Media Information
Teams: American (3-11) at Columbia (5-6)
Date and Location: Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, 7:00 p.m. -
Levien Gymnasium, New York, N.Y.
Web: GoColumbiaLions.Com
Game
Notes
The American University men's basketball team will visit
Columbia on Monday, January 4, in the fourth game of its current
six-game roadtrip. Tipoff from Levien Gymnasium is scheduled for
7:00 p.m. American is 3-0 all-time against the Lions, including a
62-50 victory last season in Bender Arena. Monday's game will mark
the final non-conference tilt of the season for the Eagles who will
open the Patriot League portion of their schedule on Saturday,
January 9, at Lehigh.
American will enter play on Monday fresh off a 76-68 victory at
Brown on Saturday. The Eagles shot a season-high 52.9 percent from
three against the Bears and finished the game shooting 45.0 percent
from the field. American led by as many as 12 points in the second
half but was forced to weather a Brown comeback effort as the Bears
trailed by as few as three points with less than two minutes
remaining.
Junior Nick
Hendra scored a career-high 18 points in the victory,
connecting on 6-of-12 shots from the field and 4-of-8 from beyond
the arc. The junior also tallied six rebounds, four assists and one
steal. Sophomore Stephen
Lumpkins notched his second career double-double with
13 points and 11 rebounds. Lumpkins also recorded career-highs with
three assists and three steals. Junior Vlad
Moldoveanu scored 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting with
two rebounds, two assists and one block.
Moldoveanu has paced the Eagles in scoring since becoming eligible
for competition at DePaul on December 16. The junior is averaging
17.2 ppg while shooting 47.5 percent from the field and 48.5
percent from three. Lumpkins leads the Patriot League in both
rebounding and blocked shots, registering 8.6 rpg and 1.9 bpg, and
has added 11.1 ppg. Hendra is third on the team in scoring at 10.3
ppg with 5.7 rpg and a team-best 26 three-point field goals.
Live audio of Monday's game will be available for free and can be
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