Game #8: Columbia Lions at Manhattan Jaspers
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | 7:00 PM
Draddy Gymnasium | Riverdale, N.Y.
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RIVERDALE, N.Y. - After dropping both games at the 32nd annual Navy Classic, Manhattan looks to get in the win category for the first time this year back at home against an Ivy League opponent. Leading Manhattan in the points category has been Senior guard
Brianna Davis, tallying double figures in all but one of the Jaspers' first seven games. Graduate transfer Agar Farrés Garcia is establishing herself as the defensive anchor on the team, averaging 10.0 rebounds per game. Her total of 58 leads the MAAC, edging past Saint Peter's De'Naya Rippey. Senior Hana Mühl has helped the offense facilitate, averaging 3.3 assists per game, good enough for 4th across the MAAC. The Green and White will travel to NJIT for the first time in over a decade to round out their non-conference schedule, before squaring off with Quinnipiac to start the conference slate on Dec. 19.
Scouting the Opposition:
•After opening the 2025-26 season with two straight wins, the Columbia Lions have entered a back and forth season, now sitting at 4-4 after a 1-2 stint at the Cancun Challenge.
•There, the Lions lost to Kansas State and #12 North Carolina, but then prevailed with a victory over RV South Dakota State.
•Led by Junior guard Riley Weiss, the Hewlett, N.Y. native is averaging just over 20 points a night, leading the Ivy League and sitting at 24th in Division I.
•Senior forwards Perri Page and Susie Rafiu complete the three-headed monster, combining for an additional 27.3 points and 11.7 rebounds a game.
•The Lions come off a 2024-25 season where they finished 24-7, going 13-1 inside Ivy League play.
•Earning the top seed in time for the 2025 Ivy League Championship, Columbia advanced to the championship game following a win in the semifinal over fourth-seeded Penn. The following day on the campus of Brown, Columbia fell to third-seeded Harvard to finish as runner-up.
•Columbia was selected for an at-large bid, slated to play in the "First Four" round against fellow 11-seed Washington. They went on to win their first ever NCAA Tournament game, losing two days later to sixth-seeded West Virginia 79-58.
•This will serve as the 15th matchup between Columbia and Manhattan, with the Jaspers holding the 10-4 advantage thus far, last meeting in 2010.
Last Meeting:
Manhattan Leads 10-4
11/23/10..................................MAN 65-56
11/24/09..................................COL 69-66
11/19/06..................................MAN 65-51
11/21/00..................................MAN 84-60
12/10/99...................................COL 75-74
