The pair combined for 22 of Columbia’s 26 points and took 14 of their 19 shots in the opening frame.

But the second half proved to be far more difficult. Less than a minute into the action, Foley separated his shoulder and left the game.

“It popped out,” Lions coach Joe Jones said. “It’s the shoulder he got surgery on two summers ago...I can’t see him trying to play with that.”

Agho, who started the game hitting four of five shots, missed his next five attempts and did not score in the second half.

“Early in the second half, we thought we were right there, if we could string a couple stops together,” Columbia guard Kevin Bulger said. “We just weren’t able to do that, and that coupled with missing some really makeable shots [made a comeback] difficult.”

—Staff writer Timothy J. Walsh can be reached at twalsh@fas.harvard.edu.