2016–17 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Columbia Lions women's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by first year head coach Megan Griffith, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium and are members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 13–14, 3–11 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

2016–17 Columbia Lions women's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
2016–17 record	13–14 (3–11 Ivy)
Head coach	Megan Griffith (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Will Ingersoll Tyler Cordell
Home arena	Levien Gymnasium

2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn†	13	–	1		.929			22	–	7		.759
Princeton	9	–	5		.643			16	–	13		.552
Harvard	8	–	6		.571			21	–	9		.700
Cornell	7	–	7		.500			16	–	11		.593
Brown	7	–	7		.500			16	–	12		.571
Yale	6	–	8		.429			15	–	12		.556
Columbia	3	–	11		.214			13	–	14		.481
Dartmouth	3	–	11		.214			8	–	19		.296
† 2017 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League will institute conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments will only award the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships will continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results. The Ivy League playoff will take place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. There will be two semifinal games on the first day with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed. The final will be played the next day for the NCAA bid.[1]

Roster

2016–17 Columbia Lions women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Alexa Giuliano 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Morris Catholic Hackettstown, NJ F 3 Josie Little 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So St. Ignatius College Prep San Francisco, CA G 4 Paige Tippet 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Clear Springs League City, TX F 11 Sarah Elston 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Loyola Academy Bannockburn, IL G 12 Ara Talkov 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Swampscott Swampscott, MA F 13 Devon Roeper 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr The Bishop's School San Diego, CA G 14 Paulina Köerner 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Stadt Apostelgymnasium Municipal Cologne, Germany F 20 Camille Zimmerman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Tempe Preparatory Academy Tempe, AZ F 21 Carolyn Gallagher 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Archbishop Molloy New York City, NY G 22 Maya Sampleton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr St. Stephen's Episcopal Austin, TX G 23 Janiya Clemmons 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Bishop Denis J. O'Connell Accokeek, MD G 24 Emily Surloff 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Windward School Los Angeles, CA G 25 Stephanie Flynn 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Hanover Hanover, MA F 32 Tori Oliver 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr St. John's College Manassas, VA G 33 Abby Lee 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So West Monroe West Monroe, LA C 42 Jillian Borreson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Jack C. Hays Mountain City, TX	Head coach Megan Griffith (Columbia) Assistant coach(es) Will Ingersoll (William & Mary) Tyler Cordell (Ohio Wesleyan) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 2:00 pm		UMBC	L 56–67	0–1	Levien Gymnasium (326) New York City, NY
11/13/2016* 2:00 pm		at Richmond	W 65–58	1–1	Robins Center (654) Richmond, VA
11/19/2016* 4:00 pm		at Saint Francis (PA)	W 84–77	2–1	DeGol Arena (505) Loretto, PA
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm		at Stony Brook	L 53–55	2–2	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (501) Stony Brook, NY
11/27/2016* 2:00 pm		Colgate	W 75–67	3–2	Levien Gymnasium (478) New York City, NY
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm		at Loyola (MD)	W 65–53	4–2	Reitz Arena (137) Baltimore, MD
12/02/2016* 11:00 am		UMass Lowell	W 76–57	5–2	Levien Gymnasium (2,271) New York City, NY
12/07/2016* 7:00 pm		Providence	W 66–64 ^OT	6–2	Levien Gymnasium (286) New York City, NY
12/10/2016* 12:00 pm		at Binghamton	W 75–65	7–2	Binghamton University Events Center  Vestal, NY
12/12/2016* 7:00 pm		LIU Brooklyn	W 66–57	8–2	Levien Gymnasium (319) New York City, NY
12/29/2016* 10:00 pm		at Cal State Fullerton	W 61–46	9–2	Titan Gym (212) Fullerton, CA
12/31/2016* 4:00 pm		at Long Beach State	L 60–73	9–3	Walter Pyramid (641) Long Beach, CA
01/04/2017* 11:30 am, ESPN3		at NJIT	W 65–51	10–3	Fleisher Center (996) Newark, NJ
Ivy League regular season
01/14/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Cornell	L 70–77	10–4 (0–1)	Newman Arena  Ithaca, NY
01/21/2017 4:30 pm, ESPN3		Cornell	L 55–69	10–5 (0–2)	Levien Gymnasium (875) New York City, NY
01/27/2017 7:00 pm		at Dartmouth	W 91–88 ^4OT	11–5 (1–2)	Leede Arena (529) Hanover, NH
01/28/2017 6:00 pm		at Harvard	L 68–70	11–6 (1–3)	Lavietes Pavilion (704) Cambridge, MA
02/03/2017 4:00 pm		at Yale	W 72–68	12–6 (2–3)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (408) New Haven, CT
02/04/2017 7:00 pm		at Brown	L 60–69	12–7 (2–4)	Pizzitola Sports Center (274) Providence, RI
02/10/2017 7:00 pm		Penn	L 54–64	12–8 (2–5)	Levien Gymnasium (408) New York City, NY
02/11/2017 6:00 pm		Princeton	L 52–62	12–9 (2–6)	Levien Gymnasium (562) New York City, NY
02/17/2017 7:00 pm		Harvard	L 55–58	12–10 (2–7)	Levien Gymnasium (477) New York City, NY
02/18/2017 6:00 pm		Dartmouth	W 69–48	13–10 (3–7)	Levien Gymnasium (532) New York City, NY
02/24/2017 7:00 pm		at Princeton	L 54–78	13–11 (3–8)	Jadwin Gymnasium (827) Princeton, NJ
02/25/2017 7:00 pm		at Penn	L 59–68	13–12 (3–9)	Palestra (967) Philadelphia, PA
03/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Brown	L 59–76	13–13 (3–10)	Levien Gymnasium (459) New York City, NY
03/04/2017 6:00 pm		Yale	L 47–55	13–14 (3–11)	Levien Gymnasium (579) New York City, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time[2].

See also

• 2016–17 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

References

1. "The Ivy League Adds Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017" (Press release). Ivy League. March 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
2. 2016–17 Columbia Lions women's basketball schedule