), a win over Fordham in the WNIT (2023), back-to-back wins against Wagner (2023, 2024) and Columbia's latest win on December 3, 2025 at Manhattan, 84-38.
• In the Megan Griffith head coaching era (2016-pres.), Columbia is 8-1 against teams from New York City.
• Columbia has also dominated teams from New York state. Over its last 21 games against New York state opponents, Columbia owns a record of 20-1 (.952), including an active nine-game winning streak.
• The last team from the state of New York to defeat the Lions was Stony Brook, 85-73, on November 6, 2023.
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
• Columbia is a combined 38-6 (.864) at home since the start of the 2022-23 season.
• The Lions won 20 straight regular-season games at home between the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.
• Columbia went 14-1 (.933) at home during the 2023-24 regular season, followed by 10-1 last season.
HALFTIME WINNING STREAK
• Columbia has won 33 consecutive games when leading at halftime. The Lions have won their first five such games so far this season, all 20 games when leading at the half in 2024-25, and their final eight such games in 2023-24. Columbia's last loss with a halftime lead came at Princeton on January 20, 2024, taking a 37-33 lead into the locker rooms but coming up short, 80-65.
WEISS SHINES IN CANCUN
• Riley Weiss averaged 27.3 points, shot 48.3 percent from the field, including 11-of-26 (.423) from 3-point range, and was 13-of-15 (.867) at the free-throw line in Columbia's three games at the Cancun Challenge.
• Weiss scored 30 in the opener against Kansas State, followed with a season-high 31 the next day in a win over South Dakota State, and finished with 21 against then-No. 12 North Carolina.
• Weiss is the first player in program history to score 30 points in consecutive games. Sue Altman nearly did it in 2003, scoring 30+ twice in three games -- 33 against Harvard (Feb. 14) and 32 against Brown (Feb. 21).
• Weiss's 19 fourth-quarter points against South Dakota State tied the program record for points in a quarter, matching the mark Abbey Hsu set in the third quarter against UMass on Dec. 11, 2021.
• For her efforts, Weiss was named Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 1) for a second time this season.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Click here for information on the Wagner Seahawks.
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.
The women's basketball game is the front end of a Columbia basketball doubleheader on Saturday. The men's team hosts UAlbany at 5:30 p.m. Tickets to both games can be purchased ahead of time at GoColumbiaLions.com/tickets.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Lance Medow and Shawn Fitzgerald '80CC will be on the call for Saturday's game. Fans who are unable to attend can watch live on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
OPENING TIPS
• Columbia is coming off its most dominant win of the season on Wednesday in the Bronx, crushing Manhattan, 84-38. The Lions went on a 24-0 run that spanned the final five minutes of the first quarter and the opening five minutes of the second. Perri Page had a game-high 15 points to go with eight rebounds and three steals. Sophomore Nasi Simmons scored a career-high 12 points, 10 of which came in the second quarter.
• In the Megan Griffith era, Columbia is 8-1 against opposing teams that call NYC home. The Lions have won seven straight against competition from the five boroughs, a winning streak that dates back to 2018.
• Perri Page ranks No. 1 in the Ivy League in field goal percentage (.560), No. 2 in steals (2.7), No. 4 in rebounds (7.0) and No. 6 in scoring (14.2). She is one of six players in the country to average at least 14.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game. Two of those players include reigning All-Americans Sarah Strong (UConn) and Madison Booker (Texas). Among the six, only Page and Strong are shooting 50% or better from the field.
• Riley Weiss was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Monday. In her three games at the Cancun Challenge, Weiss averaged 27.3 points, shot 48% from the field and 42% (11-26) from 3-point range. She had a game-high 30 against K-State, a season-high 31 against South Dakota State, and a game-high 21 against UNC. She was named to the Cancun Challenge All-Tournament team.
• Weiss (19.4) is the Ivy League's top scorer. She ranks 17th in the NCAA in total points (175) and top 30 in points per game. Perri Page (14.2) and Susie Rafiu (12.4) also rank top 10 in the Ivy League in scoring.
• Columbia leads the Ivy League in assists per game (15.9), steals per game (11.9), and turnovers forced per game (19.22), as well as free throws made (13.78) and attempted (18.89) per game.
THE SERIES
• This will be the 28th series meeting between Columbia and Wagner. The series began on December 8, 1987, with a 66-62 Columbia victory. The Seahawks lead the all-time tilt, 17-10, but the Lions have won the last three and have not lost to Wagner since 2014. Last season, Columbia made the trip to Staten Island and walked away with a 77-53 victory. The Lions dominated the glass, 54-26.
MANHATTAN POSTGAME NOTES (Dec. 3)
• Columbia's 38 points allowed were one off the program record for the fewest allowed in a game against a Division I opponent. The Lions held Dartmouth to 37 in both February of 2023 and 2025.
• Columbia's 23 steals were its most ever against a Division I opponent. It tied for the fourth-most in a game in program history.
• Manhattan's 22.8-percent field goal percentage was the lowest by an opponent since Harvard shot 22.4 percent in a 59-43 Columbia win on Feb. 13, 2015.
• Nasi Simmons scored a career-high 12 points.
• Riley Weiss tied her career-high of five steals.
• Mia Broom tied a career-high with four steals.
WE OWN NEW YORK
• Columbia has won seven straight games against teams from New York City's five boroughs. The winning streak began with a 70-51 victory over Fordham on November 10, 2019, followed by two wins over LIU (2021, 2022), a win over Fordham in the WNIT (2023), back-to-back wins against Wagner (2023, 2024) and Columbia's latest win on December 3, 2025 at Manhattan, 84-38.
• In the Megan Griffith head coaching era (2016-pres.), Columbia is 8-1 against teams from New York City.
• Columbia has also dominated teams from New York state. Over its last 21 games against New York state opponents, Columbia owns a record of 20-1 (.952), including an active nine-game winning streak.
• The last team from the state of New York to defeat the Lions was Stony Brook, 85-73, on November 6, 2023.
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
• Columbia is a combined 38-6 (.864) at home since the start of the 2022-23 season.
• The Lions won 20 straight regular-season games at home between the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.
• Columbia went 14-1 (.933) at home during the 2023-24 regular season, followed by 10-1 last season.
HALFTIME WINNING STREAK
• Columbia has won 33 consecutive games when leading at halftime. The Lions have won their first five such games so far this season, all 20 games when leading at the half in 2024-25, and their final eight such games in 2023-24. Columbia's last loss with a halftime lead came at Princeton on January 20, 2024, taking a 37-33 lead into the locker rooms but coming up short, 80-65.
WEISS SHINES IN CANCUN
• Riley Weiss averaged 27.3 points, shot 48.3 percent from the field, including 11-of-26 (.423) from 3-point range, and was 13-of-15 (.867) at the free-throw line in Columbia's three games at the Cancun Challenge.
• Weiss scored 30 in the opener against Kansas State, followed with a season-high 31 the next day in a win over South Dakota State, and finished with 21 against then-No. 12 North Carolina.
• Weiss is the first player in program history to score 30 points in consecutive games. Sue Altman nearly did it in 2003, scoring 30+ twice in three games -- 33 against Harvard (Feb. 14) and 32 against Brown (Feb. 21).
• Weiss's 19 fourth-quarter points against South Dakota State tied the program record for points in a quarter, matching the mark Abbey Hsu set in the third quarter against UMass on Dec. 11, 2021.
• For her efforts, Weiss was named Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 1) for a second time this season.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Click here for information on the Wagner Seahawks.
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.
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