NEW YORK (AP) - Miye Oni scored 22 points with eight rebounds and five assists and Yale defeated Columbia 87-78 on Friday night for the Bulldogs’ third straight win.
Trey Phills had a career-high 19 points, Blake Reynolds added 18 and Sam Downey 16 for Yale (12-6, 4-1), which shot 49 percent, hitting 10 of 22 3-pointers, to take its sixth win in seven games.
Luke Petrasek scored 24 points, Mike Smith 15 and CJ Davis 12 for the Lions (10-8, 3-2), who had a two-game win streak snapped.
Columbia led by five with 12½ minutes to go when Yale went on an 11-0 run with five points from Oni and four from Dallier. Columbia was within five with three minutes left but Phills had a dunk and the Bulldogs made eight free throws to clinch the win.
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