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DECEMBER 30 | AT NORTHWESTERN #COLUMBIAMBB • #ONLYHERE SCHEDULE/RESULTS WILDCATS Date Opponent TV Time 3-8 0-0 8-4 0-2 NOVEMBER OVERALL IVY LEAGUE OVERALL BIG TEN 10 at Marist ESPN3 L, 76-82 LIONS 16 vs. Youngstown State ! L, 83-94 17 vs. Florida International ! L, 87-98 18 at Fordham ! ESPN+ L, 69-70 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30 • 5 P.M. 25 ST. JOSEPH’S (BKLN) ESPN+ W, 85-38 EVANSTON, ILL. • WELSH-RYAN ARENA DECEMBER 2 DELAWARE ESPN+ L, 86-87 (2OT) SiriusXM (Internet 964) 5 COLGATE ESPN+ L, 62-64 7 BRYANT ESPN+ W, 90-68 9 vs. Iona @ FS1 W, 74-71 12 at Boston College ACCN L, 73-82 PROJECTED STARTERS 22 at Rutgers BTN+ L, 65-68 (OT) 30 at Northwestern BTN+ 5 p.m. JANUARY 2 at Binghamton 7 p.m. 12 ELMIRA COLLEGE ESPN+ 2 p.m. 19 at Cornell * ESPN+ 4 p.m. 26 CORNELL * SNY 7 p.m. 3 PATRICK 13 RANDY 15 GABE 20 JAKE 33 TAI FEBRUARY TAPÉ BRUMANT STEFANINI KILLINGSWORTH BIBBS 1 PRINCETON * ESPN+ 7 p.m. JR. • F • 6-10 • 230 SO. • F • 6-7 • 200 SO. • G • 6-3 • 200 JR. • F • 6-5 • 200 SO. • G • 6-3 • 173 2 PENN * ESPN+ 8 p.m. 9.0 PPG | 64.9% FG 7.2 PPG | 7.3 RPG 13.9 PPG | 52.1% 3FG 7.7 PPG | 4.1 RPG 2.0 PPG | 1.5 RPG 8 at Harvard * ESPN+ 7 p.m. 3.9 RPG 53.2% FG | 1.0 BPG 4.0 APG | 4.0 RPG 46.8% 3FG 9 at Dartmouth * ESPN+ 7 p.m. 15 YALE * SNY 7 p.m. 16 BROWN * ESPN+ 7 p.m. OPENING TIP-OFF 22 at Penn * ESPN+ 8 p.m. • Columbia will play its second straight games against Big Ten opponent, after 23 at Princeton * ESPN+ 8 p.m. being edged at Rutgers, 68-65, in overtime on Dec. 22. MARCH 1 at Brown * ESPNU 5 p.m. • The Lions led by as many as 15 points in the first half, but the Scarlet Knights came 2 at Yale * ESPN+ 7 p.m. up with big second-chance points and got to the foul line to earn a comeback win. 8 DARTMOUTH * SNY 7 p.m. 9 HARVARD * ESPN+ 7 p.m. • Columbia ranks in the top-25 nationally in two team statistical categories. The 16-17 Ivy League Tournament TBD Lions are dishing out 18.2 assists and are knocking down 10.1 3-point field goals New Haven, Conn. ESPNU/2 per game, which rank No. 14 and 21, respectively. Columbia also checks in at No. 33 in assist/turnover ratio (1.4). All times EST * - Ivy League game Home Games BOLD ! - Johnny Bach Classic at Fordham @ - MSG Holiday Festival NEWS/NOTES NORTHWESTERN'S STATUS FOLLOW THE LIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA The Wildcats are coming off a 76-69 overtime defeat to Oklahoma on Dec. 21. Vic Law leads Northwestern, averaging 18.8 points on 40.0 percent shooting from COLUMBIA ATHLETICS beyond the arc to go with 6.6 rebounds per game. Dererk Pardon is grabbing a /CULIONSMBB team-high 8.7 rebounds and is shooting 63.4 percent from the field en route to 14.0 points per contest. @GOCOLUMBIALIONS @CULIONSMBB @GOCOLUMBIALIONS @CULIONSMBB 1 2018-19 COLUMBIA MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. School Hometown/High School 1 Luke Bolster G 6-0 170 So. CC New York, N.Y./Trinity School 2 Ben Milstein G 5-10 165 Fr. CC Boca Raton, Fla./Saint Andrews School 3 Patrick Tapé F 6-10 230 Jr. CC Charlotte, N.C./Queens Grant 4 Rodney Hunter G/F 6-5 200 Sr. CC Cape Coral, Fla./Mariner 5 CJ Davis G 6-2 205 Sr. CC Far Rockaway, N.Y./The Peddie School/Archbishop Molloy 10 Quinton Adlesh G 6-0 195 Sr. CC Arroyo Grande, Calif./Mission College Prep 12 Peter Barba G 6-5 192 Sr. CC Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy 13 Randy Brumant F 6-7 200 So. CC Houston, Texas/St. Thomas/Kent School (Conn.) 15 Gabe Stefanini G 6-3 200 So. CC Bologna, Italy/Bergen Catholic (N.J.) 20 Jake Killingsworth G 6-5 205 Jr. CC San Carlos, Calif./Junipero Serra 21 Mike Smith G 5-11 180 Jr. CC Burr Ridge, Ill./Fenwick 22 Ike Nweke F 6-7 240 Fr. CC Woodbine, Md./Georgetown Prep 25 Jake Klores G 6-0 165 So. CC New York, N.Y./Riverdale Country School 32 Maka Ellis G 6-5 180 Fr. CC Las Vegas, Nev./Sierra Vista 33 Tai Bibbs G 6-3 173 So. CC Chicago, Ill./West Chicago 50 Joseph Smoyer * F/C 6-11 225 Jr. CC Portland, Ore./Franklin/Portland * - Sitting out 2018-19 season due to NCAA transfer rules HEAD COACH: Jim Engles (Dickinson '90 - Third Season) ASSISTANT COACHES: Kenny Blakeney (Duke '95), Jared Czech (Manhattanville '13), Steve Ongley (Southern Conn.St. ’12) ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH: Jesse Agel (Vermont '84) GRADUATE MANAGERS: Jake Brown, Timmy Quinlan PRONUNCIATION GUIDE INSIDE THE SERIES SHARING IS CARING Columbia is 1-2 all-time against Columbia has averaged 19.6 assists per Ben Milstein – Mil-Steen Northwestern. The teams last met on game over its last seven contests and Patrick Tapé – Tuh-pay November 20, 2015 with the Wildcats rank second in the Ivy League, averaging Randy Brumant – BROO-mahnt claiming an 83-80 overtime win. 18.2 per contest for the year, which also Gabe Stefanini – Stef-uh-NEE-NEE Columbia led by as many as 12, but did not puts them 14th in the NCAA. Ike Nweke – Nuh-WEEK-aye record a field goal over the final moments Maka Ellis – MAH-kuh of regulation or overtime as Northwestern FROM DOWNTOWN rallied for the win. The Lions knocked down a team record Kenny Blakeney – BLAKE-nee 17 3-pointers in its win over St. Joseph's Jesse Agel - Aye-gul COLUMBIA VS. THE BIG 10 (Brooklyn) on Nov. 25. Columbia is took Jared Czech - Check The Lions are 30-36 all-time against advantage of the friendly confines of teams currently in the Big 10. Columbia's Levien Gym during its four-game home most common opponent is Rutgers and stand, knocking down 53-of-124 (42.8 #IVYMADNESS its last win against a Big Ten foe was an percent) from beyond the arc and is The Ivy League men’s 85-75 win at the RAC on Dec. 2, 1976. knocking down 10.1 treys per game (21st and women’s basketball The Lions' last victory over a traditional in the NCAA) after leading the conference tournaments will be held at Big 10 foe came on Dec. 3, 1969 against in 2017-18 with an average of 10.0 per John J. Lee Amphitheater Northwestern, 83-68. contest last season. on the campus of Yale, March 16-17, 2019. The INJURY UPDATE KLEPTOMANIACS top four teams will earn berths to Junior guard Mike Smith underwent Defensively, the Lions have had active the tournament, with the semifinals surgery to repair a torn meniscus on hands and lead the Ivy League averaging on Saturday and the championships Dec. 12 and will miss the remainder of 8.2 steals per contest and in the top-50 on Sunday. All six games will be the season. Smith suffered the injury in nationally. broadcast live on ESPN’s networks. the first half of the Lions' contest against For tickets and more information Bryant on Dec. 7. He will remain enrolled please visit IvyMadness.com. at Columbia during the 2019 spring semester. #COLUMBIAMBB #ONLYHERE 2 QUICK FACTS STAT COMPARISON GENERAL Location ................................ New York, NY 10027 77.3 ..........................................................Scoring .......................................................... 73.4 Founded ............................................................ 1754 74.7 ......................................................... Defense .......................................................... 62.3 Enrolllment ......................................................7,934 .455 ..................................................FG Percentage .....................................................443 President ....................................... Lee C. Bollinger .441 .............................................. Opp. FG Percentage ..................................................418 Athletics Director ...............................Peter Pilling .371 ..............................................3-Pt. FG Percentage ............................................... .339 Colors ............................Columbia Blue and White .359 ........................................Opp. 3-Pt. FG Percentage ...........................................280 Nickname .........................................................Lions .732 ................................................... FT Percentage ...................................................... .719 Affiliation ....................................... NCAA Division I 36.4 .......................................................Rebounds .........................................................34.8 Conference ............................................Ivy League +0.1 ..................................................Rebound Margin ................................................... +2.3 18.2 .......................................................... Assists ..............................................................16.1 Home Court ..............Levien Gymnasium (2,700) 12.9 ........................................................Turnovers ..........................................................12.2 Press Row ........................................ 212-854-1185 +2.1 ..................................................Turnover Margin ................................................... +2.4 8.2 ............................................................. Steals ................................................................5.9 PROGRAM HISTORY 2.2 .............................................................Blocks ...............................................................4.9 First Season....................1900-01 (2,586 Games) All-Time Record ......................1,286-1,300 (.498) STEFANINI MAGNIFICO MEN IN THE MIDDLE All-Time Ivy League Record .......332-492 (.403) Since the Mike Smith injury, Gabe Stefanini Columbia is receiving solid production Ivy League Championships ......................1 (1968) has averaged 8.0 assists per game, from all three players that have played including dishing