Saturday, March 7
New York, N.Y.
2:00 p.m.
Columbia
vs
Harvard
Seniors Perri Page (left) and Susie Rafiu (right)
Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Stockton Photo, Inc.
Lions Vie for Regular Season Title in Front of Sellout Crowd on Saturday
3/6/2026 2:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Columbia battles Harvard on Senior Day for Susie Rafiu and Perri Page
NEW YORK – The Columbia women's basketball team (20-6, 11-2 Ivy) will play to win its fourth consecutive Ivy League Regular Season Championship on Saturday when it hosts Harvard (16-10, 9-4 Ivy). Tip-off from Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium is scheduled for 2 p.m.
SENIOR DAY SELLOUT
• Saturday's regular-season finale against Harvard is officially sold out. Only student tickets remain. Students must present a valid Columbia University or Barnard College ID to obtain their ticket at the door.
• Saturday is Senior Day for senior co-captains Perri Page and Susie Rafiu. The duo has won three straight Ivy League Championships and will look to be the first class to win it all four years. They have combined for 1,425 points, 629 rebounds, 229 assists, 224 steals and 67 blocks in their careers. The Lions have posted an overall record of 95-26 (.785), 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.
• Fans should arrive early for the Senior Day festivities, which are scheduled to begin at approximately 1:45 p.m.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Lance Medow and Maren Walseth 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 tied for first place with Princeton entering the last day of the regular season. A win on Saturday would secure the Lions no less than a share of the regular-season championship. It would also lock up the No. 1 seed at Ivy Madness - the Lions win the tiebreaker by virtue of their 2-0 head-to-head record against Princeton. Harvard and Brown are all but locked into the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds.
• Columbia has 25 points in this week's Associated Press Top 25, the most it has ever received in an AP Poll in program history. This is their fifth week receiving votes in the AP Poll this season. The Lions are also receiving a vote in this week's USA Today WBCA Coaches Poll, their first vote in that poll this season, and checked in at No. 23 in The Athletic's weekly Power Rankings.
• Columbia has won 11 of its last 12 games entering the weekend. Over that span, the Lions are averaging 71.3 points per game, outscoring opponents by 17.9 per game, outrebounding them by an average of 9.1 per game, and holding a +4.1 turnover margin. Two of those 10 games include victories over nationally ranked Princeton and a road win at Harvard.
• Riley Weiss was named Ivy League Player of the Week for the sixth time this season, becoming just the seventh player in league history to earn the award at least six times in a campaign. Weiss was also named an AP National Player of the Week Honorable Mention for the second time in the last three weeks. She leads the Ivy League in scoring (19.9), total points (517), 3-pointers made per game (2.85), total threes (74), 3-point percentage (37.0%) and total field goals made (186). Nationally, she ranks No. 20 in scoring average and No. 21 in 3-pointers made per game.
ELITE COMPANY
• Perri Page is one of four players in the NCAA to average at least 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 steals and shoot 50% or better from the field. Two of the other three are reigning All-Americans Sarah Strong (UConn) and Madison Booker (Texas). The third is All-Big Ten selection Kennedy Blair (Michigan State).
RECORD BOOK TRACKER
• Perri Page enters the game with 495 career rebounds. She is five rebounds away from becoming the 17th player in program history to reach 500.
• Page tied for eighth in single-season steals (63). She is 15 away from the record of 78 by Kitty Henderson.
• Weiss's 517 points this season are the ninth-most in program history. She is four points from the No. 8 spot, occupied by Judie Lomax's 521 points from the 2009-10 season, and seven from passing Abbey Hsu's 524 points from her 2021-22 sophomore season. Weiss also holds the No. 6 spot on that list with 553 from last season. Her 19.9 points per game this season currently ranks fourth.
• Weiss (1,284) is No. 8 on Columbia's all-time scoring list, 8 points behind Kristina Tyer '88CC (1,292) for 7th.
• Weiss (456) is No. 7 all-time in FG made. She passed Ellen Bossert '86BC (435) on Feb. 21 at Dartmouth.
• Weiss (213) is the 18th player in Ivy League history to make 200 career threes. She is now 13th on that list and just nine threes away from Brown's Sophie Bikofsky (2001-05) for a top 10 spot.
• Perri Page (144) is ninth all-time at Columbia in steals. She is nine behind Kathleen Barry '11CC for eighth, four behind Abbey Hsu '24CC for seventh, and seven behind Megan Griffith '07CC for sixth.
• Susie Rafiu (51.5%) is No. 4 all-time in field goal percentage. Page ranks ninth (49.4%).
BRACKETOLOGY REPORT
• The Athletic Bracket Watch - No. 10 seed - Ivy League AQ (Mar. 6)
• ESPN Bracketology - No. 11 seed - Ivy League AQ (Mar. 6)
• The IX Sports Bracketology - No. 11 seed - Ivy League AQ (Mar. 6)
• College Sports Madness Bracketology - No. 11 seed - Ivy League At-Large (Mar. 5)
• USA Today Bracketology - No. 11 seed - Ivy League AQ (Mar. 4)
• CBS Bracketology - No. 11 seed - Ivy League AQ (Feb. 24)
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
• Columbia is a combined 45-7 (.865) 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.
WEISS IS NICE
• 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 has 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 ranks Top 20 in the NCAA and leads the Ivy League in scoring average (19.9 ppg). She also leads the league in total points (517), field goals made (186), 3-pointers made (74) and 3-pointers made per game (2.85) and 3-point field goal percentage (37.0%).
• Weiss is a finalist for the L'Cheisman Award, presented to the top Jewish athlete in the country by the Manischewitz Athletic Honors Society.
• She has been named Ivy League Player of the Week six times this season, the most of any player in the league
• She is a two-time Met Basketball Writers Association Women's Div. I Player of the Week this season. She was also named 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 Startling 5 of the Week (Jan. 27).
BROWN POSTGAME NOTES (Feb. 28)
• Brown's 15 steals were the most by an opponent since West Virginia's 17 in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
• Columbia's 26 turnovers were its most in a victory since Nov. 17, 2019, committing the same amount in a 61-59 win at Robert Morris.
• The Lions went 14-of-15 at the foul line (93.3%), its best performance at the charity stripe since going 15-of-16 (93.8%) in a 93-75 win at Pacific on Dec. 31, 2023.
• Page's 7-for-7 performance at the free throw line was the best by a Lion without a miss since Cecelia Collins went 7-for-7 in a triple-double against Yale on March 1, 2025. It's also just the fifth time in the last five seasons that a Lion went 7-for-7 or better at the charity stripe.
• Susie Rafiu tied a career-high with three blocks.
• Columbia extended its series winning streak to 15 games, its longest against any team in program history.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Click here for information on the Harvard Crimson.
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.
SENIOR DAY SELLOUT
• Saturday's regular-season finale against Harvard is officially sold out. Only student tickets remain. Students must present a valid Columbia University or Barnard College ID to obtain their ticket at the door.
• Saturday is Senior Day for senior co-captains Perri Page and Susie Rafiu. The duo has won three straight Ivy League Championships and will look to be the first class to win it all four years. They have combined for 1,425 points, 629 rebounds, 229 assists, 224 steals and 67 blocks in their careers. The Lions have posted an overall record of 95-26 (.785), 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.
• Fans should arrive early for the Senior Day festivities, which are scheduled to begin at approximately 1:45 p.m.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Lance Medow and Maren Walseth 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 tied for first place with Princeton entering the last day of the regular season. A win on Saturday would secure the Lions no less than a share of the regular-season championship. It would also lock up the No. 1 seed at Ivy Madness - the Lions win the tiebreaker by virtue of their 2-0 head-to-head record against Princeton. Harvard and Brown are all but locked into the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds.
• Columbia has 25 points in this week's Associated Press Top 25, the most it has ever received in an AP Poll in program history. This is their fifth week receiving votes in the AP Poll this season. The Lions are also receiving a vote in this week's USA Today WBCA Coaches Poll, their first vote in that poll this season, and checked in at No. 23 in The Athletic's weekly Power Rankings.
• Columbia has won 11 of its last 12 games entering the weekend. Over that span, the Lions are averaging 71.3 points per game, outscoring opponents by 17.9 per game, outrebounding them by an average of 9.1 per game, and holding a +4.1 turnover margin. Two of those 10 games include victories over nationally ranked Princeton and a road win at Harvard.
• Riley Weiss was named Ivy League Player of the Week for the sixth time this season, becoming just the seventh player in league history to earn the award at least six times in a campaign. Weiss was also named an AP National Player of the Week Honorable Mention for the second time in the last three weeks. She leads the Ivy League in scoring (19.9), total points (517), 3-pointers made per game (2.85), total threes (74), 3-point percentage (37.0%) and total field goals made (186). Nationally, she ranks No. 20 in scoring average and No. 21 in 3-pointers made per game.
ELITE COMPANY
• Perri Page is one of four players in the NCAA to average at least 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 steals and shoot 50% or better from the field. Two of the other three are reigning All-Americans Sarah Strong (UConn) and Madison Booker (Texas). The third is All-Big Ten selection Kennedy Blair (Michigan State).
RECORD BOOK TRACKER
• Perri Page enters the game with 495 career rebounds. She is five rebounds away from becoming the 17th player in program history to reach 500.
• Page tied for eighth in single-season steals (63). She is 15 away from the record of 78 by Kitty Henderson.
• Weiss's 517 points this season are the ninth-most in program history. She is four points from the No. 8 spot, occupied by Judie Lomax's 521 points from the 2009-10 season, and seven from passing Abbey Hsu's 524 points from her 2021-22 sophomore season. Weiss also holds the No. 6 spot on that list with 553 from last season. Her 19.9 points per game this season currently ranks fourth.
• Weiss (1,284) is No. 8 on Columbia's all-time scoring list, 8 points behind Kristina Tyer '88CC (1,292) for 7th.
• Weiss (456) is No. 7 all-time in FG made. She passed Ellen Bossert '86BC (435) on Feb. 21 at Dartmouth.
• Weiss (213) is the 18th player in Ivy League history to make 200 career threes. She is now 13th on that list and just nine threes away from Brown's Sophie Bikofsky (2001-05) for a top 10 spot.
• Perri Page (144) is ninth all-time at Columbia in steals. She is nine behind Kathleen Barry '11CC for eighth, four behind Abbey Hsu '24CC for seventh, and seven behind Megan Griffith '07CC for sixth.
• Susie Rafiu (51.5%) is No. 4 all-time in field goal percentage. Page ranks ninth (49.4%).
BRACKETOLOGY REPORT
• The Athletic Bracket Watch - No. 10 seed - Ivy League AQ (Mar. 6)
• ESPN Bracketology - No. 11 seed - Ivy League AQ (Mar. 6)
• The IX Sports Bracketology - No. 11 seed - Ivy League AQ (Mar. 6)
• College Sports Madness Bracketology - No. 11 seed - Ivy League At-Large (Mar. 5)
• USA Today Bracketology - No. 11 seed - Ivy League AQ (Mar. 4)
• CBS Bracketology - No. 11 seed - Ivy League AQ (Feb. 24)
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
• Columbia is a combined 45-7 (.865) 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.
WEISS IS NICE
• 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 has 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 ranks Top 20 in the NCAA and leads the Ivy League in scoring average (19.9 ppg). She also leads the league in total points (517), field goals made (186), 3-pointers made (74) and 3-pointers made per game (2.85) and 3-point field goal percentage (37.0%).
• Weiss is a finalist for the L'Cheisman Award, presented to the top Jewish athlete in the country by the Manischewitz Athletic Honors Society.
• She has been named Ivy League Player of the Week six times this season, the most of any player in the league
• She is a two-time Met Basketball Writers Association Women's Div. I Player of the Week this season. She was also named 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 Startling 5 of the Week (Jan. 27).
BROWN POSTGAME NOTES (Feb. 28)
• Brown's 15 steals were the most by an opponent since West Virginia's 17 in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
• Columbia's 26 turnovers were its most in a victory since Nov. 17, 2019, committing the same amount in a 61-59 win at Robert Morris.
• The Lions went 14-of-15 at the foul line (93.3%), its best performance at the charity stripe since going 15-of-16 (93.8%) in a 93-75 win at Pacific on Dec. 31, 2023.
• Page's 7-for-7 performance at the free throw line was the best by a Lion without a miss since Cecelia Collins went 7-for-7 in a triple-double against Yale on March 1, 2025. It's also just the fifth time in the last five seasons that a Lion went 7-for-7 or better at the charity stripe.
• Susie Rafiu tied a career-high with three blocks.
• Columbia extended its series winning streak to 15 games, its longest against any team in program history.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Click here for information on the Harvard Crimson.
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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