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2011-12COLUMBIAMEN’SBASKETBALL Columbia (9-5) vs. Colgate (5-8) • January 4, 2012 • gocolumbialions.com 2011-12 COLUMBIA LIONS Head coach: Kyle Smith, second season NEWS AND NOTES November 11 at Connecticut L, 70-57 THE BREAKDOWN 14 FURMAN L, 62-58 Live Audio.......gocolumbialions.com 19 AMERICAN L, 66-58 22 at Stony Brook L, 67-53 26 at Manhattan W, 59-41 COLUMBIA HITS THE ROAD to face colgate 28 SWARTHMORE W, 104-42 Continuing a busy week, the Lions will face Colgate in their fourth game in seven days. Columbia has won nine of its last 10 games, returning from a December 67-52 home win vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on Monday, January 2. Meiko Lyles 2 at Loyola Marymount W, 69-61 scored a career-high 25 points as the Lions held a 31-17 halftime lead and 3 vs. North Texas W, 72-57 cruised in the second half to capture the victory. 4 vs. La Sierra W, 78-56 6 HOLY CROSS W, 46-45 BALL DON’T lye Sophomore guard Meiko Lyles had a career game in the Lions’ last outing 10 LONG ISLAND W, 63-53 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson. In the game, Lyles had a career-high 25 points and 28 at Marist L, 79-59 grabbed five rebounds. He made seven of 14 shots from the field, including 30 LAFAYETTE W, 77-67 three three-pointers for the second straight game. Lyles also converted eight of 11 free throws. January 2 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W, 67-52 LIFE BEGINS AT 60 4 at Colgate 7 p.m. The number 60 has been a significant one during Columbia’s 2011-12 8 at Elon 2 p.m. season. The Lions are 7-0 when holding opponents under 60 points and 13 PENN* 7 p.m. have a 7-0 record when scoring 60 points or more. 14 PRINCETON* 7 p.m. 21 CORNELL* 7 p.m. THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS 28 at Cornell 7 p.m. Columbia’s defense has been its calling card early this season. Columbia’s opponents are averaging 58.4 points per game and are shooting 39 per- cent from the field. In the Lions’ last game vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, Colum- February bia held the Knights to just 17 first-half points and 37 percent shooting in 3 at Dartmouth* 7 p.m. the contest. 4 at Harvard* 7 p.m. 10 BROWN* 7 p.m. THE HISTORY NOTE - COLGATE 11 YALE* 7 p.m. Columbia leads the all-time series with Colgate 13-9 after a 76-63 Lion vic- 17 at Princeton* 7 p.m. tory at Levien Gymnasium last season. Prior to that game, the two teams 18 at Penn* 7 p.m. had not played since the 1998-99 season. Columbia last defeated Colgate 24 at Yale* 7 p.m. on the road in 1975. 25 at Brown* 6 p.m. Last Game’s Starters PATRIOTIC AROUND THE Pos. No. Name Cl. Ht. Wt. 2011-12 Statistics G 10 Brian Barbour Jr. 6-1 175 14.1 ppg, 3.4 apg March HOLIDAYS The Lions will face their fourth G 22 Meiko Lyles So. 6-3 190 10.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg 2 HARVARD* 7 p.m. Patriot League opponent this F 13 Alex Rosenberg Fr. 6-7 190 6.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg F 15 John Daniels Jr. 6-8 220 4.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg 3 DARTMOUTH* 7 p.m. season in Colgate. Columbia C 55 Mark Cisco Jr. 6-9 245 8.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg has defeated Holy Cross and *Ivy League game Lafayette at home and has lost to American at home. Columbia Off the Bench All Times Eastern Pos. No. Name Cl. Ht. Wt. 2011-12 Statistics is 8-3 against members of the G 12 Steve Egee Sr. 6-2 180 4.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg Home games in BOLD CAPS Patriot League over the last G 20 Chris Crockett Sr. 5-10 190 5.4 ppg, 1.4 apg played at Levien Gymnasium three seasons. G 21 Noah Springwater Fr. 6-3 175 3.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg C 23 Cory Osetkowski Fr. 6-10 265 2.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg All games can be heard live on G 24 Van Green So. 6-3 185 3.0 ppg, 0.8 rpg gocolumbialions.com F 30 Blaise Staab Sr. 6-5 215 4.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg GENERAL QUICK FACTS BRIAN BARBOUR A candidate FOR COUSY award Location .......................................................New York, N.Y. 10027 Columbia junior Brian Barbour was selected as one of 65 candidates for the 2012 Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard Founded .................................................................................1754 of the Year Award. The annual honor, named for Hall of Enrollment .............................................................................5,708 Famer and former Boston Celtic Bob Cousy, recognizes the President ..............................................................Lee C. Bollinger top point guards in college basketball. After an All-Ivy League Director of Athletics......................................Dr. M. Dianne Murphy honorable mention season as a sophomore, Barbour has Colors ....................................................Columbia Blue and White raised his game in his junior season. Through 14 games in Nickname...............................................................................Lions the 2011-12 campaign, Barbour leads Columbia in scoring Affiliation ............................................................... NCAA Division I (14.1 ppg), assists (3.4 apg) and steals (1.1 spg). Barbour Conference ...................................................................Ivy League also shoots 88.3 percent from the free throw line, one of the Home Court ........................................ Levien Gymnasium (2,700) top marks in the country. COACHING STAFF YOU’RE ON THE MARK, CISCO Head Coach..................Kyle Smith (Hamilton '92)/second season Over his last six games, junior center Mark Cisco is averaging 10.9 points and 7.6 rebounds. Cisco has scored in double Record at Columbia .............................................................. 15-13 figures in four of his last six games and pulled down at least Career Record .......................................................................same five rebounds in each of the last nine games. Associate Head Coach ...Carlin Hartman (Tulane ‘94)/second season Assistant Coach..... Koby Altman (Middlebury ‘04)/second season GO, JOHNNY, GO Assistant Coach.... Mike Magpayo (UC Santa Barbara ’01)/second season Junior forward John Daniels has provided a big lift recently Basketball Phone/Fax...................................(212) 854-3419/7088 in Columbia’s frontcourt. In Columbia’s 77-67 win over Athletic Trainer................................... Ajaya Williams (Hofstra '04) Lafayette on December 30, Daniels made all three of Strength & Conditioning............. Tommy Sheehan (Rochester '90) his shots from the field, scoring seven points with eight rebounds. Daniels has also dished out three assists in each BASKETBALL PROGRAM of the last two games. First Season .............................................. 1900-01 (2338 games) All-Time Record .................................1178-1188, .498 (109 years) THE BLOOM IS ON ROSENBERG Rookie Alex Rosenberg has had a strong start to his first Best Ivy League Record .........................................13-2 (1967-68) collegiate campaign. Named Ivy League Rookie of the Ivy League Championships .........................................1 (1967-68) Week on November 28, Rosenberg had a strong game in Undefeated Seasons ............................................................. three Columbia’s 67-52 win over Fairleigh Dickinson. In the game, ...........................(1903-04 - 14-0, 1904-05 - 13-0, 1909-10 - 11-0) he scored nine points and grabbed six rebounds. Most Wins ........................................................23 (1967-68 - 23-5) CROCKETT ROCKS IT SPORTS INFORMATION/MEDIA RELATIONS Senior guard Chris Crockett has provided instant offense off Contact .....................................................................Pete McHugh the Columbia bench early this season. In the win against McHugh’s Email ...................................... [email protected] North Texas on Dec. 3, Crockett scored a career-high 12 McHugh’s Phone ...................................................(212) 854-7064 points on four three-pointers. A day later vs. La Sierra, Office Phone/Fax ..........................................(212) 854-2534/8168 Crockett matched his career best with four assists and Press Row ............................................................. (212) 854-1165 added eight points. Website ..........................gocolumbialions.com/mensbasketball BLAISE OF glory Senior forward Blaise Staab gave Columbia a lift in the 77- 2010-11 LIONS 67 win vs. Lafayette on December 30. Staab made a num- 2010-11 Record ..........................15-13, 6-8 Ivy League (tied, fifth) ber of acrobatic plays for Columbia and finished with seven Starters Returning/Lost..............................................................4/1 points and four rebounds in the winning effort. Letterwinners Returning/Lost...................................................12/4 Newcomers...................................................................................7 NOAH’S ARC Rookie Noah Springwater has seen increased court time in recent games and stepped up in Columbia’s 77-67 win vs. Lafayette. In that game, Springwater scored eight points in the first half, hitting two of three shots from beyond the arc. SCRAMBLED EGEE Senior Steve Egee has given Columbia a boost off the bench in recent games. Against LIU on December 10, Egee hit a pair of second-half three-pointers that helped Columbia gain separation from the Blackbirds and pull away for the win. OSETKOWSKI’S BLOCK PARTY SEVENTH HEAVEN Rookie center Cory Osetkowski leads Columbia with 12 Columbia’s seven-game win streak was its longest since the blocked shots this season. Osetkowski also has handed out 1981-82 campaign, when the Lions ripped off eight straight eight assists from the post with just five turnovers. wins. Here is a snapshot of Columbia’s longest win streaks since the formation of the current Ivy League at the begin- LIONS CONTROLLING THE GLASS ning of the 1956-57 season: In 10 of its first 14 games, Columbia has totaled more rebounds than its opponents. Against Fairleigh Dickinson, Season Win Streak the Lions outrebounded the Knights 35-33 but FDU got the 1967-68 16 games better of the offensive glass, by a 12-10 margin. 1969-70 10 games 1968-69 8 games 1977-78 8 games CISCO AMONG TOP OFFENSIVE REBOUNDERS 1981-82 8 games Junior Mark Cisco ranks among the top ten all-time at 2011-12 7 games Columbia in career offensive rebounds.