NCAA.com Team of the Week, the Columbia Lions recorded their first win in school history over an Associated Press Top 25 team, defeating Princeton, 67-65 before a sellout crowd of 2,698 at Levien Gymnasium on Saturday to move into a tie for the Ivy League regular season championship with the Tigers.
Columbia, which improved to 19-5 overall and 10-1 in Ivy League play, has now won seven straight games overall and 13 straight home games. Princeton, which had a 15-game winning streak come to an end, is now 20-4 and also 10-1. Since joining the Division I ranks in 1986-87, Columbia was previously 0-12 all-time against AP Top 25 opponents.
Senior guard Abbey Hsu, the all-time scoring leader in Columbia men’s or women’s basketball history, topped 2,000 career points during the game while pouring in a game-high 26 points on senior night. Hsu became the fourth player in Ivy women’s basketball history to score 2,000 points and the…
