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24 Riley Weiss

  • Position G
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • High School GW Hewlett (N.Y.) / North Broward Prep (Fla.)
  • Hometown Hewlett, N.Y.
  • School CC

Biography

Honors & Awards:
- Two-time Ivy League Champion (2024, 2025)
- First Team All-Ivy League (2024-25)
- USBWA National Player of the Year Midseason Watch List (2024-25)
- Two Time Associated Press (AP) Player of the Week Honorable Mention
- Two-time USBWA National Player of the Week Honoree
- First Team All-Met (2024-25)
- Three-time Ivy League Player of the Week
- Three-time Met Basketball Div. I Player of the Week
- Three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (2023-24)

2024-25:
Started all 31 games ... First Team All-Ivy League ... First Team All-Met ... USBWA National Player of the Year Midseason Watch List ... Averaged 17.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.1 steals and 29.8 minutes per game ... Ranked No. 6 in Columbia single season history in points scored (553) and No. 7 in points per game (17.8) ... Shot 96-of-255 from 3-point range (.376), ranking third in Columbia's single-season record books in 3-pointers made, fourth in attempts and 10th in 3-point field goal percentage ... Shot 87.5 percent from the free throw line (77-88), ranking second in program history in free throw percentage ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week three times ... Twice named AP National POTW Honorable Mention ... Twice named USBWA National Player of the Week honoree ... Scored in double figures 17 times, including 12 games of 20+ points ... Recorded her first career 20-point game with 25 in an overtime win at Providence (Nov. 7) ... Went for 22 points and seven boards in a win over Southern Miss at the Battle 4 Atlantis (Nov. 24) ... Scored 17 points and Cameron Indoor Stadium against Duke (Dec. 1) ... Dropped 24 points in 27 minutes in a home win over San Francisco (Dec. 4) ... Scored 22 points with a a career-high eight rebounds in close out non-conference with a win at Towson (Dec. 29) ... Began a stretch of four straight 20+ point games with 25 (8-11 FG, 6-9 3FG) at home against Penn (Jan. 25) ... Followed with 26 the next game in an 80-71 victory at Harvard (Jan. 31) ... Dropped 25 points in 25 minutes at Dartmouth (Feb. 1) ... Poured in a career-high 34 points (11-21 FG, 5-11 3FG), including 10 straight during a fourth-quarter run, to help the Lions win at Princeton and complete a season sweep of the Tigers for the first time since 2008 (Feb. 22) ... Scored 21 in the Ivy League Tournament Championship Game against Harvard (Mar. 15) ... Scored a game-high 24 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, to help Columbia erase a 13-point halftime deficit and defeat Washington in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament, 63-60 (Mar. 20).

2023-24:
Played in all 30 games, earning two starts ... Three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week ... Averaged 7.1 points and 1.5 rebounds in 15.7 minutes ... Ranked top 10 in the Ivy League in total threes (43) and 3-pointers per game (1.4) ... Made her collegiate debut in the season opener at Stony Brook, playing 21 minutes off the bench and scoring 14 points (Nov. 6) ... Made her first collegiate start the next game against Seton Hall (Nov. 10) ... Hit 5-of-12 from deep on her way to a season-high 18 points against Georgia at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship (Nov. 20) ... Scored 17 points (6-12 FG, 5-7 3-PT) to help the Lions defeat Villanova (Dec. 3) ... Went on to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the first time ... Scored seven points to help the Lions defeat Penn in her Ivy League debut (Jan. 6) ... Named Rookie of the Week for a second time (Jan. 16) after averaging 12 points and going a combined 4-of-9 from deep in wins over Cornell (Jan. 13) and Yale (Jan. 15) .. Scored 17 points (7-9 FG, 3-5 3-PT) in the regular-season finale at Cornell, clinching Columbia second straight Ivy League Championship (Mar. 9) ... Played 12 minutes in her NCAA Tournament debut against Vanderbilt (Mar. 20).

Prior to Columbia:
Six-year standout in girls varsity basketball ... Began her varsity playing days at George W Hewlett High School, where she left after her junior year as the all-time leading scorer in school history, netting more than 2,000 from seventh to 11th grade ... Four-year captain ... Four-time all-county ... Two-time All-Long Island ... 2021-22 New York All-State Team selection ... Named both the conference and Nassau County Player of the Year ... Averaged 40.8 points per game as a sophomore and 39.9 points per game as a junior ... Transferred to North Broward Prep in South Florida for her senior year ... Broke seven school records and won a district championship ... North Broward Prep Newcomer of the Year ... Michael Freedman Outstanding Jewish High School Athlete of the Year ... Totaled a combined 2,906 career points for her two high schools, which included five 50-plus-point games ... Played club for Crown Lightning Flynn ... Won gold at the 2022 Maccabiah Games with Team USA.

Personal:
Father Jeff, played basketball at Southern Connecticut State University for one season (1979-80), followed by LIU Post for three seasons (1980-83).

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2023-24First Year

    Guard
    5'10"
    24
  • 24

    2024-25Sophomore

    Guard
    5'10"
    24
  • 24

    2025-26Junior

    Guard
    5'10"
    24