Basketball Recap: Columbus' Luck Changes for the Better on Thursday

Columbus came into Thursday's contest having lost seven straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with a 59-47 victory over the Poynette Pumas on Thursday. That's more bragging rights for the Cardinals, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Columbus' win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 6-10. As for Poynette, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-13.

Columbus will square off against Waterloo at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Waterloo is on a nine-game streak of home losses, Columbus a seven-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change. As for Poynette, they will host Marshall at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.