# 2019–20 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Columbia Lions women's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by fourth-year head coach Megan Griffith, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 17–10, 8–6 in Ivy League play to finish in fourth place. The Lions qualified for Ivy Madness for the first time in the program's 34-year history, but the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.

## Previous season

They finished the season 8–19, 4–10 in Ivy League play to finish in seventh place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy women's tournament.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm | | at Albany | L 78–82 | 0–1 | SEFCU Arena (1,083) Albany, NY |
| November 7, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Saint Joseph's | L 57–71 | 0–2 | Levien Gymnasium (351) New York, NY |
| November 10, 2019* 2:00 pm | | Fordham | W 70–51 | 1–2 | Levien Gymnasium (513) New York, NY |
| November 15, 2019* 7:00 pm | | at Buffalo | L 75–82 | 1–3 | Alumni Arena (1,502) Buffalo, NY |
| November 17, 2019* 5:00 pm | | at Robert Morris | W 61–59 | 2–3 | UPMC Events Center (351) Moon Township, PA |
| November 23, 2019* 1:00 pm | | at Army | W 71–62 | 3–3 | Christl Arena (658) West Point, NY |
| November 30, 2019* 1:00 pm | | Milwaukee | W 74–46 | 4–3 | Levien Gymnasium (361) New York, NY |
| December 6, 2019* 11:00 am | | Georgetown | W 54–49 | 5–3 | Levien Gymnasium (2,514) New York, NY |
| December 9, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Davidson | W 63–60 | 6–3 | Levien Gymnasium (357) New York, NY |
| December 21, 2019* 12:00 pm | | NJIT | W 99–43 | 7–3 | Levien Gymnasium (371) New York, NY |
| December 29, 2019* 2:00 pm | | at Vanderbilt | L 51–72 | 7–4 | Memorial Gymnasium (1700) Nashville, TN |
| December 30, 2019* 2:00 pm | | at Tennessee State | W 75–65 | 8–4 | Gentry Complex (323) Nashville, TN |
| January 4, 2020* 2:00 pm | | Mercer | W 77–48 | 9–4 | Levien Gymnasium (587) New York, NY |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 18, 2020 1:00 pm | | Cornell | W 76–66 | 10–4 (1–0) | Levien Gymnasium (821) New York, NY |
| January 25, 2020 1:00 pm | | at Cornell | L 77–80 | 10–5 (1–1) | Newman Arena (515) Ithaca, NY |
| January 31, 2020 6:00 pm | | Yale | L 60–85 | 10–6 (1–2) | Levien Gymnasium (759) New York, NY |
| February 1, 2020 5:00 pm | | Brown | W 74–60 | 11–6 (2–2) | Levien Gymnasium (682) New York, NY |
| February 7, 2020 7:00 pm | | at Penn | L 84–86 | 11–7 (2–3) | The Palestra (804) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 8, 2020 5:00 pm | | at Princeton | L 55–77 | 11–8 (2–4) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,806) Princeton, NJ |
| February 14, 2020 7:00 pm | | Dartmouth Play4Kay Game | W 73–63 | 12–8 (3–4) | Levien Gymnasium (379) New York, NY |
| February 15, 2020 5:00 pm | | Harvard | W 89–64 | 13–8 (4–4) | Levien Gymnasium (879) New York, NY |
| February 21, 2020 6:00 pm | | at Brown | W 76–66 | 14–8 (5–4) | Pizzitola Sports Center (258) Providence, RI |
| February 22, 2020 4:00 pm | | at Yale | W 74–65 | 15–8 (6–4) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (717) New Haven, CT |
| February 28, 2020 7:00 pm | | at Harvard | W 62–57 | 16–8 (7–4) | Lavietes Pavilion (456) Cambridge, MA |
| February 29, 2020 5:00 pm | | at Dartmouth | W 62–50 | 17–8 (8–4) | Leede Arena (675) Hanover, NH |
| March 6, 2020 7:00 pm | No. 21/17 | Princeton Pride Game | L 52–77 | 17–9 (8–5) | Levien Gymnasium (1,223) New York, NY |
| March 7, 2020 5:00 pm | | Penn Senior Night | L 36–51 | 17–10 (8–6) | Levien Gymnasium (1,065) New York, NY |
| Ivy League Tournament ||||||
| March 13, 2020 | | vs. Princeton | Cancelled | Cancelled | Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||