Men's Basketball Hits Road to Take On Harvard, Dartmouth This Weekend
2/11/2015 10:40:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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COLUMBIA (11-9, 3-3) AT HARVARD (15-5, 5-1)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 • 6 P.M.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS • LAVIETES PAVILION
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COLUMBIA AT DARTMOUTH (8-12, 1-5)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 • 7 P.M.
HANOVER, N.H. • LEEDE ARENA
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QUICK HITS
COLUMBIA'S STATUS
The Lions earned their second consecutive weekend split, falling to Princeton on Friday before a bounce-back, 83-56, victory over Penn Saturday in front of a sold out Levien Gymnasium.
HARVARD'S STATUS
The Crimson vaulted themselves into a first-place tie in the Ivy League standings after outlasting Yale in overtime, 57-50. Harvard has won four-straight coming into the weekend.
DARTMOUTH'S STATUS
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Big Green has dropped four-straight since upsetting Harvard on Jan. 24.
SERIES HISTORY VS. HARVARD
Columbia and Harvard will meet for the 173rd time with the Lions holding a 94-78 edge in the series. The Crimson swept the two meetings last season and have won three in-a-row. The Lions' last win in Cambridge came in 2008.
SERIES HISTORY VS. DARTMOUTH
Saturday will be the 297th time Columbia and Dartmouth get together. The Lions lead the all-time series 109-97 going back to 1905-06. Columbia earned a sweep in both contests last year.
LET IT RAIN
Columbia's 15 treys against Penn on Feb. 7 marked the third time in four games the Lions have knocked down 10 or more shots from dowtown and the seventh time this season. Columbia's 8.9 triples per game ranks 18th in the NCAA.
QUAKER DOMINATION
The Lions 27-point victory (83-56) over Penn on Feb. 7 was its largest margin of victory in an Ivy League game since Jan. 30, 2004, when the Lions defeated Dartmouth, 78-42. It was also one point shy of the most decisive win in the series against the Quakers.
GETTING DEFENSIVE
The Lions are 27th in the nation, surrendering just 59.6 points per game to the opposition. Columbia's 3-point defense has been a strength throughout the year, holding opponents to 30.5 percent shooting from beyond the arc which leads the Ancient Eight and ranks ninth in the NCAA.
THE LO-DOWN COUNTDOWN
Junior Maodo Lo reached the 900-point plateau against Cornell on Jan. 25 and is on pace to become just the 27th member of Columbia's 1,000-point club this season. He currently sits with 973 points, which is 28th on the all-time scoring list.
AGENT 0
First-year Kyle Castlin's scoring average of 10.3 points per game and field goal percentage of 50.3 percent leads all Ancient Eight neophytes. Castlin also ranks first in the conference in free-throw percentage at 86 percent. He has started all 20 games for Columbia and has a trio of Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors under his belt (Dec. 22, Jan. 5, Feb. 2).
FRANKIE SAYS RELAX
Columbia's top threat off the bench has been senior Steve Frankoski. The tri-captain moved to fourth place on the all-time 3-point field goal list (158) after knocking down a three treys against Penn on Feb. 7. He sits 16 behind
GLUE GUY
Every team needs one and that's what the Lions have in junior Isaac Cohen. The 6-4 guard is currently second in the Ivy League in assists at 4.4 per game and is pulling down 5.8 rebounds per game, which is the best among guards in the Ancient Eight and 10th overall in the conference. Cohen narrowly missed posting just the third Ivy League triple-double ever with his eight-point, 10-rebound, nine-assist effort against Stony Brook on Jan. 6.
LOCKING IT UP
Columbia held opponents under 50 points for the fifth time after giving up 45 to Cornell on Jan. 17. The Lions did not surrender 50 points in three straight games from Nov. 23-29 for the first time since 2002 when the Lions did it in four consecutive games from Jan. 15-Feb. 1. (At Albany - L, 40-41, Cornell - W, 56-40, at Cornell - W, 54-42, at Princeton - L, 41-49).
COLUMBIA IN IVY LEAGUE OPENERS
The Lions are 28-31 all-time in Ivy League openers and are 4-1 under the direction of Kyle Smith, including a 48-45 win in Ithaca on Jan. 17.
LEVIEN GYM RECORD
Columbia's 112 points against Central Penn established a new Levien Gymnasium record, eclipsing the old mark of 109 set by the Lions on Dec. 29, 2007 against Polytechnic. It is the highest single-game point total since the program set the record of 118 on Jan. 12, 1977 against Wagner.
SWISHING AND DISHING
Columbia was in the holiday spirit in three home games in late December. Against Bucknell on Dec. 6, the Lions posted 15 assists on 22 field goal makes. They followed that up with a season-best 17 assists on 25 baskets against Hofstra Dec. 20 and dished out 16 assists on 25 makes against Colgate on Dec. 28.
