Cornell Big Red (10-10, 3-4 Ivy League) at Columbia Lions (14-7, 3-4 Ivy League)New York; Saturday, 2 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Columbia takes on Cornell after Kenny Noland scored 20 points in Columbia’s 80-68 loss to the Princeton Tigers.The Lions have gone 8-2 at home. Columbia ranks fourth in the Ivy League in team defense, giving up 72.0 points while holding opponents to 42.3% shooting.The Big Red have gone 3-4 against Ivy League opponents. Cornell is 2-6 against opponents over .500.Columbia’s average of 8.0 made 3-pointers per game is 1.4 fewer made shots on average than the 9.4 per game Cornell allows. Cornell averages 13.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 6.3 more made shots on average than the 7.5 per game Columbia allows.The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.TOP PERFORMERS: Noland is scoring 16.8 points per game with 3.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists for the Lions. Blair Thompson is averaging 11.9 points over the last 10 games.Popular ReadsKasper Sepp is averaging 4.7 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Big Red. Cooper Noard is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers ove …
