Box Score Lawrence, Kansas – Carson Parker scored 31 points and Seth Larson added a career-best 27 on 10-of-11 shooting to lead the Columbia College men's basketball team to an 89-72 win at Haskell Indian Nations University in non-conference play Saturday in Lawrence, Kansas.
 
The Cougars won their fourth-straight game to improve to 12-4, while Haskell lost its fifth-straight game and fell to 4-16.
 
Kai Steinman had 11 points and five assists, while Nate Brandt added 10 points for Columbia, which shot 50 percent (29-58) from the field and hit 12 threes in the win. The Cougars also hit 19-of-22 from the three-throw line.
 
Parker scored five of the first seven points of the game as the Cougars led 7-0 in the opening 1:37, but Haskell went on a 10-0 run to take the 10-7 lead. The Cougars responded with a 14-2 run to gain the 24-15 advantage, which included five-straight points by Larson.
 
Steinman's wing three made it 31-26 with 7:00 to play, but Haskell scored five-straight points to tie the contest at 33-33. Brandt canned a three with 23 seconds left as the Cougars took the 45-40 lead to halftime.
 
Parker (19) and Larson (16) combined to score 35 points for Columbia, which shot 50 percent (16-32) in the first half, and hit six threes.
 
Brandt ignited a 22-0 run with seven-straight points as the Columbia lead grew to 72-49 with 10:13 to play. The Cougars limited Haskell without a bucket for 7:48 in the second half.
 
Bryan Strom (25 points), Nehemiah Boykins (24) and DK Middleton (13) scored in double figures for Haskell, which shot 43.9 percent (25-57) and hit 10 threes in the loss.
 
The Cougars host No. 13-ranked Central Baptist College on Thursday, January 16 at 7:30 p.m. as part of Sherwin-Williams Cover the Crowd T-Shirt Night. The Mustangs hold a one-game lead over Columbia for first place in the AMC standings.

NOTES: Columbia has won all nine meetings between the two teams ... Parker has scored in double figures in 34-straight games dating back to last season ... Brandt has canned 11 three-pointers in his last three road games ... Parker went over 700 rebounds for his career (701) ... The Cougars have connected on 48 threes in the last three contests ... Parker is 27 points shy of the all-time scoring record set by Mike Kiehne (1,868).