COLUMBIA
Record: 1-7
Last Game: L, 89-87, vs. Quinnipiac 12/4
Last Meeting: Columbia 73, Stony Brook 66 on 11/11/16. Roland Nyama team-high 16.
Listen/Watch:TV: SNY or
http://www.ivyleaguenetwork.com/ivyleague/game/ncaa-mens-basketball-stony-brook-at-columbia-on-12072017?_ga=2.88045456.941474714.1512417094-1893366917.1512417094Columbia radio:
http://www.gocolumbialions.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?SPSID=43665&SPID=3886&DB_LANG=C&db_oem_id=9600Stony Brook radio:
http://www.whli.com/listen-live.aspxNotables:5-11/180 so G Mike Smith 18.0 ppg, 3.1 apg, 1.4 spg, .806 FT%
6-8/225 jr F Lukas Meisner 12.9 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 3.0 apg, .549 FG%, .462 3-pt FG%
6-0/195 so G Quinton Adlesh 11.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.0 spg, .435 3-pt FG%
6-4/180 sr G Nate Hickman 9.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg
6-10/220 so F Patrick Tapé 5.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg, .556 FG%
Never mind the record. This should be another very good test for us. We have to prove that we're capable of winning these kinds of games away from home. It doesn't feel like there will be any gimmies this conference season, even going up to Maine, Hartford, Binghamton, etc.
We know a lot of these guys already, with Smith and Hickman starting every game last season, and Adlesh and Meisner all playing major minutes off the bench. Senior Kyle Castlin, who missed all of last season with toe injury, played just one game before succumbing to another injury (can't find the details on it). Anyway, Columbia has a nice young nucleus and should be in the mix in the Ivy despite the departure of East Northport's Luke Petrasek, who was such a force for them and now plays for Greensboro in the G League. CU was picked fifth in the preseason poll.
In terms of results, they're due to have the ball bounce their way. They've lost six straight, but if there's such things are quality losses, they have a few of them – UConn in overtime, a four-point loss at Albany, a two-point loss to Quinnipiac in their home opener yesterday, and they hung around with Villanova and Penn State for a half.
It's going to be a tough test for our backcourt, particularly with Smith, who can fill it up in a hurry and should be in contention for all-Ivy honors at year's end. He dropped 27 on UA and they nearly pulled the thing out. Adlesh is almost purely a shooter – 46 of his 73 attempts have been from deep – but both he and Meisner in particular shoot it at a good clip.
Like us, free throws are an Achilles heel, not only in that they shoot them poorly, but they rarely get there. They average just 14 attempts a game, whereas we're up close to 20. What do you say we finally make some?!?
Yeboah has to stay out of foul trouble. He barely played last night, and sat almost the whole first half against Bucknell. We're a much better team with him on the floor.