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NEW YORK (AP) Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa scored 24 points, Avery Brown made a go-ahead free throw with 0.8 seconds left and intentionally missed the second as Columbia beat Lehigh 76-75 on Tuesday night.
De La Rosa added eight rebounds and three steals for the Lions (4-0). Blair Thompson scored 11 points while going 3 of 5 from the floor, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and 3 for 4 from the line and added seven rebounds. Kenny Noland had 11 points and shot 5 for 15 (0 for 4 from 3-point range) and 1 of 3 from the free-throw line.
Keith Higgins Jr. led the Mountain Hawks (0-3) in scoring, finishing with 28 points and two steals. Tyler Whitney-Sidney and Tommy Conniff each recorded 10 points.
Columbia went into halftime ahead of Lehigh 40-37. Zine Eddine Bedri put up 10 points in the half. De La Rosa scored 16 points in the second half.
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