NEW YORK – Coming off a hard-fought 66-62 road win at Penn last Saturday, Columbia is back on the road to square off against Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend.  The Lions begin at Dartmouth on Friday, February 19 at 7 p.m. in Hanover, N.H., then will face Harvard on Saturday, Feb. 20, also at 7 p.m.

Live video of Friday's game at Dartmouth is available at gocolumbialions.com, while both games can be heard live on gocolumbialions.com with Jerry Recco providing the call.  Game notes are also available.

MORE ON THE GAMES
Live Video (Dartmouth)    gocolumbialions.com
Live Audio    gocolumbialions.com
    Jerry Recco (play-by-play)
Student Radio    WKCR 89.9 FM
    Tom DiBenedetto (play-by-play)
    Destin Jenkins (color commentary)

THE HISTORY NOTE – DARTMOUTH
Dartmouth was the last Ivy League team that Columbia faced in its early years as a program. The series began in the 1905-06 season, when Dartmouth defeated Columbia, 16-10. The Lions came back to finish that season with a 12-4 record. Columbia has won five of the last seven over Dartmouth, although the Big Green captured the win in Hanover last year, 67-53, behind 22 points from Alex Barnett. The Lions are 8-5 against Dartmouth during the Joe Jones era.

THE HISTORY NOTE – HARVARD
The Columbia-Harvard series began in Columbia's inaugural 1900-01 season, when the Crimson won, 11-9. During the Joe Jones era, the Lions hold an 8-5 edge over the Crimson. Columbia has won five of the last seven meetings between the two teams, but Harvard has won the last two games. The teams have split the last six meetings at Lavietes Pavilion.

BOUNDING AND ASTOUNDING
Columbia has outworked its opponents on the glass this season, holding an edge of 33.0 rebounds per game to 32.5 per game by its opponents. The Lions also hold an advantage in offensive rebounds, gaining 10.8 per game to 9.5 per game by opponents. Asenso Ampim, Brian Grimes and John Daniels each rank in the Ivy League's top ten in offensive rebounds per game.

AGHO PACING LIONS ON BOTH ENDS
After a strong rookie season when he earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times, Noruwa Agho is having an All-Ivy caliber campaign as a sophomore. He leads the team in scoring, steals and three-point percentage and is among the Ivy League leaders in overall numbers and during Ivy League games. He also ranks seventh during league games in rebounding. At 6-foot-3, Agho is by far the shortest player in the top ten.

Noruwa Agho - All games
Category    Rank   
Scoring    3rd – 17.0 ppg
Field Goal %    10th – 45.8%
Steals    6th – 1.4 spg
3-Pt Field Goal %    1st – 49.5%
3-Pt Field Goals    4th – 2.2 pg

Noruwa Agho - Ivy League games only
Category    Rank   
Scoring    3rd – 15.0 ppg
Rebounding    7th – 5.5 rpg
Free Throw %    8th – 79.1%

20-20 VISION
Sophomore Noruwa Agho has scored at least 20 points 10 different times this season, the most among all Ivy League players. Agho also has posted two games with 30 points, which only Yale's Alex Zampier has done. In Columbia's game on Feb. 6 vs. Yale, Agho matched his career best with 30, including 15 of 18 from the foul line.

FOLEY NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT FOR SECOND TIME
For the second consecutive season, Columbia senior co-captain Patrick Foley has earned a spot on the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American first team. An Academic All-America honoree last year, Foley has fought through an injury-riddled campaign but has started all 14 games he has played. Despite missing four games this year, he still ranks second on the team in points per game, averaging just a shade under 10 per game. He leads the team in assists and free throw percentage and the 6-2 Foley also has four blocked shots on the season. A history major in Columbia College, Foley currently sports a 3.87 grade point average. It is the fourth straight year that a Columbia Men's Basketball player earned a place on the Academic All-District I team. In both 2007 and 2008, former Lion center Ben Nwachukwu '08 was named to the All-District I first team.

NIKO'S CASE
Senior co-captain Niko Scott has scored in double figures nine times this season and is second on the team in three-pointers made. He recently catapulted into the top ten all-time at Columbia in threes made and is now just one behind former teammate Brett Loscalzo '08CC for ninth place. Scott had a monster game at Penn on Feb. 13, pouring in a career-high 29 points in Columbia's 66-62 victory. Scott had 19 of his 29 in the first half and eventually made 10 of his 14 shots from the field, including seven of nine three-pointers. He also had a key basket late in the game that gave a Columbia a three-point lead with three minutes left, helping the Lions seal the road win.

THREE-POINT FG MADE IN A CAREER
1. Matt Shannon (1985-89)         189
2. C.J. Thompkins (1993-97)      181
3. K.J. Matsui (2005-09)             173   
4. Erik Crep (1995-99)                156
5. Craig Austin (1998-02)            150
6. Gary Raimondo (1995-99)       142
7. Dragutin Kravic (2002-06)       141
8. Treg Duerksen (2000-02)        134
9. Brett Loscalzo (2004-08)         126
10. Niko Scott (2006-pres.)       125

A SENSE O' SOMETHING GOOD
Junior forward Asenso Ampim has played a large part in the Columbia frontcourt this season. Ampim had a strong game off the bench in Columbia's 66-62 win at Penn on Feb. 13. Ampim scored eight of his 12 points in the second half, including two key buckets in the final three minutes. Ampim's last field goal gave the Lions a four-point advantage with 54 seconds left, helping Columbia hold off the Quakers.

NO HOME COOKING
The home team has not had a distinct advantage so far in Ivy League action. Over the first four weeks of the league slate, road teams hold a winning record of 17-14.