# 2024–25 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

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 before losing to Princeton in the championship game. 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.

## 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) | vs. (11) Washington First Four | | | Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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