Basketball Recap: Five Straight Home Wins for Columbia

It was a proper cat-fight when Columbia faced off against Payne Tech on Tuesday. The Columbia Cougars walked away with a 64-56 victory over the Payne Tech Lions. This was a revenge game for the Cougars: when they faced off against the Lions back in December of 2024, they had to take a 48-31 loss.

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Previous 5 Games (Home)

01/28/25 vs Payne Tech	64-56
01/17/25 vs Bloomfield	44-40
01/07/25 vs Newark Central	67-27
02/12/24 vs West Caldwell Tech	63-24
02/10/24 vs Hillside	71-48

Columbia pushed their record up to 5-8 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.8 points per game. As for Payne Tech, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-5.

Columbia has already played their next match (against Randolph), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Payne Tech will face off against Arts at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.