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NEW YORK – Columbia women’s basketball (4-0) will try for their fifth straight win to open the 2021-22 campaign on Sunday when they visit Georgetown (2-1) for the first time since 2003. McDonough Arena board is set at 14 h ET.
GAME COVERAGE
Fans unable to make it to DC can watch the game live on FloSports. The BIG EAST conference announced an agreement with leading sports streaming service FloSports to become the headquarters of the BIG EAST digital network presented by SoFi for the 2021-22 academic year. Live statistics will be provided by GoLeopards.com. Live updates will also be posted on the women’s basketball team’s Twitter page (@CULionsWBB).
LOCATION POLICIES
All of Georgetown’s women’s basketball home games are currently scheduled at McDonough Arena. Per Washington, DC regulations, masks and guest registration are required to attend all indoor events on campus. For all attendees at indoor events, Georgetown now requires campus visitors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or prove medical or religious exemption. Links to the documentation submission can be found here.
5 THINGS TO KNOW:
1. HISTORICAL BEGINNING
• Columbia enters the game 4-0 for only the second time in the program division. I history (since 1986-87). The program’s other 4-0 start came in 2002-03. This is the first 4-0 start in the era of head coaches of Megan Griffith, which took over the program for the start of the 2016-17 campaign. Columbia never started 5-0. Besides. Columbia won its first three road games for the first time in program history.
For the first time since 2002, we are 4-0! ??#RoarLionRoar #EDGE @Colombia @IvyLeague pic.twitter.com/mS18SMgjxs
– Columbia Women’s Basketball (@CULionsWBB) November 19, 2021
2. BURN THE NETS
• Columbia’s 319 points (79.8 points per game) are its highest in four games in program history.
• Starting on Saturday, the Lions rank first in the Ivy League in offensive scorers.
• The Lions are in the top 3 in the Ivy League in field goal percentage (.431), 3 point percentage (.337), free throw percentage (.690) and 3 points scored per game (8.0).
• Columbia has scored over 80 points in consecutive games against Davidson, 87-78, and Clemson, 82-78. It was the first time they had done so since January 3-6, 2016.
3. THREE RIGHTS AGAINST THE GREAT EAST
• The Lions have won three straight games against opponents from BIG EAST. They scored their last victory on December 6, 2019 when they defeated Georgetown, 54-49, on Education Day at Levien Gymnasium. The game kicked off at 11 a.m. with more than 2,400 New York-area elementary school students in attendance. Columbia claimed its first BIG EAST victory in program history, beating Providence, 66-64, on Education Day in 2016. The Lions again beat the Friars in the opener of the 2017 season- 18.
4. FOURTH QUARTER TEAM
• Columbia has proven to be a good finishing team this year, outscoring its opponents by a combined 79-46 margin in the fourth quarter and limiting opposition to 11.5 points per game in the final period. In two of those games, the Lions were tied (Davidson) or trailing (Clemson) at the start of the fourth quarter for the victory. They outscored Davidson 21-12 in the final 10 minutes to claim an 87-78 victory. Two days later, they trailed Clemson 69-60 early in the fourth quarter and outscored the Tigers 22-9 for an 82-78 victory. Columbia has dominated the opponent in the fourth quarter in every game so far this season.
5. THE OPPONENT
• Georgetown (2-1) started the season with wins over Navy, 73-62, and NCAA Div. II Salem, 86-48, before suffering his first loss of the season to Davidson on Wednesday, 70-55. The Wildcats took a 15-4 lead and led to 20 in the second half before the Hoyas made a 9-0 run to try to come back. Kelsey Ransom led the Hoyas with 13 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.
• Four Hoyas come into play with a double-digit average, led by Milan team-top Bolden-Morris 12.7 points per game. Graceann Bennett (11.0), Kelsey Ransom (11.0) and Jillian Archer (10.7) round out the quartet. Archer is a force on the glass, averaging 9.3 rebounds, who ranks third in the BIG EAST. Ransom makes the majority of the distribution with 22 total assists and 7.3 assists per game, placing in the top 25 nationally in each category.
• Georgetown leads the series all-time, 2-1, but Columbia won the last meeting between the two teams on December 6, 2019 in New York, 54-49. The series began in 1996. Prior to 2019, the two teams had not faced each other since 2003.
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MORNING CIRCLES
The new Morningside Hoops podcast is back for a fourth season. Formerly known as Inside Columbia Basketball, the podcast features weekly interviews with coaches and members of the men’s and women’s basketball programs. New episodes are available weekly on SoundCloud, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
To listen to this week’s episode, click here.
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For the latest news on Columbia women’s basketball, follow @CULionsWBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
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