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<\/p>\n NEW YORK, N.Y. \u2013 The University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team got their hearts broken on Valentines Day, falling to Columbia in New York, 69-56.<\/p>\n Penn fell to 14-9 overall, 4-6 in Ivy League play; Columbia improved to 17-6, 8-2 in Ivy League play.<\/p>\n Quaker Notemeal * Penn shot 50 percent from behind the arc, eight of 16.<\/p>\n * The Quakers had 14 points off the bench, 10 coming from Abby Sharpe<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Columbia was tenacious on the glass, coming down with 18 offensive rebounds.<\/p>\n * The Lions outscored the Quakers 32-20 in points in the paint.<\/p>\n * Columbia recorded 24 points off of 23 Penn turnovers.<\/p>\n * Tina Njike<\/a> finished with 12 points and eight rebounds for the Quakers.<\/p>\n How It Happened Columbia looked to stay hot after a strong second half performance against Princeton on Friday night en route to their second win over the Tigers this season.<\/p>\n Penn entered after gutting out a win against Cornell in overtime, looking to come away with two wins on the road trip.<\/p>\n As both teams began to warm up offensively, Columbia’s Marija Avlijas and Simone Sawyer<\/a> traded buckets to start the game.<\/p>\n Fatigue seemed to play a role in the slow start for both teams as both began the game shooting just 25 percent from the floor.<\/p>\n The Quakers were able to take their first lead, at 5-4, on a Mataya Gayle<\/a> fastbreak layup from Saniah Caldwell<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, that was the only time Penn led for the rest of the game.<\/p>\n Columbia responded with back-to-back three-pointers from Mia Broom and Riley Weiss as the Lions went up five.<\/p>\n But, Katie Collins<\/a> did not allow Columbia to extend the lead as she responded with a turnaround jumpshot for her first basket of the evening.<\/p>\n A few minutes later, Weiss pulled up again and drained a midrange jumper and added a pair of free throws for the Lions as Columbia went up by seven.<\/p>\n Broom hit another three at the end of the first quarter as the Lions had a 17-7 advantage on a 7-0 run.<\/p>\n The second quarter began with a second chance layup for Fliss Henderson and another three from Weiss as Columbia led 22-7.<\/p>\n The Quakers struggled offensively, turning the ball over at an alarming rate and held scoreless for over six minutes of the second quarter.<\/p>\n Columbia found their groove offensively, going up by 20 as Head Coach Mike McLaughlin<\/a> was forced to call a timeout.<\/p>\n Abby Sharpe<\/a> finally ended the Quakers scoring drought with a driving layup with under four minutes left in the first half.<\/p>\n Sharpe went on to convert from behind the arc for the next Penn basket as the junior attempted to help her team cut into the lead.<\/p>\n Collins closed out the first half with a three from the top of the key as Penn trailed 30-15 heading into the break.<\/p>\n Despite both teams shooting inefficiently, the Quakers coughed up 13 turnovers in the first half, turning into 12 Columbia points.<\/p>\n The Lions opened the second half on a 6-0 run as they took their largest lead of the game at 21.<\/p>\n
\n* Katie Collins<\/a> led the Quakers with a career-high 22 points on five threes.<\/p>\n
\nThe contest began with a pair of misses and turnovers from both teams as they entered the contest on the latter ends of back-to-backs.<\/p>\n