GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Brian Barbour scored 19 points and Columbia built a big first-half lead over cold-shooting Furman on its way to a 68-47 victory Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.
The Lions led by as many as 24 points in the first half and took a 37-17 lead into the break after the Paladins made just 7 of 29 shots (24.1 percent). Ahead 16-6, Columbia broke it open with a 14-1 run for a 30-7 lead with 8:56 until halftime.
Columbia outscored Furman 18-4 in the paint in the first half and 13-2 on fast-break points.
Steve Frankoski added 16 points for the Lions, making 4 of 10 3-point shots, and Alex Rosenberg scored 14 with eight rebounds.
Colin Reddick scored 11 points for Furman, the only Paladins player to reach double figures.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Columbia (1-0) « | 37 | 31 | 68 |
| Furman (0-1) | 17 | 30 | 47 |
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| Columbia Lions | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Rosenberg, F | 36 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| C. Osetkowski, F | 25 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| M. Cisco, C | 27 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| B. Barbour, G | 37 | 7-12 | 4-6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| S. Frankoski, G | 26 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Mullins | 17 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Daniels | 14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Z. En'Wezoh | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| I. Cohen | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| S. Ozeir | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Kowalski | 1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Gilson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Quinn | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-53 | 8-13 | 37 | 13 | 23 | 68 | |
| 49.1% | 61.5% | ||||||
| Furman Paladins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Reddick, F | 29 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| B. Irwin, F | 26 | 1-7 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| K. Belfield, F | 19 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Reddick, G | 26 | 2-9 | 3-4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| B. Austin, G | 21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Loyd | 23 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| K. Ferrara | 20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| L. Wideman | 17 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| S. Croone | 12 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Brown | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Chuisseu | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-52 | 14-20 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 47 | |
| 30.8% | 70% | ||||||
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