NEW YORK (AP) - Mike Muscala recorded his sixth double-double of the season and Bucknell used a big second-half run to rally and beat Columbia 65-57 Saturday in a nonconference matchup.
Muscala scored a season-high 29 points and pulled down a career-best 19 rebounds for Bucknell (6-1), who shot 51.7 percent (15 of 29) in the second half.
Columbia (4-3) opened the game on a 25-8 run but Bucknell held the Lions to just two field goals the rest of the half to trail 32-25 at intermission.
The Lions pushed their lead to 44-34 at the 14:29 mark of the second half, but Muscala converted a free throw, layup and 3-pointer on consecutive possessions and Joe Willman added a jumper to cut the deficit to 44-41.
Bucknell took its first lead of the half, 47-46, behind a Muscala jumper and outscored Columbia 18-11 over the final 7 minutes to put the game away.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Bucknell (7-1) « | 25 | 40 | 65 |
| Columbia (4-4) | 32 | 25 | 57 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Ayers, F | 36 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Willman, F | 26 | 6-13 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| M. Muscala, C | 34 | 10-17 | 8-10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| B. Johnson, G | 29 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| R. Hill, G | 15 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Frazier | 26 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Hoffman | 17 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| S. Kaspar | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Fitzpatrick | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Singleton | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-63 | 12-20 | 41 | 8 | 15 | 65 | |
| 39.7% | 60% | ||||||
| Columbia Lions | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Rosenberg, F | 31 | 5-12 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| J. Daniels, F | 7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Cisco, C | 21 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| B. Barbour, G | 37 | 5-15 | 7-7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| G. Mullins, G | 26 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Osetkowski | 27 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| S. Frankoski | 23 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Lo | 22 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Z. En'Wezoh | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-57 | 15-15 | 36 | 9 | 21 | 57 | |
| 33.3% | 100% | ||||||
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