2018-2019 Columbia Lions

2018-2019 Columbia Lions Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
10 Quinton Adlesh Jr SG 6-1 195 Oct 2, 1996 San Luis Obispo (CA) United States Mission College Prep High School
21 Peter Barba Sr SG 6-5 198 May 16, 1996 Chagrin Falls (OH) United States Western Reserve Academy
33 Tai Bibbs So G 6-3 190 Feb 21, 1999 Chicago (IL) United States Community High School
1 Luke Bolster So G 6-0 175 Nov 6, 1998 New York (NY) United States Trinity School
13 Randy Brumant So F 6-7 220 Dec 3, 1998 Houston (TX) United States South Kent School
5 C.J. Davis Sr G 6-2 205 Jan 23, 1996 Far Rockaway (NY) United States The Peddie School
32 Maka Ellis Fr SG 6-5 190 Jan 30, 1999 Las Vegas (NV) United States Sierra Vista High School
4 Rodney Hunter IV RS-Sr SG 6-5 205 Jun 8, 1997 Cape Coral (FL) United States Mariner High School
20 Jake Killingsworth Jr G 6-5 205 Jul 15, 1998 San Carlos (CA) United States Junipero Serra Catholic High School
25 Jake Klores So G 6-0 165 Dec 18, 1997 New York (NY) United States Riverdale Country School
2 Ben Milstein Fr G 5-10 168 May 18, 1999 Boca Raton (FL) United States Saint Andrew's School
24 Ike Nweke Fr F 6-7 245 May 15, 2000 Woodbine (MD) United States Georgetown Preparatory School
12 Mike Smith RS-Jr PG 5-11 185 Oct 13, 1997 Chicago (IL) United States Fenwick High School
15 Gabe Stefanini So G 6-3 210 Jul 18, 1999 Bologna Italy Bergen Catholic High School
3 Patrick Tape Jr PF 6-9 220 Jun 8, 1998 Matthews (NC) United States / Ivory Coast Queens Grant High School

Columbia Transfers Sitting Out 2018-2019

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
50 Joseph Smoyer Jr C 6-11 240 Apr 5, 1998 Portland (OR) United States Portland

Recent Columbia Lions History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 13-14 (4-10) 6th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2022-2023 7-22 (2-12) 8th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2021-2022 4-22 (1-13) 8th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2019-2020 6-24 (1-13) 8th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2018-2019 10-18 (5-9) 7th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2017-2018 8-19 (5-9) 5th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2016-2017 11-16 (5-9) 5th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2015-2016 25-10 (10-4) 3rd (Ivy) N/A CIT Champion
2014-2015 13-15 (5-9) 5th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2013-2014 21-13 (8-6) 3rd (Ivy) N/A CIT 3rd Rnd
2012-2013 12-16 (4-10) 8th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2011-2012 15-15 (4-10) 6th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2010-2011 16-13 (6-8) 5th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2009-2010 11-17 (5-9) 5th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2008-2009 12-16 (7-7) 4th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2007-2008 14-15 (7-7) 4th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2006-2007 16-12 (7-7) 4th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2005-2006 11-16 (4-10) 7th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2004-2005 12-15 (3-11) 8th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2003-2004 9-17 (6-8) 5th (Ivy) N/A N/A
2002-2003 2-25 8th (Ivy) N/A N/A

2018-2019 Columbia Lions Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Gabe Stefanini All-Ivy Second Team
Patrick Tape All-Ivy Honorable Mention
Gabe Stefanini Ivy League Player of the Week (Jan 28, 2019)
Patrick Tape Ivy League Player of the Week (Mar 4, 2019)
Maka Ellis Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Jan 21, 2019)
Ike Nweke Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Nov 12, 2018)

2018-2019 Columbia Lions Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Q. Adlesh G. Stefanini J. Killingsworth R. Brumant P. Tape
Rotation   M. Ellis     I. Nweke
Rotation   T. Bibbs      
Rotation   P. Barba      
Lim PT C. Davis R. Hunter IV     J. Smoyer
Lim PT B. Milstein L. Bolster      
Lim PT M. Smith        

2018-2019 Columbia Lions Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Mike Smith 8 31.8 15.8 2.5 5.0 2.2 0.0 2.2
Gabe Stefanini 28 31.9 13.8 5.3 4.1 1.5 0.1 3.0
Quinton Adlesh 28 31.4 13.5 2.6 2.5 1.6 0.0 2.0
Patrick Tape 27 22.7 11.3 5.9 1.4 1.0 1.3 2.0
Randy Brumant 28 21.2 6.2 4.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9
Jake Killingsworth 28 24.9 6.1 3.2 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.5
Maka Ellis 25 16.5 5.6 2.2 1.0 0.5 0.0 1.0
Ike Nweke 28 13.1 5.3 3.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.0
Luke Bolster 2 13.0 4.5 0.5 1.5 1.0 0.0 1.5
Tai Bibbs 28 14.8 3.6 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.7
Peter Barba 26 13.5 2.8 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.3
Rodney Hunter IV 13 14.8 1.9 2.8 1.2 0.3 0.5 0.8
C.J. Davis 13 6.7 1.8 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.8
Ben Milstein 4 4.8 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2

2018-2019 Columbia Lions Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Jim Engles Head Coach 2016-2017 Head Coach (N.J.I.T., 2008 to 2016)
Jared Czech Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Director of Basketball Operations (N.J.I.T., 2014 to 2015)
Kenny Blakeney Assistant Coach 2018-2019 N/A
Jesse Agel Assistant to the Head Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Columbia, 2016 to 2018)
Peter Pilling Athletic Director 2015-2016 N/A
Tommy Sheehan Director of Sports Performance 2014-2015 N/A
Greg Hotchkiss Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2016-2017 Associate Athletic Director of Communications (Texas Tech, 2015 to 2016)
Jim Gossett Head Athletic Trainer 1984-1985 N/A