PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team returns home on Saturday afternoon for a huge Ivy League battle at 2 p.m., taking on Columbia at The Palestra.

Saturday is Alumnae Day for the program, with Beat The Lions t-shirts given out to fans while supplies last.

GAME 18: Penn (10-7, 2-2 Ivy League) vs Columbia (12-5, 3-1 Ivy League)
Saturday, January 27, 2024 | 2:00 p.m.
Philadelphia, Pa. | The Palestra 
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The Columbia Series
• Saturday's game against Columbia is the 75th in program history, with the Quakers holding a 52-22 lead in the all-time series.
   
• Penn has a dominant home record against the Lions, going 31-5 inside The Palestra. 
   
• Penn averages 68.22 points against Columbia all-time.  
   
• The Quakers have scored 5,048 total points against the Lions.
 
Last Time We Met
 • Penn opened Ivy League action against the Lions back at the beginning of this month, with Columbia taking the battle in the Big Apple 79-66.
   
 • Stina Almqvist led Penn with 17 points on 42 percent shooting (8-19) while also grabbing seven boards and tallying three assists. She also had a pair of blocked shots. 
   
 • Freshman Mataya Gayle had a 16-point performance, including two threes to go with four rebounds and three assists. 
   
 • Senior Jordan Obi led the defense with nine rebounds while also putting up seven points. 
   
 • Freshman Ese Ogbevire had a day off the bench with 12 points on 57 percent shooting (4-7) in 22 minutes of play. 
 
Penn's Last Time Out
• The Quakers fell 69-56 at Harvard last weekend in the first matchup with the Crimson of the season. 

• Gayle led the Quakers in scoring with 19 points, with 13 coming from the first half. The first-year shot 46.7 percent from the floor while recording seven rebounds and three assists.  

• Obi claimed another double-double performance, her fourth of the season, with 15 points and 10 rebounds. 
 
Stat Leaders
 • Penn has three Quakers that rank in the top eight in the Ivy League in scoring, with Almqvist in fourth (15.9.4), Gayle in sixth (14.7), and Obi in seventh (14.4).
   
 • Obi leads the Red and Blue and is second in the Ivy League in blocks with 25. She also leads Penn in rebounding at 7.8 boards per game, good enough for third in the league. 
 
 • Outside her scoring rankings, freshman Gayle is tied for seventh in the league in steals (1.6).
   
 • Penn is fourth in points per game (67.0), fourth in field goal percentage (.416), and second in team free throw percentage (.749).