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Weiss Adds Associated Press, Met Basketball Honors to Weekly Awards
2/17/2026 1:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Third career AP Player of the Week Honorable Mention
NEW YORK – Columbia women's basketball guard Riley Weiss (Hewlett, N.Y.) picked up both regional and national player-of-the-week honors on Tuesday. Weiss was voted an Honorable Mention Player of the Week by the Associated Press. She was also named the Met Basketball Writers Association Women's Division I Player of the Week for a second consecutive week.
This is Weiss's third career Honorable Mention by the Associated Press, and her fifth career nod from the MBWA.
Tuesday's awards come after Weiss was named Ivy League Player of the Week for a league-leading fifth time on Monday. The junior from Long Island averaged 22.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and an assist across a 2-0 week for Columbia against No. 24 Princeton and Penn. The junior shot 47.1 percent (16-34) from the floor and 41.2 percent (7-17) from 3-point range, and was also a perfect 5-for-5 at the charity stripe.
In Friday night's clash with the Tigers, Weiss dropped 23 points as the Lions erased a six-point halftime deficit to win, 70-56. She scored 20 in the second half to lead the comeback, going 7-of-9 from the floor and 3-for-3 from long range over the final 20 minutes. Columbia outscored Princeton, 45-25, over that time, earning a regular-season sweep against the Tigers for the second year in a row. The win moved Columbia (17-6, 8-2 Ivy) into a share of first place, but the Lions own the head-to-head tiebreaker over Princeton (20-3, 8-2 Ivy) for potential Ivy Madness seeding.
Less than 24 hours later, Weiss scored 21 points with four rebounds, two steals and an assist in a 69-56 win over Penn. She helped catapult an opening run that saw the Lions go up 27-7. Penn hung around but never got closer than eight, as the Lions avenged a loss from two weeks ago in Philadelphia.
Weiss is the Ivy League's leading scorer at 19.7 points per game. She ranks in the top 25 in the NCAA in scoring and 3-pointers made per game (2.87). The junior also climbed to eighth on Columbia's all-time scoring list, now with 1,219 career points, and became the 18th player in Ivy League history to make 200 career 3-pointers.
Weiss's five Ivy League Player of the Week selections are the most by a Lion since Abbey Hsu had a program-record seven during her 2023-24 senior season. She is the fourth player in program history to earn at least five selections in a season, joining Hsu, Camille Zimmerman (2016-17) and Judie Lomax (2009-10).
Columbia travels to Dartmouth (10-13, 1-9 Ivy) this Saturday. Tip-off from Leede Arena in Hanover, New Hampshire, is scheduled for 2 p.m.
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This is Weiss's third career Honorable Mention by the Associated Press, and her fifth career nod from the MBWA.
Tuesday's awards come after Weiss was named Ivy League Player of the Week for a league-leading fifth time on Monday. The junior from Long Island averaged 22.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and an assist across a 2-0 week for Columbia against No. 24 Princeton and Penn. The junior shot 47.1 percent (16-34) from the floor and 41.2 percent (7-17) from 3-point range, and was also a perfect 5-for-5 at the charity stripe.
In Friday night's clash with the Tigers, Weiss dropped 23 points as the Lions erased a six-point halftime deficit to win, 70-56. She scored 20 in the second half to lead the comeback, going 7-of-9 from the floor and 3-for-3 from long range over the final 20 minutes. Columbia outscored Princeton, 45-25, over that time, earning a regular-season sweep against the Tigers for the second year in a row. The win moved Columbia (17-6, 8-2 Ivy) into a share of first place, but the Lions own the head-to-head tiebreaker over Princeton (20-3, 8-2 Ivy) for potential Ivy Madness seeding.
Less than 24 hours later, Weiss scored 21 points with four rebounds, two steals and an assist in a 69-56 win over Penn. She helped catapult an opening run that saw the Lions go up 27-7. Penn hung around but never got closer than eight, as the Lions avenged a loss from two weeks ago in Philadelphia.
Weiss is the Ivy League's leading scorer at 19.7 points per game. She ranks in the top 25 in the NCAA in scoring and 3-pointers made per game (2.87). The junior also climbed to eighth on Columbia's all-time scoring list, now with 1,219 career points, and became the 18th player in Ivy League history to make 200 career 3-pointers.
Weiss's five Ivy League Player of the Week selections are the most by a Lion since Abbey Hsu had a program-record seven during her 2023-24 senior season. She is the fourth player in program history to earn at least five selections in a season, joining Hsu, Camille Zimmerman (2016-17) and Judie Lomax (2009-10).
Columbia travels to Dartmouth (10-13, 1-9 Ivy) this Saturday. Tip-off from Leede Arena in Hanover, New Hampshire, is scheduled for 2 p.m.
FOLLOW THE LIONS
For the latest on Columbia women's basketball, follow @CULionsWBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
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/ Women's BasketballHighlights: WBK | Columbia 69 - Penn 56
Saturday, February 14
Postgame: WBK | Broom on 69-56 Win vs. Penn
Saturday, February 14
Postgame: WBK | Coach Megan Griffith, Riley Weiss, and Mia Broom after win over Penn
Saturday, February 14
Highlights: WBK | Columbia 70, #24 Princeton 56
Saturday, February 14
