Columbia Lions vs. Yale Bulldogs

Jan 19, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
COLU	35	39	74
YALE	44	47	91

Game Recap

Townsend's 25 lead Yale past Columbia 91-74. Nick Townsend scored 25 points to help Yale defeat Columbia 91-74 on Monday.

Player Stats

COLUMBIA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
14Mason Ritter	21	3-5	0-0	6-6	3	0	2	0	0	3	12
12Ryan Soulis	26	5-7	0-1	1-2	2	1	0	0	3	3	11
3Blair Thompson	36	3-7	1-5	2-4	4	1	1	3	2	2	9
4Gerard O'Keefe	28	1-6	0-3	6-7	3	0	0	0	1	0	8
2Kenny Noland	33	5-13	1-6	2-2	3	2	0	0	0	1	13
10Connor Igoe	20	3-5	1-2	4-4	4	2	0	0	3	4	11
6Leland Coleman	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
22Richard Nweke	13	3-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	2	1	2	6
7Hampton Sanders	19	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2





TOTAL	-	25-4951.0%	3-1717.6%	21-2584.0%	25	7	4	5	12	15	74

YALE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Isaac Celiscar	28	3-7	1-2	1-1	5	6	0	0	1	3	8
42Nick Townsend	33	6-12	4-6	9-10	8	3	2	0	4	2	25
10Samson Aletan	29	8-11	0-0	2-2	7	2	1	1	0	3	18
11Trevor Mullin	26	1-5	1-4	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	1	3
14Casey Simmons	23	5-7	1-2	1-2	0	0	1	0	1	2	12
12Daniel Ogunyemi	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7Jack Sullivan	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9Riley Fox	19	2-7	2-6	4-4	4	0	0	0	1	2	10
4Alvin Loving	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1Jacob Tsai	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Courtney Wallace	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
3Jordan Brathwaite	15	2-5	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5
22Jeannot Basima	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
44Devon Arlington	15	2-4	1-1	0-0	1	5	1	0	0	2	5
TOTAL	-	31-6150.8%	12-2450.0%	17-1989.5%	29	20	5	2	8	17	91

Play-by-Play

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1st halfCOLUYALE

(20:00) Start game.
(19:57) Jump Ball won by Columbia.
(19:57) Jump Ball lost by Yale.
+2 (19:42) Blair Thompson makes 9-foot floating jump shot.
20
(19:28) Nick Townsend bad pass turnover.
(19:28) Mason Ritter Steal.
(19:10) Ryan Soulis misses 9-foot jumper.
(19:07) Mason Ritter Offensive Rebound.
(19:03) Blair Thompson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:03) Yale Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:52) Nick Townsend makes driving layup.
22
(18:38) Kenny Noland misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(18:34) Isaac Celiscar Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:27) Samson Aletan makes 15-foot jumper (Trevor Mullin assists).
24
(18:01) Foul on Trevor Mullin.
+1 (18:01) Kenny Noland makes free throw 1 of 2.
34
+1 (18:01) Kenny Noland makes free throw 2 of 2.
44
(17:36) Nick Townsend misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(17:32) Kenny Noland Defensive Rebound.
(17:29) Blair Thompson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:24) Ryan Soulis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:24) Ryan Soulis makes 0-foot tip in layup.
64
(16:58) Samson Aletan misses 8-foot jumper.
(16:54) Samson Aletan Offensive Rebound.
(16:53) Trevor Mullin misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:50) Gerard O'Keefe Defensive Rebound.
(16:37) Ryan Soulis misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:31) Isaac Celiscar Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:25) Samson Aletan makes driving layup.
66
(15:46) Mason Ritter misses 10-foot step back jumpshot.
(15:44) Trevor Mullin Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:33) Isaac Celiscar makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nick Townsend assists).
69
+2 (15:07) Ryan Soulis makes 6-foot hook shot.
89
(14:52) Foul on Casey Simmons.
(14:52) Casey Simmons turnover.
(14:33) Ryan Soulis traveling turnover.
(14:20) Riley Fox misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(14:20) Blair Thompson Block.
(14:14) Nick Townsend bad pass turnover.
(14:12) Jordan Brathwaite Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:00) Hampton Sanders makes driving layup.
109
(13:40) Jordan Brathwaite misses driving layup.
(13:34) Samson Aletan Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:34) Samson Aletan makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1011
(13:29) Foul on Ryan Soulis.
(13:29) Ryan Soulis turnover.
(13:20) Riley Fox misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:17) Richard Nweke Defensive Rebound.
(13:02) Connor Igoe misses 11-foot step back jumpshot.
(12:58) Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
(12:51) Nick Townsend bad pass turnover.
(12:51) Hampton Sanders Steal.
+2 (12:27) Richard Nweke makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Connor Igoe assists).
1211
(12:13) Foul on Richard Nweke.
+1 (12:13) Nick Townsend makes free throw 1 of 2.
1212
+1 (12:13) Nick Townsend makes free throw 2 of 2.
1213
+2 (12:01) Richard Nweke makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Connor Igoe assists).
1413
+3 (11:35) Jordan Brathwaite makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Devon Arlington assists).
1416
(11:11) Connor Igoe bad pass turnover.
(11:11) Devon Arlington Steal.
+3 (11:01) Nick Townsend makes 25-foot three point jumper (Isaac Celiscar assists).
1419
(10:40) Gerard O'Keefe misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(10:36) Riley Fox Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:24) Riley Fox makes 23-foot three point jumper (Devon Arlington assists).
1422
(10:09) Blair Thompson bad pass turnover.
(9:49) Isaac Celiscar bad pass turnover.
(9:49) Blair Thompson Steal.
+2 (9:43) Blair Thompson makes driving layup.
1622
+2 (9:29) Samson Aletan makes layup (Devon Arlington assists).
1624
+2 (9:10) Kenny Noland makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot.
1824
(8:51) Samson Aletan misses layup.
(8:48) Richard Nweke Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:39) Mason Ritter makes driving layup.
2024
(8:17) Isaac Celiscar misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:17) Kenny Noland Defensive Rebound.
(8:17) Foul on Devon Arlington.
(8:05) Kenny Noland misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(8:01) Devon Arlington Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:55) Devon Arlington makes 13-foot pullup jump shot.
2026
(7:31) Gerard O'Keefe misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:28) Riley Fox Defensive Rebound.
(7:03) Jordan Brathwaite misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(7:01) Isaac Celiscar Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:58) Nick Townsend makes 18-foot jumper (Devon Arlington assists).
2028
+3 (6:39) Blair Thompson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kenny Noland assists).
2328
(6:26) Foul on Mason Ritter.
+1 (6:26) Nick Townsend makes free throw 1 of 2.
2329
+1 (6:26) Nick Townsend makes free throw 2 of 2.
2330
+2 (6:11) Ryan Soulis makes layup (Kenny Noland assists).
2530
+3 (5:44) Devon Arlington makes 26-foot three pointer (Samson Aletan assists).
2533
(5:21) Hampton Sanders bad pass turnover.
(5:21) Casey Simmons Steal.
(5:14) Nick Townsend misses driving layup.
(5:10) Blair Thompson Defensive Rebound.
(5:05) Blair Thompson misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(4:59) Samson Aletan Defensive Rebound.
(4:50) Devon Arlington misses driving layup.
(4:47) Samson Aletan Offensive Rebound.
(4:44) Casey Simmons misses layup.
(4:44) Blair Thompson Block.
(4:39) Hampton Sanders Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:33) Kenny Noland makes 25-foot three pointer (Hampton Sanders assists).
2833
+2 (4:26) Casey Simmons makes driving layup.
2835
(4:26) Foul on Kenny Noland.
+1 (4:26) Casey Simmons makes free throw 1 of 1.
2836
(4:21) Kenny Noland misses driving layup.
(4:21) Samson Aletan Block.
(4:14) Kenny Noland Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:14) Kenny Noland makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3036
(4:03) Casey Simmons misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:58) Samson Aletan Offensive Rebound.
(3:58) Samson Aletan misses tip in layup.
(3:57) Samson Aletan Offensive Rebound.
(3:53) Foul on Ryan Soulis.
+1 (3:53) Samson Aletan makes free throw 1 of 2.
3037
+1 (3:53) Samson Aletan makes free throw 2 of 2.
3038
(3:41) Foul on Nick Townsend.
+1 (3:41) Mason Ritter makes free throw 1 of 2.
3138
+1 (3:41) Mason Ritter makes free throw 2 of 2.
3238
(3:23) Nick Townsend misses 9-foot hook shot.
(3:22) Riley Fox Offensive Rebound.
(3:22) Foul on Ryan Soulis.
+1 (3:22) Riley Fox makes free throw 1 of 2.
3239
+1 (3:22) Riley Fox makes free throw 2 of 2.
3240
(3:00) Mason Ritter misses 5-foot hook shot.
(2:57) Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
(2:39) Foul on Mason Ritter.
+1 (2:39) Nick Townsend makes free throw 1 of 2.
3241
(2:39) Nick Townsend misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:38) Blair Thompson Defensive Rebound.
(2:22) Foul on Connor Igoe.
(2:22) Connor Igoe turnover.
+3 (2:03) Nick Townsend makes 25-foot three point jumper (Isaac Celiscar assists).
3244
(1:31) Foul on Riley Fox.
(1:31) Blair Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2.
(1:31) Columbia Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (1:31) Blair Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2.
3344
(1:11) Trevor Mullin misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:07) Leland Coleman Defensive Rebound.
(1:00) Kenny Noland misses driving layup.
(0:56) Mason Ritter Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:56) Mason Ritter makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3544
(0:36) Nick Townsend misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:33) Mason Ritter Defensive Rebound.
(0:22) Kenny Noland misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(0:19) Riley Fox Defensive Rebound.
(0:14) Riley Fox bad pass turnover.
(0:14) Mason Ritter Steal.
(0:04) Leland Coleman misses 19-foot jumper.
(0:00) Yale Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

COLU

YALE

74Points91

25-49(51.0%)Field Goal(%)31-61(50.8%)

3-17(17.6%)3-Point(%)12-24(50.0%)

21-25(84.0%)Free Throw(%)17-19(89.5%)

26(8)Rebounds(Offensive)31(14)

7Assists20

4Steals5

5Blocks2

12Turnovers8

15(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

2Largest Lead21

Game Details

Monday, January 19, 2026 · 2:00 PM

John J. Lee Amphitheater · New Haven, CT

attendance: 1,652 (59.0%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: YALE -9.5

over/under: 150.5