Jenn Hatfield

A line graph showing the NCAA NET rankings week-to-week for all eight Ivy League women's basketball teams.

Here are this week's NET rankings for Ivy League WBB teams. Princeton still leads the way but falls to No. 47 after losing to Columbia (No. 56).

Yale makes the biggest jump (+14) after hanging with Harvard and blowing out Dartmouth. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Columbia’s Riley Weiss and Harvard’s Karlee White share Ivy League Player of the Week honors. It’s Weiss’ fifth nod this season and the first of White’s career.

Brown’s Charlotte Adams-Lopez wins her third Rookie of the Week award. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Here are the top performers from Brown WBB’s win over Harvard, now that the box is available:

A. Wright (HARV) 29p (12-18 FG, 3-4 3pt), 7r
G. Arnolie (BRO) 21p, 6a, 4r
K. White (HARV) 16p (7-12 FG), 4a, 3r
A. Anamekwe (BRO) 15p, 9r, 3a

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(4/4) Today's top Ivy WBB performers, Part 2:

F. Tall (PRIN) 11p (3-6 FG), 6r, 3s
Z. Ozel (DART) 11p (4-8 FG), 4a, 3s
M. Meng (YALE) 10p (4-6 FG), 14r, 3s
C. Jackson (CORN) 8p, 5r

(3/4) Today's top Ivy WBB performers, Part 1:

C. Moore (YALE) 26p (5-10 3pt), 4a, 3r
K. Collins (PENN) 22p (5-7 3pt), 7r, 5b
R. Weiss (COL) 21p, 4r
M. St. Rose (PRIN) 15p (5-10 FG), 7r
M. Broom (COL) 12p (4-9 3pt), 4s, 3a

(2/4) Today's Ivy League WBB scores:

Columbia 69, Penn 56
Princeton 59, Cornell 38
Brown 68, Harvard 62
Yale 82, Dartmouth 54

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(1/4) With 4 games left in the Ivy League WBB regular season, there's a clear gap (3 games!) between the teams that are currently in/out of Ivy Madness.

Here are today's scores and top performers. The latter excludes Harvard-Brown because no stats are available yet. @theixsports.bsky.social

YouTube video by The IX Sports Columbia wins second game in two days

Following a double-digit win over Princeton on Friday, the Columbia Lions pulled out a 69-56 win over Penn on Saturday. @jennhatfield.bsky.social has the details from Levien Gymnasium.

Brown WBB lost to Harvard two weeks ago on a buzzer-beater. Today, the Bears beat the Crimson 68-62 to move into a tie for third place — three games up on fifth place with four games left. Arguably the biggest win in Monique LeBlanc’s five seasons with the Bears. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Penn WBB cut the deficit to single digits late, but Columbia pulls out a 69-56 win to stay in first place.

Riley Weiss led Columbia with 21p and 4r. For Penn, Katie Collins had 22p (5-7 3pt), 7r and 5b. @theixsports.bsky.social

After an even 3Q, Columbia WBB leads Penn 47-32. Riley Weiss leads all scorers with 16 points and 4 rebs, but she just got smacked in the face on the last possession.

Katie Collins hit a few 3s late in the quarter and has 14p (5-7 FG), 4 rebs and 3 blocks. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

At half, Columbia WBB leads Penn 30-15. Both teams are shooting under 30%, but Columbia has 13 more attempts thanks to 9 offensive rebounds and forcing 13 Penn turnovers.

Riley Weiss has a game-high 12p, 3r and 2s for the Lions. No Penn player has more than 5p. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Columbia WBB goes on a 10-0 run to start the 2Q, making the score 27-7 with 5:10 left in the half. Riley Weiss is up to 12 points on 4-8 shooting. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

After a slow start offensively, Columbia WBB takes its largest lead, 17-7, over Penn at the end of 1Q. The Lions are shooting 30% to Penn's 21%.

Columbia's Riley Weiss leads all scorers with 7 points and 2 steals, and teammate Mia Broom has 6 points (2-3 3pt). @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

140-27: How Carla Berube has been so dominant at Princeton - The IX Basketball For Princeton head coach Carla Berube, little details help achieve big dreams — like four straight NCAA Tournaments and counting.

ICYMI: Carla Berube is an incredible 140-28 (including Friday's loss) in six seasons with Princeton WBB. But when I talked to her about herself, she said the topic “sounds boring to me.”

“Who wants to read about this?” she added.

For @theixsports.bsky.social, I’m betting that you do.

Also, Alyssa Moreland's 19 rebounds today for Brown were a season high for an Ivy League WBB player. The previous high was 16, by her (twice) and Columbia's Fliss Henderson.

The 19 boards also tie the most by a Brown player since 2009-10, per @herhoopstats.com. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

(3/3) Today's top Ivy performers, Part 2:

G. Arnolie (BRO) 19p (9-17 FG), 4r, 3a
K. Collins (PENN) 16p, 8r, 4a
F. Tall (PRIN) 16p (2-4 3pt), 4r, 3a
Z. Ozel (DART) 13p (3-6 3pt), 3a
K. Krupa (HARV) 9p, 7a, 5r
A. Moreland (BRO) 8p, 19r, 3b

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(2/3) Today's top Ivy WBB performers, Part 1:

K. White (HARV) 35p (16-26 FG), 4r
C. Moore (YALE) 32p (9-18 FG)
P. Page (COL) 25p (9-14 FG), 10r
R. Kaus (CORN) 25p (11-20 FG), 9r
R. Weiss (COL) 23p (8-16 FG)
M. Gayle (PENN) 23p (10-19 FG), 8r, 4a; 1K career points

(1/3) Columbia, Harvard and Princeton are tied atop Ivy League WBB at 7-2! (Columbia has the tiebreaker right now.) Today's scores and top performers:

Columbia 70, Princeton 56
Harvard 70, Yale 62
Penn 72, Cornell 66 (OT)
Brown 58, Dartmouth 51

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YouTube video by The IX Sports Columbia takes down Princeton by double digits in New York City

Ivy beat reporter @jennhatfield.bsky.social explains how Princeton sustained a rare double-digit defeat in conference play.

Columbia WBB takes down Princeton 70-56. That's Columbia's fourth straight win over the Tigers, and it pulls the teams into a first-place tie.

It's the first time under coach Carla Berube that Princeton has lost an Ivy League game by 10+ points, per @herhoopstats.com. @theixsports.bsky.social

Columbia WBB trailed Princeton by 6 at halftime, but a 22-10 3Q has them in front 47-41 with 10 minutes to play.

They outrebounded the Tigers 11-4 in the 3Q and shot 53%.

Columbia's Perri Page leads all scorers with 18p (8-12 FG) and 7r. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Princeton's Toby Nweke takes a hit to the face in the 3Q and is bleeding. She's been impactful off the bench so far - we'll see when she can return. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

At half, Princeton WBB leads Columbia 31-25. Princeton has led by as many as 11, but Columbia went on a late 5-0 run.

Columbia's Perri Page leads all scorers with 10 points (5-7 FG) and 5 rebs. Fadima Tall has 9 points and 2 steals for Princeton. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

After 1Q, Princeton WBB leads Columbia 20-11. The Tigers have made 9 of 15 shots and have 12 points off 6 Columbia turnovers.

Princeton's Fadima Tall leads all scorers with 9 points (4-7 FG). @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

140-27: How Carla Berube has been so dominant at Princeton - The IX Basketball For Princeton head coach Carla Berube, little details help achieve big dreams — like four straight NCAA Tournaments and counting.

Every year that Princeton head coach Carla Berube adds another Ivy League title or NCAA Tournament appearance to her resume, external expectations grow for her to keep doing it. @jennhatfield.bsky.social explores how Berube has found success at each step of her coaching career.

“That defense in that Super Bowl was, I mean, wowsers. Drake Maye couldn't do anything until like the last five minutes of the game. So I obviously used that as, defense will win you championships if you allow it to and [will] put you in a position to compete, regardless [of] if you're scoring the ball or not, if you can get stops. So that was my reference on Monday.”

Harvard WBB ranks in the top 50 nationally in points allowed per 100 possessions, per @herhoopstats.com. To re-emphasize the importance of defense, coach Carrie Moore talked to her team Monday about the #SuperBowl. Maybe Olympics are next. (Q: Rob Browne, Ivy Hoops Online) @theixsports.bsky.social

There’s something about Washington Mystics rookies and wins in the Unrivaled 1v1 tournament. After Aaliyah Edwards made a deep run last year, Sonia Citron just used a 7-0 spurt to upset Marina Mabrey in the first round. @theixsports.bsky.social

Washington Mystics players Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen are on the 12-player USA Basketball roster for the World Cup Qualifying Tournament, which will take place March 11-17 in Puerto Rico. It’ll be their first competition with the senior national team. @theixsports.bsky.social

Columbia's Riley Weiss wins her fourth Ivy League Player of the Week award this season. She had 38p (9-12 3pt), 5a and 3r in a win at Cornell.

Harvard's Aubrey Shaw gets her first Rookie of the Week nod. She had 15p (3-6 3pt) and 4r in a win over Dartmouth. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAWBB