Thursday, November 12
New York, N.Y.
7:00 p.m.
Columbia
vs
Michigan
Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Stockton Photo, Inc.
11/11/2026 8:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Columbia welcomes the Wolverines to NYC and begins a three-game gauntlet against Top 25 opponents
NEW YORK – The Columbia women's basketball team (3-0) will take on the highest-ranked opponent it has ever played when it hosts No. 2 Michigan (2-0) Thursday night. Opening tip from Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium is slated for 7 p.m.
Thursday night's game will be televised live in the New York area on SportsNet New York (SNY). Click here for how to watch SNY in your area. Fans can also stream the game on ESPN+.
OPENING TIPS
• Columbia is 3-15 all-time against AP Top 25 opponents. The Lions are on a two-game winning streak in those games, sweeping Princeton during the 2026 Ivy League season. The Tigers were nationally ranked in both games. In fact, all three of Columbia's AP Top 25 wins have come against Princeton, the first on Feb. 24, 2024, at Levien Gym.
• The Lions have won eight straight games dating back to last season and are off to a 3-0 start for the second time in the last three years. They are coming off two wins at the inaugural Opening Statement event in Nashville, besting 2026 A-10 champion Rhode Island, 76-62, and blitzing Belmont with a fourth-quarter barrage, 84-64.
• Fliss Henderson is one of 31 players in the country to have at least two double-doubles so far this season. Both of hers came in Nashville, going for 13 and 12 vs. URI followed by 11 and 13 at Belmont. Her 11.7 rebounds per game and 34 total assists each rank top 25 nationally through the early going.
• Reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Riley Weiss is coming off a season-high 28 points in Sunday's win at Belmont. She scored 21 of those points in the second half, including 13 in the fourth quarter to pull the Lions away. She and Mia Broom combined to hit five threes over the first four minutes of the fourth quarter to put the Lions up 20.
• Weiss is 14 points away from becoming the third player in program history to reach 1,500 for their career. She is currently third on the all-time scoring list (1,486), passing Ellen Bossert in her 28-point performance at Belmont.
• Thursday's game begins a gauntlet of three straight top-25 opponents for the Lions. Their non-conference schedule features 12 20-win teams from a year ago, including two teams that advanced to the Elite Eight (Michigan, Duke).
• The Lions are 2-2 all-time against the Big Ten Conference. They earned their first such win over Washington in the First Four of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, erasing a 13-point deficit to defeat the Huskies, 63-60. Columbia then took out its second Big Ten opponent last season, defeating Wisconsin, 81-64, in the WBIT Semifinals.
NON-CONFERENCE GAUNTLET
• Columbia's 15-game non-conference schedule is one of the most difficult in the nation.
• The Lions will play 12 teams that won 20+ games last season, five of whom reached the 2026 NCAA Tournament and two of which advanced to the Elite Eight (Michigan, Duke).
• The five NCAA Tournament teams on Columbia's non-conference slate are: Michigan, Duke, Maryland, Fairfield and Rhode Island.
• Stanford, San Diego State, Seton Hall and Oregon State all played in last year's WBIT.
• The schedule features two games against ACC opponents, Duke and Stanford, two against the Big Ten, Michigan and Maryland, two against the Pac-12, Oregon State and San Diego State, three against the Atlantic 10, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph's and Davidson, as well as one against Seton Hall out of the Big East.
• Duke and Michigan opened the 2026-27 season ranked in the Top 5 of the AP WBB Preseason Poll.
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
• Columbia is a combined 47-8 (.855) at home since the start of the 2022-23 season.
• In Ivy League play, the Lions are 30-4 (.882) at home since the start of the 2021-22 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.
MORE MIA
• Mia Broom exploded during the 2026 WBIT, starting all five games and averaging 17.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists on her way to being named to the All-Tournament Team. Heading into the WBIT, she had only started four games all season. During the 2025-26 regular season, she averaged 6.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
• This season, Broom opened with 19 points (8-15, 3-4 3FG), 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks in a 71-65 victory over Davidson (Nov. 2). She has now scored in double figures in all three games so far this season, averaging 14.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists. She has also been lights out from the perimeter, connecting on a team-high nine treys to this point and shooting 56.3 percent (9-16) from beyond the arc.
A NEW YORK HOMECOMING
• New York City native Mary Ashley Stevenson is in her first season at Columbia after playing for one season at Purdue (2023-24) and two seasons at Stanford (2024-26). Stevenson, who has lived in several locations around the country, calls the Upper West Side home and attended Dalton School.
• Stevenson was the 2024 Big Ten Freshman of the Year at Purdue. She played in all 34 games for the Boilermakers that year, starting 33, and finished as one of two first-year players in Purdue history with more than 300 points (329) and 150 rebounds (174).
• Stevenson's first game as a Lion came in the season opener against Davidson, where she scored 20 points (8-12 FG, 4-4 FT) to lead the Lions to victory. She is the first Columbia player to score 20+ points in their debut since Kaitlyn Davis went for 23 points (10-15 FG), 13 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal on Nov. 5, 2019 at UAlbany.
POSTGAME NOTES: OPENING STATEMENT (NOV. 6-8)
• Columbia's 14 threes against Belmont tied for the fifth-most in a single game in program history, and were its most in a game since hitting the same amount against Dartmouth on Jan. 24, 2026.
• Mary Ashley Stevenson tied a career-high with two made threes against Rhode Island.
• Hilke Feldrappe tied a career-high with two made threes against Belmont.
• Mia Broom had a career-high six steals at Belmont.
• Broom tallied the 20th double-figure scoring game of her career with 11 against Belmont.
INTERNATIONAL LIONS
• According to research performed by NCAA-member communication staffs, Columbia is one of just 10 programs in the country with eight or more international players on its roster, and one of eight schools with at least eight countries represented on its roster. Columbia has two players from Australia, and one each from Spain, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Serbia and the United Kingdom.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Click here for information on Michigan.
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.
Thursday night's game will be televised live in the New York area on SportsNet New York (SNY). Click here for how to watch SNY in your area. Fans can also stream the game on ESPN+.
OPENING TIPS
• Columbia is 3-15 all-time against AP Top 25 opponents. The Lions are on a two-game winning streak in those games, sweeping Princeton during the 2026 Ivy League season. The Tigers were nationally ranked in both games. In fact, all three of Columbia's AP Top 25 wins have come against Princeton, the first on Feb. 24, 2024, at Levien Gym.
• The Lions have won eight straight games dating back to last season and are off to a 3-0 start for the second time in the last three years. They are coming off two wins at the inaugural Opening Statement event in Nashville, besting 2026 A-10 champion Rhode Island, 76-62, and blitzing Belmont with a fourth-quarter barrage, 84-64.
• Fliss Henderson is one of 31 players in the country to have at least two double-doubles so far this season. Both of hers came in Nashville, going for 13 and 12 vs. URI followed by 11 and 13 at Belmont. Her 11.7 rebounds per game and 34 total assists each rank top 25 nationally through the early going.
• Reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Riley Weiss is coming off a season-high 28 points in Sunday's win at Belmont. She scored 21 of those points in the second half, including 13 in the fourth quarter to pull the Lions away. She and Mia Broom combined to hit five threes over the first four minutes of the fourth quarter to put the Lions up 20.
• Weiss is 14 points away from becoming the third player in program history to reach 1,500 for their career. She is currently third on the all-time scoring list (1,486), passing Ellen Bossert in her 28-point performance at Belmont.
• Thursday's game begins a gauntlet of three straight top-25 opponents for the Lions. Their non-conference schedule features 12 20-win teams from a year ago, including two teams that advanced to the Elite Eight (Michigan, Duke).
• The Lions are 2-2 all-time against the Big Ten Conference. They earned their first such win over Washington in the First Four of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, erasing a 13-point deficit to defeat the Huskies, 63-60. Columbia then took out its second Big Ten opponent last season, defeating Wisconsin, 81-64, in the WBIT Semifinals.
NON-CONFERENCE GAUNTLET
• Columbia's 15-game non-conference schedule is one of the most difficult in the nation.
• The Lions will play 12 teams that won 20+ games last season, five of whom reached the 2026 NCAA Tournament and two of which advanced to the Elite Eight (Michigan, Duke).
• The five NCAA Tournament teams on Columbia's non-conference slate are: Michigan, Duke, Maryland, Fairfield and Rhode Island.
• Stanford, San Diego State, Seton Hall and Oregon State all played in last year's WBIT.
• The schedule features two games against ACC opponents, Duke and Stanford, two against the Big Ten, Michigan and Maryland, two against the Pac-12, Oregon State and San Diego State, three against the Atlantic 10, Rhode Island, Saint Joseph's and Davidson, as well as one against Seton Hall out of the Big East.
• Duke and Michigan opened the 2026-27 season ranked in the Top 5 of the AP WBB Preseason Poll.
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
• Columbia is a combined 47-8 (.855) at home since the start of the 2022-23 season.
• In Ivy League play, the Lions are 30-4 (.882) at home since the start of the 2021-22 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.
MORE MIA
• Mia Broom exploded during the 2026 WBIT, starting all five games and averaging 17.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists on her way to being named to the All-Tournament Team. Heading into the WBIT, she had only started four games all season. During the 2025-26 regular season, she averaged 6.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
• This season, Broom opened with 19 points (8-15, 3-4 3FG), 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks in a 71-65 victory over Davidson (Nov. 2). She has now scored in double figures in all three games so far this season, averaging 14.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists. She has also been lights out from the perimeter, connecting on a team-high nine treys to this point and shooting 56.3 percent (9-16) from beyond the arc.
A NEW YORK HOMECOMING
• New York City native Mary Ashley Stevenson is in her first season at Columbia after playing for one season at Purdue (2023-24) and two seasons at Stanford (2024-26). Stevenson, who has lived in several locations around the country, calls the Upper West Side home and attended Dalton School.
• Stevenson was the 2024 Big Ten Freshman of the Year at Purdue. She played in all 34 games for the Boilermakers that year, starting 33, and finished as one of two first-year players in Purdue history with more than 300 points (329) and 150 rebounds (174).
• Stevenson's first game as a Lion came in the season opener against Davidson, where she scored 20 points (8-12 FG, 4-4 FT) to lead the Lions to victory. She is the first Columbia player to score 20+ points in their debut since Kaitlyn Davis went for 23 points (10-15 FG), 13 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal on Nov. 5, 2019 at UAlbany.
POSTGAME NOTES: OPENING STATEMENT (NOV. 6-8)
• Columbia's 14 threes against Belmont tied for the fifth-most in a single game in program history, and were its most in a game since hitting the same amount against Dartmouth on Jan. 24, 2026.
• Mary Ashley Stevenson tied a career-high with two made threes against Rhode Island.
• Hilke Feldrappe tied a career-high with two made threes against Belmont.
• Mia Broom had a career-high six steals at Belmont.
• Broom tallied the 20th double-figure scoring game of her career with 11 against Belmont.
INTERNATIONAL LIONS
• According to research performed by NCAA-member communication staffs, Columbia is one of just 10 programs in the country with eight or more international players on its roster, and one of eight schools with at least eight countries represented on its roster. Columbia has two players from Australia, and one each from Spain, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Serbia and the United Kingdom.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Click here for information on Michigan.
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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