Columbia University
Maine
Men's Basketball Heads North to Face Maine Friday
11/17/2022 3:08:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Lions and Black Bears meet up for the fifth time since 2017
NEW YORK - Columbia men's basketball is headed to Maine for its second of three games this week. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN3 in Orono, Maine. The Lions (1-3) will then return home to face SUNY Maritme Sunday.
OPENING TIP-OFF
• Columbia picked up its first win of the season, topping Delaware State 70-65 on Wednesday night at home. The Lions set a program record with 15 steals, breaking the previous mark of 14 set in 2009.
• Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa eclipsed 20 points for the second consecutive game. He finished with 21 for the game and also added five rebounds and three assists, and four steals.
NEWS/NOTES
MAINE'S' STATUS
The Black Bears are coming off an impressive, 69-64, win over Boston College on Monday to improve to 2-1 on the year. Gedi Juozapaitis leads four players avearging in double-figures, posting 13.0 PPG.
INSIDE THE SERIES - MAINE
The Lions hold a 5-3 all-time mark against the Black Bears. Columbia earned a 69-54 win at home last season thanks to 24 points from Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa.
COLUMBIA AGAINST THE AMERICA EAST
The Lions are 21-26 against teams currently in the America East Conference. This season, Columbia will play five opponents (UMass-Lowell, Binghamton, New Hampshire, UMBC, Maine) from the conference. The Lions went 2-2 in 2021-22 against America East schools, topping Binghamton and Maine and failling to UAlbany and UMBC.
BUSY SLATE
Columbia will play two more times this week, heading to Maine a Friday night contest before returning home to take on SUNY Martime Sunday at 1 p.m.
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