Thursday, March 19
New York, N.Y.
7:00 p.m.
Columbia
vs
St. John's
Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Stockton Photo, Inc.
(4) Columbia Begins WBIT Thursday Night at Home Against St. John’s
3/18/2026 6:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball
New York City rivalry renews at Levien Gymnasium
NEW YORK – No. 4 seed Columbia hosts St. John's in the First Round of the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament on Thursday. Opening tip from Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium is slated for 7 p.m.
TICKETS
• Click here to purchase tickets to Thursday night's game.
GAME COVERAGE
• The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and the ESPN App. Lance Medow and Maren Walseth will have the call courtside.
OPENING TIPS
• Columbia is 11-2 over its last 13 games against BIG EAST opponents, including wins over Seton Hall and Butler earlier this season. All 13 of those games have come in the Megan Griffith head-coaching era (2016-pres.).
• Columbia has now won eight straight games against teams from New York City's five boroughs, including wins over Wagner and Manhattan earlier this season. In the Megan Griffith head coaching era, Columbia is 9-1 against teams from New York City.
• Earlier this week, Riley Weiss was named AP All-America Honorable Mention and one of 48 finalists for the WBCA Coaches' All-America Teams. She was also named a recipient of the 2026 Dolph Schayes Outstanding Performance by a Jewish Athlete Award.
• Weiss leads the Ivy League in scoring (19.9), total points (556), 3-pointers made per game (2.86), total threes (80), 3-point percentage (37.0%) and total field goals made (198). Nationally, she ranks inside the Top 20 in scoring average and 3-pointers made per game.
• Perri Page was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. She is one of two players in the NCAA to average as many points, rebounds, steals, assists, and shoot as high as she does from the field. The other is UConn's Sarah Strong. Page ranks No. 6 in the Ivies in scoring (14.5), No. 9 in rebounding (6.3), No. 2 in field goal percentage (54.0%) and led the league in both total steals (69) and steals per game (2.5). Her field goal percentage is top 40 in the NCAA, and her steals average is top 60.
• This is Columbia's fifth straight national postseason tournament appearance. The Lions made their debut in the 2022 WNIT and advanced to the Great Eight. The next season, they made a run all the way to the WNIT Championship Game against Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse. Columbia then earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in 2024, falling to Vanderbilt, 66-62. Last year, they defeated Washington in the First Four, 63-60.
BIG EAST DOMINANCE
• With wins over Butler and Seton Hall this season, Columbia is now 11-2 over its last 13 games against BIG EAST opponents. All 13 of those games have come in the Megan Griffith head-coaching era. That includes a 4-0 record against Providence, 2-0 vs. Georgetown, 1-1 vs. Villanova, 3-1 vs. Seton Hall, and 1-0 against Butler. The Lions earned their first BIG EAST win in program history when they defeated Providence in overtime, 66-64, on Dec. 7, 2016, in New York. In fact, four of Columbia's BIG EAST wins have now come in overtime, including this year's season-opening win at Butler.
ALL-AMERICAN BUCKET
• Riley Weiss was named an AP All-America Honorable Mention, as well as a Regional Finalist for the WBCA Coaches' All-America Teams. She is the third player in program history to earn All-America Honors, joining two-time All-American Abbey Hsu '24CC (2022-23, 2023-24) and Judie Lomax '10BC (2009-10).
ELITE COMPANY
• Perri Page is one of two players in the NCAA to average at least 14.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals, 2.0 assists and shoot as well as she does from the field (54.0%). The other is BIG EAST Player of the Year and reigning All-American Sarah Strong (UConn).
ALL-IVY NOTES
• Riley Weiss was named Ivy League Player of the Year and Perri Page was named Defensive Player of the Year. This is the second time in program history that Columbia picked up both awards – Judie Lomax '10BC (Player) and Sara Yee '10SEAS (Defensive) were the first and last to do so in 2009-10.
• Weiss earned her second First Team All-Ivy selection and first Player of the Year award.
• Page picked up her first All-Ivy honors, being named to the First Team.
• This marks the second consecutive season and the third time in the last four seasons that two Lions were selected to the First Team together.
• Fliss Henderson earned her first All-Ivy nod as an Honorable Mention and Academic All-Ivy League. Henderson holds a 3.66 GPA as a major in psychology.
WEISS IS NICE
• Ivy League Player of the Year Riley Weiss is one of two players in the NCAA to score 38+ points in multiple games this season. The other is Iowa State's Audi Crooks, who owns four 40-point games.
• Weiss is the first player in the NCAA since Caitlin Clark (Iowa) and Madison Conner (TCU) to have multiple games with 9+ made threes in a single season. Clark and Conner did it during the 2023-24 season.
• In her 38-point performance at Cornell (Feb. 7), Weiss tied the Columbia record with nine made threes. It is the second time she has made 9+ threes in a game this season. The other came in her record-breaking 40-point performance against Dartmouth.
• Weiss is a finalist for the L'Cheisman Award, presented to the top Jewish athlete in the country by the Manischewitz Athletic Honors Society.
• Weiss earned six Ivy League Player of the Week selections, becoming the seventh player in league history to earn at least six in a campaign. She is a two-time Met Basketball Writers Association Women's Div. I Player of the Wee, a USBWA Women's National Player of the Week in January, twice named an AP Honorable Mention Player of the Week (Feb. 17, Mar. 3), and named to the NCAA Starting 5 of the Week (Jan. 27).
RECORD BOOK TRACKER
• Perri Page enters the game with 510 career rebounds. She became the 17th player in program history to reach 500 rebounds in the regular season finale against Harvard (Mar. 7). She is 26 away from the top 15.
• Page is fourth in single-season steals (69). She is nine away from the record of 78 by Kitty Henderson.
• Weiss's 556 points this season are the sixth-most in program history. The No. 7 spot is owned by her as well, scoring 553 last season. Only Camille Zimmerman '18CC and Abbey Hsu '24CC have reached 600.
• Weiss (1,323) is No. 6 on Columbia's all-time scoring list. She is 14 points behind Tori Oliver (1,337, 2013-17) for a top-five spot, and 27 behind Kitty Henderson (1,350, 2021-25) for fourth.
• Weiss (468) is No. 7 all-time in FG made.
• Weiss (219) ranks 11th in Ivy League history in total 3-pointers made. She is just three away from Brown's Sophie Bikofsky (222, 2001-05) for a top 10 spot.
• Perri Page (150) is seventh all-time at Columbia in steals. She is one behind her head coach, Megan Griffith '07CC, for sixth.
• Susie Rafiu (51.4%) is No. 4 all-time in field goal percentage. Page ranks sixth (51.0%).
• Susie Rafiu (51.4%) is No. 4 all-time in field goal percentage. Page ranks seventh (49.9%).
SENIOR CAPTAINS
• Susie Rafiu and Perri Page are Columbia's only two seniors and co-captains. In their time at Columbia, the Lions have gone a combined 95-27 (.779), including a run to the 2023 WNIT Championship Game, Columbia's first NCAA Tournament selection in 2024, and Columbia's first NCAA Tournament win in 2025.
• Entering Ivy Madness, Rafiu has played in 103 career games and made 70 starts. She has totaled 618 points, 239 rebounds, 106 assists, 81 steals and 44 blocks. She ranks No. 4 in Columbia women's basketball history in field goal percentage at 51.4% for her career.
• Page has played in 106 games and made 56 starts in her career, including all 27 starts this season. She has totaled 840 career points, 503 rebounds, 147 steals, 127 assists and 25 blocks. Page ranks No. 9 at Columbia in career steals, No. 9 in field goal percentage (49.9%) and 17th in rebounds.
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.
TICKETS
• Click here to purchase tickets to Thursday night's game.
GAME COVERAGE
• The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and the ESPN App. Lance Medow and Maren Walseth will have the call courtside.
OPENING TIPS
• Columbia is 11-2 over its last 13 games against BIG EAST opponents, including wins over Seton Hall and Butler earlier this season. All 13 of those games have come in the Megan Griffith head-coaching era (2016-pres.).
• Columbia has now won eight straight games against teams from New York City's five boroughs, including wins over Wagner and Manhattan earlier this season. In the Megan Griffith head coaching era, Columbia is 9-1 against teams from New York City.
• Earlier this week, Riley Weiss was named AP All-America Honorable Mention and one of 48 finalists for the WBCA Coaches' All-America Teams. She was also named a recipient of the 2026 Dolph Schayes Outstanding Performance by a Jewish Athlete Award.
• Weiss leads the Ivy League in scoring (19.9), total points (556), 3-pointers made per game (2.86), total threes (80), 3-point percentage (37.0%) and total field goals made (198). Nationally, she ranks inside the Top 20 in scoring average and 3-pointers made per game.
• Perri Page was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. She is one of two players in the NCAA to average as many points, rebounds, steals, assists, and shoot as high as she does from the field. The other is UConn's Sarah Strong. Page ranks No. 6 in the Ivies in scoring (14.5), No. 9 in rebounding (6.3), No. 2 in field goal percentage (54.0%) and led the league in both total steals (69) and steals per game (2.5). Her field goal percentage is top 40 in the NCAA, and her steals average is top 60.
• This is Columbia's fifth straight national postseason tournament appearance. The Lions made their debut in the 2022 WNIT and advanced to the Great Eight. The next season, they made a run all the way to the WNIT Championship Game against Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse. Columbia then earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in 2024, falling to Vanderbilt, 66-62. Last year, they defeated Washington in the First Four, 63-60.
BIG EAST DOMINANCE
• With wins over Butler and Seton Hall this season, Columbia is now 11-2 over its last 13 games against BIG EAST opponents. All 13 of those games have come in the Megan Griffith head-coaching era. That includes a 4-0 record against Providence, 2-0 vs. Georgetown, 1-1 vs. Villanova, 3-1 vs. Seton Hall, and 1-0 against Butler. The Lions earned their first BIG EAST win in program history when they defeated Providence in overtime, 66-64, on Dec. 7, 2016, in New York. In fact, four of Columbia's BIG EAST wins have now come in overtime, including this year's season-opening win at Butler.
ALL-AMERICAN BUCKET
• Riley Weiss was named an AP All-America Honorable Mention, as well as a Regional Finalist for the WBCA Coaches' All-America Teams. She is the third player in program history to earn All-America Honors, joining two-time All-American Abbey Hsu '24CC (2022-23, 2023-24) and Judie Lomax '10BC (2009-10).
ELITE COMPANY
• Perri Page is one of two players in the NCAA to average at least 14.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals, 2.0 assists and shoot as well as she does from the field (54.0%). The other is BIG EAST Player of the Year and reigning All-American Sarah Strong (UConn).
ALL-IVY NOTES
• Riley Weiss was named Ivy League Player of the Year and Perri Page was named Defensive Player of the Year. This is the second time in program history that Columbia picked up both awards – Judie Lomax '10BC (Player) and Sara Yee '10SEAS (Defensive) were the first and last to do so in 2009-10.
• Weiss earned her second First Team All-Ivy selection and first Player of the Year award.
• Page picked up her first All-Ivy honors, being named to the First Team.
• This marks the second consecutive season and the third time in the last four seasons that two Lions were selected to the First Team together.
• Fliss Henderson earned her first All-Ivy nod as an Honorable Mention and Academic All-Ivy League. Henderson holds a 3.66 GPA as a major in psychology.
WEISS IS NICE
• Ivy League Player of the Year Riley Weiss is one of two players in the NCAA to score 38+ points in multiple games this season. The other is Iowa State's Audi Crooks, who owns four 40-point games.
• Weiss is the first player in the NCAA since Caitlin Clark (Iowa) and Madison Conner (TCU) to have multiple games with 9+ made threes in a single season. Clark and Conner did it during the 2023-24 season.
• In her 38-point performance at Cornell (Feb. 7), Weiss tied the Columbia record with nine made threes. It is the second time she has made 9+ threes in a game this season. The other came in her record-breaking 40-point performance against Dartmouth.
• Weiss is a finalist for the L'Cheisman Award, presented to the top Jewish athlete in the country by the Manischewitz Athletic Honors Society.
• Weiss earned six Ivy League Player of the Week selections, becoming the seventh player in league history to earn at least six in a campaign. She is a two-time Met Basketball Writers Association Women's Div. I Player of the Wee, a USBWA Women's National Player of the Week in January, twice named an AP Honorable Mention Player of the Week (Feb. 17, Mar. 3), and named to the NCAA Starting 5 of the Week (Jan. 27).
RECORD BOOK TRACKER
• Perri Page enters the game with 510 career rebounds. She became the 17th player in program history to reach 500 rebounds in the regular season finale against Harvard (Mar. 7). She is 26 away from the top 15.
• Page is fourth in single-season steals (69). She is nine away from the record of 78 by Kitty Henderson.
• Weiss's 556 points this season are the sixth-most in program history. The No. 7 spot is owned by her as well, scoring 553 last season. Only Camille Zimmerman '18CC and Abbey Hsu '24CC have reached 600.
• Weiss (1,323) is No. 6 on Columbia's all-time scoring list. She is 14 points behind Tori Oliver (1,337, 2013-17) for a top-five spot, and 27 behind Kitty Henderson (1,350, 2021-25) for fourth.
• Weiss (468) is No. 7 all-time in FG made.
• Weiss (219) ranks 11th in Ivy League history in total 3-pointers made. She is just three away from Brown's Sophie Bikofsky (222, 2001-05) for a top 10 spot.
• Perri Page (150) is seventh all-time at Columbia in steals. She is one behind her head coach, Megan Griffith '07CC, for sixth.
• Susie Rafiu (51.4%) is No. 4 all-time in field goal percentage. Page ranks sixth (51.0%).
• Susie Rafiu (51.4%) is No. 4 all-time in field goal percentage. Page ranks seventh (49.9%).
SENIOR CAPTAINS
• Susie Rafiu and Perri Page are Columbia's only two seniors and co-captains. In their time at Columbia, the Lions have gone a combined 95-27 (.779), including a run to the 2023 WNIT Championship Game, Columbia's first NCAA Tournament selection in 2024, and Columbia's first NCAA Tournament win in 2025.
• Entering Ivy Madness, Rafiu has played in 103 career games and made 70 starts. She has totaled 618 points, 239 rebounds, 106 assists, 81 steals and 44 blocks. She ranks No. 4 in Columbia women's basketball history in field goal percentage at 51.4% for her career.
• Page has played in 106 games and made 56 starts in her career, including all 27 starts this season. She has totaled 840 career points, 503 rebounds, 147 steals, 127 assists and 25 blocks. Page ranks No. 9 at Columbia in career steals, No. 9 in field goal percentage (49.9%) and 17th in rebounds.
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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