Harvard women’s basketball edges Yale on the road

Harvard women’s basketball overcame a 32-point outing by Yale sophomore guard Ciniya Moore and held the Bulldogs at bay, 70-62, at John J. Lee Amphitheater Friday night, powered by a winning performance from Crimson junior guard Karlee White.

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Red-hot Cornell men’s basketball puts away Columbia

With Manhattan experiencing Ithaca-like frigidity on Saturday afternoon, the visiting Cornell men’s basketball team felt right at home and used that wintry familiarity to dominate Columbia, 88-67, at Levien Gymnasium.

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LISTEN: Princeton men’s basketball clips Columbia for first road win

Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps an 80-68 win Saturday night at Levien Gym for Princeton men’s basketball (8-14, 4-3 Ivy) over Columbia (14-7, 3-4):

LISTEN: No. 19 Princeton women’s basketball’s press conference after loss to Columbia and postgame recap

Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark brings us the press conference for No. 19 Princeton women’s basketball following a 73-67 loss for Princeton (17-2, 5-1 Ivy) to Columbia (14-5, 5-1) at Jadwin Gym Friday night:

Clark recaps how Columbia notched its second Associated Press Top 25 win in program history:

Weiss scores school-record 40 points as Columbia women’s basketball routs Dartmouth

NEW YORK — Riley Weiss 40, Dartmouth 32.

Saturday’s contest between Columbia and Dartmouth was a historic victory on both ends of the court for the Lions.

Star junior guard Riley Weiss scored 40 points, a program record, and the Lions held Dartmouth to just 32 points, the fewest Columbia has ever allowed against a Division I opponent, in an 89-32 shellacking of the Big Green.

“It was a great team effort tonight,” Columbia coach Megan Griffith said. “Riley shined really bright.”

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Columbia men’s basketball ends three-game skid win at Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. – Kevin Hovde knew his first order of business coming into Columbia was cleaning up the defensive end of the floor, which turned out to be his predecessor Jim Engles’ undoing, along with some unfortunately timed injuries.

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Yale men’s basketball bombards Columbia from long range for home win

What a difference a week can make.

Yale men’s basketball suffered a surprising 16-point defeat at Jadwin nine days ago. But after manhandling Columbia 91-74 Monday at John J. Lee Amphitheater on the heels of a Saturday crushing of Cornell, Yale once again looks like the cream of the Ivy League crop.

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Brown men’s basketball takes down Columbia in overtime for first Ivy League win

In a physical battle that featured 17 lead changes and 15 ties over 45 minutes, Brown men’s basketball opened up its largest lead of the game in the extra session and held on for an 86-80 victory over Columbia at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.

Mike Martin’s Bears (7-8, 1-2 Ivy League) picked up their first conference win in three tries, while Kevin Hovde’s Lions (12-5, 1-2) dropped their second straight Ancient Eight contest.

“Really, really pleased,” Martin told the ESPN+/NESN broadcast team after the game. “That was a hard, hard-fought game. They’re (Columbia) a heck of a team.”

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