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Sunday, December 09, 2007
Lafayette resumes winning
Their four-game win streak broken at Rutgers, the Leopards get back in the win column by beating Columbia 78-64.

A big road win for the Leopards, who put together that streak at home. Lafayette is now 2-1 on the road this season, 6-3 overall.

Andrew Brown (22 points) led four Leopards in double figures. Paul Cummins (12), Ted Detmer and Bilal Abdullah (11 each) also scored in double digits.

Lafayette, which shot 57.4 percent (31 of 54) from the field, took the lead a little over five minutes after the tip and built the margin to 12 by the half. The lead reached as many as 21 points in the second half. Columbia cut it to 9 once with 4:33 to play, but could get no closer. The Leopards had 22 assists.

The Leopards held Columbia to 20 for 56 shooting from the field (35.7 percent).

Some good notes from the Lafayette game recap:
  • Every Leopard stepped onto the hardwood against the Lions with the exception of freshman Jared Mintz, who dressed after sitting out the last five with an ankle injury.
  • Andrew Brown scored 20 or more points for Lafayette the second time this season at Columbia (22), the first time was when the Littleton, Colo. native scored 21 against Fairleigh Dickinson.
    <;i> This is the third time this season four Leopards finished with double figures in scoring. The last time that occurred this season was the 98-92 loss against Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 16.
  • Lafayette approached the line eight times against Columbia, the fewest free-throw opportunities this season. The Leopards went 6-for-8 against the Lions.
  • Lafayette set its previous high field-goal percentage mark against another Ivy League institution, Penn on Nov. 28 with 52.6 percent.
  • The Leopards are undefeated in afternoon games in 2007-08 season (2-0).

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