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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

AwayElon84
Final
HomeColumbia71
Monday, November 2, 2026Levien GymnasiumAll Meridian sports
FinalFinalESPN+Play by play
12T
ELON404484
COLU284371
Final

Elon beats Columbia 84-71

Elon Phoenix beat Columbia Lions 84-71 on Monday at Levien Gymnasium.

The first half made the difference: Elon outscored Columbia 40-28.

Elon shot 55% to 47%.

For Elon, Josh Dalton (F): 21. For Columbia, Gerard O'Keefe (G): 14.

Elon improves to 1-0. Columbia falls to 0-1.

Attendance: 647.

Full recap at ESPN: Josh Dalton scores 21 as Elon beats Columbia 84-71 in the season opener

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#1
ELON · PointsJosh Dalton F21
#13
ELON · AssistsHunter Harding C8
#1
ELON · ReboundsJosh Dalton F8
#4
COLU · PointsGerard O'Keefe G14
#10
COLU · AssistsConnor Igoe F7
#10
COLU · ReboundsConnor Igoe F10
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
J. Dalton F28218-132-33-381012262
H. Harding C25157-111-20-088001443
R. Villar G2793-60-03-417020014
B. Cokley G23135-92-21-111300101
R. Pettus II G2983-50-22-200220000
C. Zhu F1541-40-02-240203221
I. Garmendia F800-00-00-022001023
K. Dixon G521-10-00-000000000
I. Mbeng G1631-41-10-010210012
C. Thrower G2494-71-20-023310022
Team8433-607-1211-1231221377112018

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