The Columbia Lions and the Lafayette Leopards meet in college basketball action from the Kirby Sports Center on Monday night.
The Columbia Lions will look to bounce back from back-to-back losses after a 76-73 OT loss to Fairleigh Dickinson last time out. Rubio De La Rosa leads the Lions in scoring and rebounding with 13.2 PPG and 6 RPG as the only double-digit scorer for Columbia so far this season. Avery Brown also has 9.5 PPG with a team-high 2.9 APG to lead the team in assists as well this season. As a team, Columbia is averaging 69.3 PPG on 41.4% shooting from the field, 33.5% from three point range and 69.3% from the foul line this season.
The Lafayette Leopards will hope to snap a six-game losing skid after a 76-63 loss to Quinnipiac last time out. Leo O’Boyle leads the Leopards in scoring with 13.1 PPG along with 3 RPG and 2.2 APG while Kyle Jenkins has 12.2 PPG with 5 RPG and CJ Fulton has 10.3 PPG with team-highs of 5.5 RPG and 4.4 APG to lead the Leopards in rebounding and assists and to cap off the scoring in double figures for the Leopards this season. As a team, Lafayette is averaging 60.8 PPG on 40.1% shooting from the field, 33% from three and 68.4% from the foul line this season.
Columbia is 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a losing record and 3-13 ATS in their last 16 Monday games while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall. Lafayette is 4-12-1 ATS in their last 17 home games and 7-3-1 ATS in their last 11 games overall while the under is 6-2 in their last 8 games following a loss.
I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m looking at the under. I personally don’t want any part of either side here, as I’m not trying to lay this many points with a one win team, but Columbia hasn’t done much of anything on the road in their own right. I think we’re in line for a 40 minute slop fest here so give me the under.