2016-17 Game Notes Schedule/Results Wednesday
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2016-17 GAME NOTES CELEBRATING 116 YEARS OF BASKETBALL 1968 IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS • 2016 CIT CHAMPIONS SCHEDULE/RESULTS HURRICANES 4-5 OVERALL 9-2 OVERALL DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT VS. Fri. Nov. 11 at Stony Brook W, 73-66 LIONS 0-0 IVY LEAGUE 0-0 ACC Mon. Nov. 14 at Saint Joseph’s L, 65-85 Mon. Nov. 21 at Quinnipiac W, 86-78 Wed. Nov. 23 ARMY WEST POINT L, 83-88 Sat. Nov. 26 COLGATE W, 81-78 (OT) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28 • 7 P.M. Tue. Nov. 29 HOFSTRA L, 86-88 WATSCO CENTER • CORAL GABLES, FLA. Thu. Dec. 1 at Seton Hall (FS1) L, 71-95 Fri. Dec. 9 at Navy L, 54-69 Sun. Dec. 11 MANHATTANVILLE W, 84-42 Wed. Dec. 28 at Miami (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Fri. Dec. 30 ALBANY 7 p.m. ACC Network Extra Play-by-Play: Lance Medow Mon. Jan. 2 at Maine 2 p.m. Play-by-Play: Ted Sarandis Analyst: Mike Jarvis II Sat. Jan. 7 HOWARD 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 14 at Cornell * 4 p.m. Sat. Jan. 21 CORNELL * (ESPN3) 7 p.m. STAT COMPARISON SERIES HISTORY Fri. Jan. 27 DARTMOUTH * 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 28 HARVARD * 7 p.m. COL MIAMI Overall ...........................................................1-2 Fri. Feb. 3 YALE * 7 p.m. 75.9 ..........................Scoring ........................74.2 Streak ..............................................Miami, W2 Sat. Feb. 4 BROWN * 7 p.m. 76.6 ..........................Defense.........................57.8 Last Five Meetings ..............Columbia, 1-2 Fri. Feb. 10 at Penn * (ESPN3) 7 p.m. .472 ...................FG Percentage ...................466 First Meeting .....Dec. 18, 1952 (W, 64-59) Sat. Feb. 11 at Princeton * 6 p.m. .445 ............. Opp. FG Percentage .............363 Fri. Feb. 17 at Harvard * 7 p.m. .379 ..............3-Pt. FG Percentage ..............359 Last Meeting....... Nov. 21, 2000 (L, 41-65) Sat. Feb. 18 at Dartmouth * 7 p.m. .352 ........Opp. 3-Pt. FG Percentage ........278 Last Columbia Road Win ...Dec. 18, 1952 Fri. Feb. 24 PRINCETON * 7 p.m. .742 ................... FT Percentage ...................751 Last Miami Home Win ........Nov. 21, 2000 Sat. Feb. 25 PENN * (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 34.6 ....................... Rebounds.......................40.7 Fri. Mar. 3 at Brown * 7 p.m. -1.6 ..................Rebound Margin ................+8.2 PREVIOUS MEETINGS Sat. Mar. 4 at Yale * 7 p.m. 16.3 ...........................Assists ..........................11.9 Nov. 21, 2000 .............A .....................L, 41-65 Mar. 11-12 Ivy League Tournament 13.7 ........................Turnovers .......................13.1 Philadelphia, Pa. (The Palestra) -1.9 ..................Turnover Margin .................-0.1 Dec. 29, 1995 .............A .....................L, 62-69 5.4 ...............................Steals ............................. 7.3 Dec. 18, 1952 .............A ................... W, 64-59 * - Ivy League contest 2.3 .............................. Blocks ............................ 4.2 All times Eastern Home Games at Levien Gymnasium PROJECTED STARTERS (3030 Broadway, New York, N.Y.) All dates/time subject to change FOLLOW THE LIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA COLUMBIA ATHLETICS COLUMBIA MEN’S BASKETBALL MIKE JAKE NATE CHRIS LUKE 12 SMITH 20KILLINGSWORTH 22HICKMAN 32McCOMBER 33PETRASEK @GOCOLUMBIALIONS Fr. • G • 5-11 • 196 Fr. • G • 6-5 • 198 Jr. • G • 6-4 • 180 Sr. • F • 6-8 • 248 Sr. • F • 6-10 • 230 @CULIONSMBB PPG 11.2 PPG 3.8 PPG 15.7 PPG 4.1 PPG 14.3 @GOCOLUMBIALIONS FG% .486 FG% .444 FG% .469 FG% .682 FG% .495 @CULIONSMBB 3FG% .476 3FG% .250 3FG% .415 FT% 5-10 3FG% .448 FT% .826 FT% 6-6 FT% .780 REB 1.3 REB 7.0 #COLUMBIAMBB | #ONLYHERE AST 3.1 REB 2.0 REB 2.6 BLK 0.9 1 2016-17 @CULIONSMBB | #COLUMBIAMBB QUICK FACTS THE STORYLINES IF I COULD BE LIKE MIKE First-year point guard Mike Smith netted a career-high 23 points, going 8-of-13 from GENERAL COLUMBIA’S STATUS the floor at Seton Hall on Dec. 1. Smith has The Lions return to action after a 17-day layoff Location ..............................................New York, NY 10027 started every game for the Lions and played due to final exams and the holidays. Columbia Founded ............................................................................... 1754 a key role in Columbia’s opening night win. snapped a three-game slide with a convincing He netted 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting Enrolllment ........................................................................ 7,934 84-42 triumph over Manhattanville on Dec. and drilled a key 3-pointer with the shot President ...................................................... Lee C. Bollinger 11. clock winding down and drew a charge on Athletics Director .............................................Peter Pilling the ensuing possesion to help seal the Lions’ ABOUT MIAMI Colors .......................................Columbia Blue and White victory. • The Hurricanes come into Wednesday’s Nickname ............................................................................Lions matchup winners of five straight after a 72-64 LUKE SKYWALKER Affiliation ......................................................NCAA Division I win over George Washington on Dec. 22. Senior forward Luke Petrasek is off to a fine • Miami is led by Ja’Quan Newton, who is Conference ............................................................Ivy League start as well, averaging 14.3 points and 7.0 posting 14.7 points per game. Kamari Murphy Home Court ......................Levien Gymnasium (2,700) rebounds, which puts him second in the Ivy is pulling down 8.0 rebounds per contest. League. Petrasek netted a career-high 27 Press Row .........................................................212-854-1185 • This will be the second Ivy League foe for points against Hofstra on Nov. 29 and is the Miami after topping Penn, 74-62, on Nov. 19. team’s leading returning scorer after posting 10.2 points on 44.2-percent shooting from PROGRAM HISTORY SERIES HISTORY downtown in 2015-16. First Season ..................................................1900-01 (2,529) Columbia and Miami will face off for just All-Time Record ....................................1,268-1,262 (.501) the fourth time Wednesday. The Lions won BREAKING TRENDS the first meeting, 64-59, in the 1952-53 All-Time Ivy League Record ................. 322-474 (.405) Columbia’s first two victories this season season and did not meet again until a 69-62 Ivy League Championships ...............................1 (1968) held a little extra meaning. The Lions topped Hurricane victory in December 1995. Miami NCAA Tournament Appearances ..3 (1948, 1951, 1968) Quinnipiac for the first time in four tries on also claimed a 65-41 win in the last meeting NCAA Tournament Record ........................................... 2-4 Nov. 21 and beacme the first non-conference in Coral Gables in November 2000. opponent to beat Stony Brook at Island Federal Credit Union Arena in three seasons. COLUMBIA VS. THE ACC 2015-16 INFORMATION The Lions are 10-27 against teams currently COBY SYSTEM Record ..................................................................................25-10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Columbia’s Senior Jeff Coby made a strong return to the last victory against an ACC foe came on Ivy League Record/Finish ..................................10-4/3rd lineup at Quinnipiac after missing the first Dec. 27, 1969 against Wake Forest, 101- two games due to injury. Coby netted 12 Postseason ................CollegeInsider.com Tournament Champions 78, in Philadelphia during the Quaker City points, five rebounds and tied a career-high Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................................14/5 Tournament. The Lions’ most common foe is with three blocked shots against the Bobcats. Starters Returning/Lost ...................................................1/4 Syracuse, who they are 3-10 against. Columbia has not faced an ACC team since December A NIGHT OF FIRSTS Newcomers .................................................................................4 2008 when they took on Virginia Tech at the In addition to Smith making his collegiate Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival. debut against the Seawolves, fellow rookie guard Jake Killingsworth and junior Nate COACHING STAFF ON THE OFFENSIVE Hickman made their first career starts. Through the first quarter of the season, Head Coach .........................Jim Engles (Dickinson ’90) Additionally, sophomore Rodney Hunter saw Columbia leads the Ivy League in field goal Record at Columbia/Years ............... 4-5/First Season his first action for Columbia and netted six percentage (.472) and ranks second in points points on 3-of-3 shooting. Career Record .......................... 115-144/Eight Seasons per game (77.9) and 3-point percentage Assistant Coaches ...............Jesse Agel (Vermont ’84) (.379). LET’S GET IT STARTED ................................................Jean Bain (Northeastern ’02) Columbia improved to 78-38 all-time in SLICK HICK ......................................Jared Czech (Manhattanville ’13) season openers after posting a 73-66 victory Junior Nate Hickman has emerged as the Ivy Director of Basketball Ops ........Jonathan Safir (Vassar ’15) at Stony Brook on Nov. 11. League’s fourth leading scorer, averaging 15.7 Graduate Manager ......Daniel Sokolovsky (Hunter ’15) points while shooting 46.1 percent from the ENGLES ERA Athletic Trainer ................Ajaya Williams (Hofstra ’04) floor and 41.5 percent from downtown. After Head coach Jim Engles became the first averaging just 3.8 points as a sophomore, Strength & Conditioning Coach.....Tommy Sheehan (Rochester ’90) Lions coach to win his Columbia debut he has scored 20 or more points in