NEW YORK (AP) - Mike Smith scored 20 points, including a key 3-pointer with a minute left, Luke Petrasek added 17 with a blocked shot as time ran out, and Columbia edged Penn 70-67 in a critical Ivy League game on Saturday night.
The Lions (11-14) and Quakers (12-13) are both 5-7 and tied for fourth in league play with a week to go. This is the first season the Ivy League has a postseason tournament with the top four teams qualifying.
Neither team led by double figures, their statistics were almost identical and there were 11 ties and 10 lead changes, although Columbia took the lead for good on a Nate Hickman’s free throws with 10:27 remaining during an 8-0 run.
Hickman gave Columbia a 67-60 lead - the largest of the second half - on a 3-pointer with 5:37 to go. The Lions then went 4:11 without a basket, missing seven-straight shots. Ryan Betley’s free throws pulled the Quakers within 2 before Smith hit is trey at 1:04.
Betley made two free throws and after a Columbia miss the Quakers had two 3 attempts with Petrasek saving the day.
AJ Brodeur and Jackson Donahue had 16 each for Penn.
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