Hempstead, NY – The Hofstra Men's Basketball team, winners of three of its last four games, will look to continue its solid play as it heads to Columbia on Tuesday for a 7 p.m. game from Francis S. Levien Gymnasium. 

There will be Pride Productions live audio for the game, as well as live video (via Ivy League Digital Network/Columbia) and live statistics. The audio only broadcast can be heard via the Pride Productions portal, the WRHU mobile app, WRHU.org and 88.7 FM in the local Hempstead area. Links to all can be found on this page and on the men's basketball schedule page at GoHofstra.com.

Hofstra (4-3) has won two straight, including Friday's 89-56 victory over Medaille. 

Four players are averaging in double figures for Hofstra as freshman Eli Pemberton leads the way with 14.9 points per outing. Also averaging at least 10 points per outing are senior Brian Bernardi (14.0), senior Deron Powers (11.9) and sophomore Justin Wright-Foreman (11.4). Wright-Foreman is coming off a career-high 18-point performance against the Mavericks. 

Junior Rokas Gustys has established himself as the nation's best rebounder as he current leads all of Division I with 15.1 caroms per game. He is also scoring nine points per contest. 

Columbia is 3-2 this season with wins over Stony Brook, Quinnipiac and Colgate. They have suffered defeats to Saint Joseph's and Army. Nate Hickman leads the Lions with 18.6 points per game. Luke Petrasek is averaging a team-high 8.4 rebounds and is second with 15.2 points per outing. 

Hofstra and Columbia have met 12 times in the all-time series with the Pride leading the series, 10-2. Columbia won the last meeting, 82-77, in 2014-15. Hofstra's last win in the series came in 2004-05 as the Pride won 64-40. The first-ever meeting was in 1937-38 with Hofstra winning 43-40.