The Columbia Lions head to Sojka Pavilion to take on the Bucknell Bison. Action begins at 7:00 pm ET on Wednesday, Dec. 2.
The Bison were beaten by Penn State 62-58 on Saturday. Chris Hass finished with 18 points to lead the team. The Lions, meanwhile, are coming off a bitter 70-69 loss against Longwood on Saturday. Grant Mullins had a game-high 23 points.
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Ranked 15th, the Columbia Lions have an offensive rating of 121.2. The Bucknell Bison rank 130th with a defensive rating of just 98.4.
Columbia has an average field goal percentage of 47.5%. Bucknell is undefeated (1-0) when opponents have a similar or higher field goal percentage.
On average, Bucknell attempts 20.0 three pointers and Columbia attempts 29.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Bucknell Bison are even at 2-2 while the Columbia Lions have a poor 2-4 record.
Bucknell ranks 95th in the nation with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.24, while Columbia ranks 54th with an A/TO of 1.41.
The Columbia Lions average 7.1 steals per game. The Bucknell Bison are undefeated with a 3-0 record when they give up at least 7 steals.