Date: Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Site: Columbus, Ga. (Frank G. Lumpkin Jr. Center)
Web Stream: CougarSportsTV
Radio: 88.5 FM WCUG - Scott Miller (pxp)
Series History: CSU leads 32-19
Last Meeting: CSU 108, Clayton St. 90 (Feb. 19, 2020, in Columbus)

• Playing its first game in nearly 10 months, Columbus State had a difficult draw to begin the 2020-21 season playing 22nd-ranked UNC Pembroke last Saturday. The Cougars fell in North Carolina to the Braves 91-72.

• CSU lead 11-10 in the early going before a 13-2 run by UNCP allowed the hosts to pull away. By the half, the Braves were up 39-22.

• Freshman Christian Chambers was a bright spot for head coach Robert Moore and the Cougars. In his first collegiate game, Chambers scored 19 points, hitting five 3-pointers, in his debut.  

• Seniors Anthony Moore (12 pts.) and Hunter Preston (11 pts.) both scored in double figures. Moore was one rebound shy of a double-double.

• CSU's perimeter defense was excellent in Saturday's season-opener holding the UNC Pembroke to a 0-10 mark from beyond the arch. However, the Braves outscored the Cougars 52-28 in the paint.

• Clayton State (0-2, 0-2 PBC) is in search of its first win of the shortened 2020-21 season.  

• On Saturday, the Lakers dropped a 91-73 decision to Lander University  

• The Lakers have struggled mightily on the glass posting a -26.0 rebounding margin through the first two games this year.

• Ricardo Saams Jr. (15.0 ppg.) and Christoff Nairn (14.5 ppg.) are Çlayton State's main scoring threats. Saams poured in 22 in the loss on Saturday.