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COLUMBUS – The Columbus State University men's basketball team will be on its home floor for the first time this season on Saturday in its Peach Belt Conference opener against Lander. Tipoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. inside the Lumpkin Center.
 
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Last Time Out
 
Columbus State (0-3) took its third straight loss last Sunday with a 99-69 defeat at Carson-Newman. The Cougars shot just 36 percent as a team, while C-N shot 62 percent for the game.
 
Moore on the Matchup
 
"We're looking forward to the chance to get back on the court. We need to put the first three games behind us and put our focus now on the conference portion of the schedule."
 
Series History
 
Columbus State leads the all-time series 32-16 in 48 previous meetings with the Bearcats.
 
Last Meeting
 
CSU trailed by six at the break, but dominated the second half of play for an 80-66 win at Lander last January. Six different Cougars scored in double figures in the win including JaCori Payne, Darius Joell, Marcus Dixon and Michael Graham.
 
About Lander
 
Lander (2-3, 0-1 PBC) also enters Saturday's game scuffling, dropping two straight games after Thursday's loss at Erskine.
 
The Bearcats gave up a 10-point halftime lead in a 68-67 loss to Georgia College in their conference opener Monday.
 
LU is scoring just shy of 72 points per game this season, but hasn't cross the 70-point mark in either of its last two games.
 
Rahu Pardie is scoring 17.2 points per game to lead the Bearcats, while shooting nearly 41 percent from behind the 3-point line.
 
CSU Notes
 
The Cougars are trying to avoid their first four-game losing streak of Robert Moore's tenure.
 
The last four-game slide for the Cougars came in February of 2010, one year prior to Moore taking over the program.
 
Columbus State has been good in the turnover department through three games, forcing 17 per game and scoring 18.3 points off turnovers.
 
JaCori Payne currently ranks second in the country with 3.67 steals per game.