Columbia holds off winless Wagner 102-91

Noruwa Agho scored a career-high 30 points and Columbia held off winless Wagner 102-91 on Tuesday night.

The Lions (4-4) scored more than 100 points for the first time since defeating Polytechnic 109-63 on Dec. 29, 2007.

Columbia shot 60.7 percent from the field (37-for-61), while Wagner (0-7) improved from 31 percent in the first half (9-for-29) to 56.4 percent (22-for-39) in the second.

The Lions, who lead Division I in 3-point accuracy at 47.2 percent, shot 46.7 percent (7-for-15).

Wagner shot 44.1 percent (15-for-34) from beyond the arc with Chris Martin going 8-for-17 for a career-high 34 points.

With the game tied at 13, the Lions used a 20-6 run to pull away and led 54-29 at halftime.

The Seahawks got within 88-79 with 4:01 left, but could get no closer.

Brian Grimes added 17 points for the Lions, while Josh Thompson had 17 for the Seahawks.

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