Feb. 19 • vs. Harvard • 6 p.m. | Feb. 20 • vs. Dartmouth • 7 p.m.
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THE STORYLINES
COLUMBIA'S STATUS
The Lions split against Penn and Princeton last weekend, topping the Quakers by 10 before dropping a heartbreaker in overtime to the Tigers.
Grant Mullins put together a pair of strong performances, notching a career-high six steals against Penn and posted 19 points and 12 rebounds for his first career double-double against Princeton.
HARVARD'S STATUS
The Crimson snapped a five-game losing streak with a win over Brown on Friday before falling to first-place Yale on Saturday.
Zena Edosomwan returned to the lineup after missing the previous two games due to an injury sustained against the Lions on Jan. 30. Edosomwan is averaging 14.3 points and 10.3 rebounds to lead Harvard.
SERIES HISTORY... HARVARD
The Lions improved to 95-80 all-time against the Crimson after their stunning 55-54 victory in Cambridge on Jan. 30. Harvard has won 12 of the last 14 meetings, including five of the last six in Levien Gym. A win on Friday would give Columbia it's first sweep of the Crimson since 2008.
DARTMOUTH'S STATUS
The Big Green also broke a five-game losing streak last weekend, topping Brown 87-70.
One of the favorites to land Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Evan Boudreaux paces Dartmouth with averages of 17.5 points and 9.1 rebounds.
SERIES HISTORY... DARTMOUTH
Columbia earned it's 110th victory over the Big Green all-time (compared to 99 defeats). A Lion win on Saturday would continue a trend of alternating season sweeps between the teams for the fifth-straight year.
COACHES POWERING FORWARD - AUTISM SPEAKS
This weekend, the Columbia coaching staff will be wearing blue puzzle piece pins for the third annual Coaches Powering Forward for Autism benefitting Autism Speaks. From February 19-21, more than 250 coaches and their staff will wear their pins to raise awareness for the autism community.
START ME UP
The Lions are off to their best start after 23 games since 1969-70 when they began the season 20-3. The 6-2 Ivy League start is the best for the program since the 1993 campaign.
KLEPTOMANIAC
Maodo Lo tied a Columbia single-game record with seven steals at Yale to move into second place on the all-time list. Lo leads the Ivy League, averaging 2.4 steals and ranks 13th in the nation in that category. The Berlin native's 59 takeaways this season already puts him second on Columbia's single-season list and is 9 shy of tying Sean Couch's record of 68.
FROM DOWNTOWN
Columbia has been relient on the 3-point shot this season with 45.6 percent of its attempts coming from beyond the arc. The long-ball comrpises 38.8 percent of their total points, which is 14th in the nation, according to KenPom. The Lions' 243 makes are 22nd highest in the NCAA. In addition, their 9.7 makes per game put them 16th in that category.
NUTHIN' BUT A “G” THANG
Grant Mullins is playing his best at the right time. He notched a career-high six steals against Penn (Feb. 12) and posted 19 points and 12 rebounds for his first career double-double against Princeton (Feb. 13). Mullins has shown no signs of rust after missing all of last season due to injury. The senior guard has scored in double-figures in all but four games this season, including a a quartet of 20+ point outbursts at Northwestern (22), Longwood (23), Central Penn (21) and Brown (25).
DOUBLE (DOUBLE) THE FUN
After registering just one double-double all of 2014-15 (Jeff Coby vs. Lehigh), Columbia has five this season. Alex Rosenberg notched 10 points and 10 boards in the season opener against Kean. Luke Petrasek accomplished the feat with 16 points and 11 rebounds against Howard. Jeff Coby posted back-to-back double-doubles against Central Penn (20 points,13 boards) and Cornell (13 points, 11 rebounds). Grant Mullins joined the club with 19 points and 12 boards against Princeton.
IRON MAN
Alex Rosenberg eclipsed the 40-minute plateau for the fourth time in his career after logging 40 minutes in an overtime game against Princeton. He logged 41 minutes at Northwestern on Nov. 20 and has played 43 minutes twice, at Colgate (Dec. 30, 2013) and against Harvard (Feb. 14, 2014).
MULLINS NAMED CoSIDA ALL-DISTRICT
Grant Mullins was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District I first team on Feb. 11. The awards recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performance on the court and in the classrom. Mullins is a Psychology major boasting a 3.31 GPA. He will be on the ballot for Academic All-America team that will be announced later this month.
