It was tight from the opening tip with neither side leading by more than four until late in the first half. The Bearcats held a 22-20 edge at the 8:28 mark before a Hunter Preston 3-pointer jump-started a 14-4 Cougar run. The 3-ball was the catalyst with Kalen Clifton getting hot in the spurt as the senior nailed three in a row to give CSU a 34-26 average with 3:29 to play until the break. Lander (6-7, 4-5) cut the lead to two, 36-34, in the closing seconds, but three free throws by Christian Chambers gave Columbus State a 39-34 halftime advantage.

After Chambers scored the opening bucket of the half, it was Lander's turn to go on a run. An 11-0 run by the Bearcats, including three 3-pointers, put the Cougars down by four, 45-41, less than four minutes into the half. From there, the two teams would not be separated by more than two possessions for the remainder of the game as the lead changed hands four times while the score was tied on seven occasions down the stretch. In a 59-all game with six minutes to go, an Anthony Moore layup gave CSU the lead and switched the momentum towards the Cougar bench. Columbus State remained ahead following another 3-pointer by Preston at the four-minute mark, but five straight points by LU, capped off by a successful 3-point play by Jermaine Patterson gave the Bearcats a 67-65 lead. On the next trip down the floor, a second-chance effort by Nelson Haskin tied the game at 67 with just 2:17 to play. Lander would go back in front on pair of free throws, while CSU missed a chance to go-ahead at the line after going 1-for-3 following a foul on a 3-point attempt. However, the Cougars found redemption. After Lander missed the front-end of a one-and-one with 11 seconds on the clock, the Cougars grabbed the rebound and called a timeout. Off the inbound, Anderson capped off his 10-point second-half performance with his game-winner to give Columbus State the win.

• Two Cougars set or tied a season-high in points on Monday. Preston tied his mark with a game-high 25 points after going a perfect 5-for-5 from beyond the arc. Anderson scored 14, the most by the junior in a Cougar uniform.
• Anderson has now scored 10 or more in six of the past seven games. On Monday, he was 6-for-7 from the field and had a crucial late block on the defensive end. 
• Clifton was also in double-figures with 15, thanks to his three 3-pointers in the first half.
• The Cougars shot 41.4% (24-for-58) overall and 40% (8-for-20) on 3-point attempts. CSU struggled at the line going 14-for-24 (58.3%).
• Columbus State's tough 3-point defense was on show against the Bearcats. CSU limited LU to shoot just 19% (4-for-21) from downtown, including a 0-for-9 mark in the first half.

• Including tying his season-high in points, the 25 by Preston are the most by any Cougar player this season. Also, his five made 3-pointers tied an individual season-high while his five steals were also the most in a game this year.  
• The Cougars continue to wreak havoc on their opponents in the paint. CSU had eight more blocks tonight marking the third time this year that the Cougars have had eight or more rejections in a game. Columbus State entered Monday ranked fifth in the nation in blocks per game.
• Lander outrebounded Columbus State 43-32. It's the first time this season the Cougars grabbed a win after losing the battle on the glass.
• Monday was the first game CSU failed to post 10 or more offensive rebounds. The Cougars only had eight and entered the night as the best offensive rebounding team in the PBC.
• CSU's 40% mark from 3-point range was the highest since shooting 60% against the University of North Georgia on Jan. 20, a span of five games.  
• The win snaps Columbus State's four-game losing streak against Lander and was CSU's first win in Greenwood since Jan. 14, 2017. The Cougars now lead the all-time series 35-22.

Columbus State will await to see its next opponent after COVID-19 forced the postponement of CSU's next two scheduled games against North Georgia and Young Harris College.