2019-2020 Columbia Lions

2019-2020 Columbia Lions Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
33 Tai Bibbs Jr G 6-3 190 Feb 21, 1999 Chicago (IL) United States Community High School
1 Luke Bolster Jr G 6-0 175 Nov 6, 1998 New York (NY) United States Trinity School
13 Randy Brumant Jr F 6-7 220 Dec 3, 1998 Houston (TX) United States South Kent School
32 Maka Ellis So SG 6-5 190 Jan 30, 1999 Las Vegas (NV) United States Sierra Vista High School
4 Jack Forrest Fr G 6-5 208 Aug 15, 2000 Bala Cynwyd (PA) United States Lower Merion High School
20 Jake Killingsworth RS-Sr G 6-5 205 Jul 15, 1998 San Carlos (CA) United States Junipero Serra Catholic High School
25 Jake Klores Jr G 6-0 165 Dec 18, 1997 New York (NY) United States Riverdale Country School
2 Ben Milstein So G 5-10 168 May 18, 1999 Boca Raton (FL) United States Saint Andrew's School
22 Ike Nweke So F 6-7 245 May 15, 2000 Woodbine (MD) United States Georgetown Preparatory School
5 Emmanuel Onuama Fr F 6-8 220 Dec 24, 1999 Aguleri Nigeria Cardinal Newman High School
10 Asa Shannon Fr SG 6-6 185 Mar 1, 2001 Alexandria (VA) United States Episcopal School
12 Nnamdi Shockley-Okeke Fr SG 6-6 195 May 25, 2000 Norwalk (CT) United States Phillips Exeter Academy
21 Mike Smith Jr PG 5-11 185 Oct 13, 1997 Chicago (IL) United States Fenwick High School
50 Joseph Smoyer Jr C 6-11 240 Apr 5, 1998 Portland (OR) United States Franklin High School
15 Gabe Stefanini RS-Jr G 6-3 210 Jul 18, 1999 Bologna Italy Bergen Catholic High School
3 Patrick Tape RS-Sr PF 6-9 220 Jun 8, 1998 Matthews (NC) United States / Ivory Coast Queens Grant High School
14 Eddie Turner Fr G 6-2 179 Mar 18, 2000 Seattle (WA) United States St. Thomas More School

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

2019-2020 Columbia Lions Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Mike Smith All-Ivy Second Team
Jack Forrest Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Jan 20, 2020)

2019-2020 Columbia Lions Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Smith T. Bibbs J. Killingsworth R. Brumant I. Nweke
Rotation E. Turner L. Bolster J. Forrest    
Lim PT J. Klores M. Ellis   E. Onuama J. Smoyer
Lim PT G. Stefanini N. Shockley-Okeke   P. Tape  
Lim PT   A. Shannon      
Lim PT   B. Milstein      

2019-2020 Columbia Lions Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Mike Smith 30 37.8 22.8 4.1 4.5 1.5 0.0 3.0
Ike Nweke 27 22.6 9.6 5.3 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.3
Jack Forrest 27 25.5 8.9 3.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.1
Jake Killingsworth 30 33.5 7.4 5.4 1.6 0.8 0.2 1.1
Tai Bibbs 30 26.8 6.5 3.4 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.8
Randy Brumant 29 24.8 6.3 5.5 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.2
Maka Ellis 6 27.3 6.0 3.2 0.8 0.2 0.2 1.2
Asa Shannon 4 5.2 2.2 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.8
Eddie Turner 9 10.2 2.2 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.1 1.1
Joseph Smoyer 30 10.2 2.2 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.9 0.7
Nnamdi Shockley-Okeke 12 11.8 2.1 2.0 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.8
Luke Bolster 24 11.6 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.8
Emmanuel Onuama 13 6.2 0.8 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5
Jake Klores 10 2.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Ben Milstein 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

2019-2020 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)
Marlon Sears Associate Head Coach 2019-2020 Head Coach (Montclair State, 2015 to 2019)
Jared Czech Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Director of Basketball Operations (N.J.I.T., 2014 to 2015)
Justin Levine Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Video Coordinator (VCU, 2017 to 2019)
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