2024–25 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

2024–25 Columbia Lions women's basketball
2024–25 Columbia Lions women's basketball
Ivy League regular season champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	24–7 (13–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Megan Griffith (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Tyler Cordell; Allie Bassetti; Cy Lippold;
Home arena	Levien Gymnasium

2024–25 Ivy League women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
	13	–	1	.929	24	–	7	.774
Princeton	12	–	2	.857	21	–	8	.724
Harvard †	11	–	3	.786	24	–	5	.828
Penn	6	–	8	.429	15	–	13	.536
Brown	6	–	8	.429	12	–	15	.444
Cornell	3	–	11	.214	7	–	20	.259
Yale	3	–	11	.214	4	–	23	.148
Dartmouth	2	–	12	.143	8	–	19	.296

† 2025 Ivy League tournament winner

The 2024–25 Columbia Lions women's basketball team represents Columbia University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by ninth-year head coach Megan Griffith, play their home games at Levien Gymnasium in New York City as members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Lions finished the 2023–24 season 23–7, 13–1 in Ivy League play, winning a share of the Ivy League title with Princeton. They defeated Harvard in the 2024 Ivy League women's basketball tournament semifinals^[1] before losing to Princeton in the championship game.^[2] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time in school history. As an No. 12 seed in the Portland Regional 3, they lost in the First Four to Vanderbilt.^[3]

Roster

2024–25 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Susie Rafiu	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Copleston	Ipswich, England
G/F	1	Perri Page	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Chartiers Valley	Pittsburgh, PA
G	3	Cecelia Collins	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Scranton Prep Bucknell	Scranton, PA
G	5	Mia Broom	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Lakeside	Seattle, WA
G	10	Kitty Henderson (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	St Luke's Grammar School	North Curl Curl, Australia
G	11	Nasi Simmons	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Noble and Greenough	Brockton, MA
G	12	Marija Avlijas	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	ŽKK Art Basket Ole Miss	Belgrade, Serbia
G/F	15	María Arrebola	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	IES Emilio Prados	Almería, Spain
F/C	21	Marta Jaama	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Tallinn Arte Gymnasium	Tallinn, Estonia
G	24	Riley Weiss	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	GW Hewlett (NY) North Broward Prep (FL)	Hewlett, NY
G	30	Emily Montes	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Palmer Trinity	Miami, FL
G/F	42	Blau Tor	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	INS Joaquim Blume	Barcelona, Spain

Head coach

Megan Griffith (Columbia)

Assistant coach(es)

Tyler Cordell (Ohio Wesleyan)
Allie Bassetti (Rowan)
Cy Lippold (Dartmouth)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 23, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., SNY/ESPN+		Stony Brook	W 87–47	1–0	Levien Gymnasium (847) New York, NY
November 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		at Providence	W 77–69 ^OT	2–0	Alumni Hall (926) Providence, RI
November 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Florida Gulf Coast	W 72–61	3–0	Levien Gymnasium (762) New York, NY
November 16, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops		at Villanova	L 67–68	3–1	Finneran Pavilion (1,518) Villanova, PA
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Pacific	W 84–50	4–1	Levien Gymnasium (742) New York, NY
November 23, 2024* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Indiana Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals	L 62–72	4–2	Imperial Arena (299) Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 24, 2024* 6:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Southern Miss Battle 4 Atlantis consolation 2nd round	W 85–66	5–2	Imperial Arena (313) Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 25, 2024* 5:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Ball State Battle 4 Atlantis 5th-place game	W 69–63	6–2	Imperial Arena (131) Paradise Island, Bahamas
December 1, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 13 Duke	L 61–77	6–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,228) Durham, NC
December 4, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		San Francisco	W 81–79	7–3	Levien Gymnasium (2,733) New York, NY
December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Richmond	L 76–85	7–4	Henrico Sports & Events Center (814) Henrico, VA
December 21, 2024* 12:00 p.m., NEC Front Row		at Wagner	W 77–53	8–4	Spiro Sports Center (323) Staten Island, NY
December 29, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloHoops		at Towson	W 73–53	9–4	TU Arena (475) Towson, MD
Ivy League regular season
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Penn	W 74–59	10–4 (1–0)	Palestra (732) Philadelphia, PA
January 11, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cornell	W 69–44	11–4 (2–0)	Newman Arena (340) Ithaca, NY
January 18, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Yale	W 84–64	12–4 (3–0)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (606) New Haven, CT
January 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., SNY/ESPN+		Princeton	W 58–50	13–4 (4–0)	Levien Gymnasium (2,217) New York, NY
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Penn	W 79–54	14–4 (5–0)	Levien Gymnasium (1,604) New York, NY
January 31, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Harvard	W 80–71	15–4 (6–0)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,251) Cambridge, MA
February 1, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Dartmouth	W 71–48	16–4 (7–0)	Leede Arena (1,031) Hanover, NH
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Brown	W 78–40	17–4 (8–0)	Pizzitola Sports Center (493) Providence, RI
February 14, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Dartmouth	W 89–37	18–4 (9–0)	Levien Gymnasium (1,394) New York, NY
February 16, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPNU		Harvard	L 54–60	18–5 (9–1)	Levien Gymnasium (2,267) New York, NY
February 22, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Princeton	W 64–60	19–5 (10–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,431) Princeton, NJ
February 28, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Brown	W 70–44	20–5 (11–1)	Levien Gymnasium (1,368) New York, NY
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Yale	W 77–49	21–5 (12–1)	Levien Gymnasium (1,427) New York, NY
March 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Cornell	W 91–58	22–5 (13–1)	Levien Gymnasium (2,307) New York, NY
Ivy League tournament
March 14, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	vs. (4) Penn Semifinals	W 60–54	23–5	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,114) Providence, RI
March 15, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPNU	(1)	vs. (3) Harvard Championship	L 71–74	23–6	Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI
NCAA tournament
March 20, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	(11 B2)	vs. (11 B2) Washington First Four	W 63–60	24–6	Carmichael Arena (492) Chapel Hill, NC
March 22, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPNews	(11 B2)	vs. (6 B2) West Virginia First round	L 59–78	24–7	Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Birmingham 2=B2. All times are in Eastern.

Source:^[4]

References

^ "Columbia Defeats Harvard to Advance to Ivy Tournament Championship, 63-61". Columbia University Athletics. March 15, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ "Columbia Falls to Princeton in Ivy League Championship Game, 75-58". Columbia University Athletics. March 16, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ "Columbia Pushes Vanderbilt to the Brink in First Four Defeat, 72-68". Columbia University Athletics. March 20, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[1] "Columbia Defeats Harvard to Advance to Ivy Tournament Championship, 63-61". Columbia University Athletics. March 15, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[2] "Columbia Falls to Princeton in Ivy League Championship Game, 75-58". Columbia University Athletics. March 16, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[3] "Columbia Pushes Vanderbilt to the Brink in First Four Defeat, 72-68". Columbia University Athletics. March 20, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[4] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

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Columbia Lions women's basketball
Venues	Levien Gymnasium (1984–present)
Culture & lore	Roar, Lion, Roar
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Previous season

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References