PRINCETON, N.J. -- Columbia clinched the outright Ivy League title on Saturday afternoon with a convincing win over Cornell. Brown, Harvard and Princeton also picked up meaningful wins on the final regular season date of the season.
After finishing the regular season with the same record and exhausting all other tiebreakers, the fourth seed for Ivy Madness next weekend will come down to the higher NET ranking between Brown and Penn. The rankings will be released Sunday morning and an announcement will follow shortly after.
Here are the recaps from Saturday's action:
BROWN 53, YALE 44
Gianna Aiello's 18 points led Brown to a 53-44 road win at Yale in the regular season finale. The Bears will now await their Ivy Madness fate when the NCAA NET rankings are released tomorrow morning. If Brown finishes ranked higher than Penn, the Bears will be the No. 4 seed and face No. 1 Columbia on Friday evening at 4:30 p.m.
Avery Lee had 15 points for the Bulldogs.
COLUMBIA 91, CORNELL 58
Columbia celebrated an outright Ivy League title this afternoon after defeating Cornell in New York City.
Cecelia Collins' 21 points paced the Lions who will be the No. 1 seed and play in the first Ivy Madness semifinal on Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Rachel Kaus paced the Big Red with 17 points.
HARVARD 74, DARTMOUTH 40
Harvard raced out to a 23-7 first quarter lead and never looked back on its way to a 22-win regular season. The Crimson were led by
Harmoni Turner's 33 points on 15-for-22 shooting. The Crimson will be the No. 3 seed and play in Friday night's second semifinal against No. 2 Princeton at Ivy Madness.
Victoria Page had 23 points for Dartmouth.
PRINCETON 67, PENN 53
Princeton held a 25-10 advantage at the end of the first quarter and never looked back on the way to its 21st win of the regular season. The Tigers were led by
Fadima Tall's 20 points. Princeton will be the No. 2 seed and face No. 3 Harvard in Friday's second semifinal next Friday at Ivy Madness. Penn awaits its Ivy Madness fate with tomorrow's NCAA NET rankings, where it needs to be ranked higher than Brown to earn the fourth and final spot to advance to Ivy Madness.
Stina Almqvist had 18 points for the Quakers.