Albany (NY) faces Columbia, seeks 4th straight home win

Columbia Lions (8-0) at Albany (NY) Great Danes (5-3)

Albany, New York; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Albany (NY) hosts Columbia trying to extend its three-game home winning streak.

The Great Danes have gone 2-0 in home games. Albany (NY) is fourth in the America East scoring 76.3 points while shooting 45.0% from the field.

The Lions are 3-0 on the road. Columbia is fifth in the Ivy League with 32.8 rebounds per game led by Blair Thompson averaging 6.6.

Albany (NY) makes 45.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.2 percentage points higher than Columbia has allowed to its opponents (42.8%). Columbia has shot at a 49.5% rate from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points greater than the 48.3% shooting opponents of Albany (NY) have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kheni Briggs averages 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Great Danes, scoring 8.6 points while shooting 45.2% from beyond the arc.

Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa is scoring 22.8 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Lions.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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