Columbia Lions (11-4, 2-0 Ivy League) at Yale Bulldogs (1-14, 0-2 Ivy League)
New Haven, Connecticut; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Yale hosts Columbia after Mackenzie Egger scored 23 points in Yale’s 77-69 loss to the Brown Bears.
The Bulldogs have gone 1-6 at home. Yale ranks eighth in the Ivy League with 9.5 assists per game led by Avery Lee averaging 2.1.
The Lions are 2-0 in conference games. Columbia ranks second in the Ivy League shooting 31.2% from 3-point range.
Yale scores 54.1 points per game, 8.2 fewer points than the 62.3 Columbia gives up. Columbia’s 43.4% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.8 percentage points lower than Yale has allowed to its opponents (46.2%).
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lee is averaging 5.7 points for the Bulldogs.
Riley Weiss is scoring 16.9 points per game and averaging 3.5 rebounds for the Lions.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bulldogs: 0-10, averaging 54.9 points, 29.2 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 8.8 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 35.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.6 points per game.
Lions: 7-3, averaging 72.7 points, 35.6 rebounds, 17.0 assists, 8.1 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 42.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.0 points.
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