Belleville, Ill. – Today the Columbia College men's basketball team traveled to Belleville, Illinois to take on the Lindenwood-Belleville Lynx in an AMC matchup. The Cougars were victorious against the Lynx with a final score of 77-66. The Cougars are now 18-9 on the season and 13-6 in the conference play.

The Lynx started the half with their claws out to take the early lead. The Cougars fought back to tie the game with a 13-2 run to take back the edge and led 37-27 at the break.

Columbia had a big push out of the locker room, creating a 24-point advantage over Lindenwood-Belleville. The Lynx tried to pull themselves out, but the overpowering Cougar offense gave them the win.

Key Moment
The Cougars grabbed 20 more rebounds than the Lynx.

By the Numbers
26- Made Cougar field goals
19- Made Cougar made free throws out of 25
29-26- Columbia's bench outscored Lindenwood-Belleville's bench
18- Lynx points off of 25 Cougar turnovers
46- Columbia rebounds

Columbia College Leaders
Scoring Leader – Adam Mennemeyer (19)     
Rebounding Leader – Jack Fritsche (14)
Assist Leaders – Braden Wendel (4)
 
Lindenwood-Belleville Leaders
Scoring Leader – Christian McCoy  (15)
Rebounding Leader – Christian McCoy (8)
Assist Leaders – Christian McCoy (3)

Up Next
Join the Cougars on as we honor the seniors on Thursday, February 20^th when they host the St. Louis College of Pharmacy (Mo.) Eutectics in a conference game for their senior night. Tip-off will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Arena of Southwell Complex. Thursday will also serve as senior day honoring Adam Mennemeyer, Desmond Funches, Braden Wendel, Justin Shaw and Thibault Benabid.