NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Saint Joseph's women's basketball team opens its Ivy League stretch Thursday with an 11 a.m. trip to Columbia as the Hawks look to return to the win column.
 
Saint Joseph's (3-1) at Columbia (2-1)
Date: Thursday, November 20
Time: 11:00 a.m. ET
Site: New York, N.Y. | Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium
TV: ESPN+ (Lance Medow, Maren Walseth)
Series History: Saint Joseph's leads 2-0 (1-0 home, 1-0 away)
 
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OPENING TIP
Saint Joseph's looks to rebound at Columbia after dropping its first loss of the season in a high-scoring matchup against Penn State on Sunday. Despite the loss, the Hawks are 20-2 in November since the start of the 2022-23 season.
 
Aleah Snead is coming off Big 5 Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career, averaging 20.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game against Cincinnati and Penn State. Snead finished 7-for-8 from the floor with 19 points against the Bearcats before she connected on a career-high four 3-pointers en route to a 21-point performance against the Nittany Lions.
 
Thursday's matchup is the first of back-to-back games against the Ivy League, before heading on the road to Penn for the first Big 5 contest on Nov. 24.
 
St. Joe's has registered wins over a Power Five opponent in each of the past four seasons, including Vanderbilt (2022-23), California (2023-24), Syracuse (2024-25) and Cincinnati (2025-26).

 
SHARING IS CARING
The Hawks lead the nation with a 79.4 percent assist rate, assisting on 77 of their 97 field goals through their first four games.

 
ABOUT ST. JOE'S
The Hawks look to replace four players from last year's starting lineup. Only Gabby Casey (33) entered the season having started seven or more games last year. Aleah Snead (6), Rhian Stokes (4) and Kaylie Griffin (1) also made starts in 2024-25.
 
Saint Joseph's has 15 players on the 2025-26 roster, representing four states and four countries excluding the United States. Amar Mansour (Lebanon) and Emirson Devenie (Australia) are the first Hawks to represent those countries, while Meja Jägerskog (Sweden) and Olivia Lutterodt (Denmark) are each the second player to join the program from their respective countries.
 
Eight newcomers joined the Hawks over the offseason, four coming by way of the transfer portal while Coach Griffin and company signed four freshmen to the team. Jill Jekot (Penn State), Cecilia Kay (American), Amar Mansour (Missouri Baptist) and Faith Stinson (IU Indy) transferred in to Hawk Hill, while Lutterodt, Kaylinn Bethea, Rian Dotsey and Emily Knouse will all make their debut in 2025-26.
 
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Hawks and Lions meet for the third time, with Saint Joseph's entering the game 2-0 in the series. The teams played a home-and-home series in 2018-19 and 2019-20, with the Hawks earning an overtime win at Hagan Arena before beating Columbia 71-57 in New York.