Men’s Basketball Returns Home to Face Columbia and Cornell

Saturday, January 17

Providence, R.I.

2 p.m.

Brown University

Columbia

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Men’s Basketball Returns Home to Face Columbia and Cornell

1/16/2026 11:18:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Brown men's basketball team (6-9, 0-2) will welcome Columbia (12-4, 1-1) on Saturday, Jan. 17 before hosting Cornell (7-8, 0-2) on Monday inside the Pizzitola Sports Center, both games will tip-off at 2 p.m.

Scott Cordischi, Russ Tyler '71, and Nick Coit will bring you the action for Brown's game against Columbia on NESN and for Brown's game against Cornell on ESPN+. Fans can also follow both games live on the Brown Varsity Network, fans can access the Brown Varsity Network via the Varsity Network app, or BrownBears.com.

Last Time Out
Brown fell to 0-2 in Ivy League play with a 81-73 loss at Penn (Jan. 10). N'famara Dabo netted a career-high 17 points on 7-8 shooting from the floor.

Jeremiah Jenkins netted 15 points on 6-11 shooting from the floor to go along with six assists and four rebounds. Adrian Uchidiuno added 15 points on 3-6 shooting from beyond the arc, the junior has netted double-digit scoring efforts in four-straight games.

Scouting Brown
The Bears' scoring defense (65.5) leads the Ivy League and ranks 21st across the nation, Brown's three-point percentage (29.4) sits 35th nationally.

Brown leads the Ivy League in forced turnovers per game (14.3).

Jenkins leads the Ivy League in assists per game (5.4), total assists (81), steals per game (2.0), and total steals (3.0). The sophomore has had five or more assists 10 times this season and has reached this feat in three-straight games.

Dabo's 1.9 blocks per game is tied for first in the Ivy League and his 61.5 field goal percentage is second in the circuit.

Scouting Columbia
The Lions rank fourth nationally in rebounding margin (12.8) rebounding margin and ninth in defensive rebounds per game (29.38).. Columbia's rebounds per game (42.5) ranks 12th across the nation. Offensively, Columbia ranks 34th nationally in field goal percentage (49.2) and 31st in three-point percentage (36.9).

Columbia's Miles Franklin has won Ivy League Rookie of the Week on four different occasions this season, he leads all Ivy League first-years with 9.8 points per game.

Most recently, the Lions fell 79-54 to Harvard (Jan. 10).

Scouting Cornell
The Big Red lead the Ivy League in points per game (94.3), highlighted by Cooper Noard's league-leading 19.9. Jake Flegen ranks sixth in the circuit in points per game (16.2).

Cornell leads the nation in assists per game (23.2) and three-pointers per game (14.5). The Big Red rank second across the nation in points per game, three-point attempts per game (34.9), and three-point percentage (41.4).

Defensively, Cornell ranks last in the Ivy League in scoring defense (87.9).

History
Brown Is 76-78 all-time against Columbia and has won eight out of the last 10 contests. Last season, the two teams split with the home team winning both matchups. The Bears are 14-10 against the Lions under Head Men's Basketball Coaching Chair Mike Martin '04.

Brown is 58-85 all-time against Cornell and 11-13 under Martin. Last season, the two teams split with the road team winning each matchup.

What's Next
Brown will travel to Princeton on Saturday, Jan. 24, tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. inside Jadwin Gymnasium. Fans can purchase tickets here.

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