NASHVILLE (Interstat) — Columbia defeated Belmont 84-64 on Sunday in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game at Curb Events Center, improving to 3-0 while dropping the Bruins to 0-3. Chelby Jordan paced Belmont with 20 points, five rebounds and five assists, while Riley Weiss led Columbia with 28 points, three rebounds and three assists. Fliss Henderson added 11 points and 13 rebounds for Columbia, Mary Ashley Stevenson scored 16, and Kenley McCarn had 11 points and seven rebounds for Belmont. Columbia shot 30 of 60 from the floor and 14 of 27 from three-point range, while Belmont went 23 of 57 and 5 of 22. Columbia had 15 assists to Belmont’s eight, and both teams finished with 74 possessions; Columbia posted an offensive rating of 114.2 and Belmont 87.1. The Lions held a 37-25 halftime lead and used a 29-point third quarter to pull away. Columbia also scored 22 points off 17 Belmont turnovers. Attendance was 767.