A week after falling short at Princeton, Columbia women’s basketball invaded the Palestra for an emphatic, wire-to-wire win Saturday over Penn, 85-55.
As she so often does, senior Abbey Hsu led the onslaught: 28 points on 10-for-17 shooting, including a deadly 6-for-10 on three-pointers, plus 10 rebounds. With 1,879 career points, she’s just a few games from becoming the first Columbia player — men’s or women’s — to hit 2,000.
Hsu told ESPN+ the focus leading up to the game — in fact, all season — has been on defense.
“We had lapses where, you know, it wasn’t Columbia basketball here, but I think overall we did make a huge step from last week, and that’s all you can ask for, is to get better every week,” Hsu said.
It wasn’t just Hsu.
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