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2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

5 Riley Casey

  • Position G
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Franklin Road Academy
  • Hometown Brentwood, Tenn.
  • School CC

Biography

Honors & Awards:
- 2019-20 Team Captain
- Met Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week (Jan. 8, 2019)
- Ivy League Player of the Week (Jan. 7, 2019)
- Two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week

2018-19: Played in 26 of 27 games and made 17 starts … Ivy League Player of the Week (Jan. 7) … Met Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Co-Player of the Week (Jan. 8) … Two-time Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll selection … Averaged 12.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists … Ranked second on the team in scoring average (12.4) and third in total points (322) … Top 10 in the Ivy League in 3-point field goal percentage (.343) … Top 5 in the Ivy League and top 100 in the NCAA in 3-pointers made per game (2.38) … Second seven fourth-quarter points, including the game-tying shot to force OT at St. Joe’s (Nov. 29) … Scored a career-high 31 points, hitting 7-of-11 from 3-point range in a home blowout over Hampton (Jan. 2) … Seven made 3-pointers was one shy of the Columbia single-game record … Followed with a game-high 24 points to go with six rebounds and three assists in a 72-68 win at two-time defending Southern Conference champion Mercer (Jan. 6) … Scored 22 points and hit 4-of-7 from deep against defending Ivy League champion Princeton (Feb. 1) … Scored a game-high 23 points, going 5-for-10 from beyond the arc, to lead the Lions in a 75-65 victory over Harvard (Feb. 8) … Put up 23 points on 6-of-12 from long range at Yale (Feb. 15) … Reached double figures in 10 straight games (Dec. 29 – Feb. 15) … Posted career-highs in rebounds (10), assists (7) and blocks (2) in Columbia’s 83-81 win at Brown (Feb. 16) … Generated 20 points as part of a 31-point victory over Brown (Mar. 1).

2017-18: Played all 29 games, starting in 26, scoring in double figures 17 times including two with at least 20 points … Averaged 32 minutes, 10.2 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 2.2 assists … Second among Ivy League rookies in scoring (9.9 ppg) … Led all Ivy League first-years in 3-pointers made (47, 1.62 /game) … Took 162 attempts from beyond the arc, which ranks eighth in program history … Reached double figures 17 times, including two 20-point games … Back-to-back Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 4, Dec. 11) … Named to the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll five additional times … Started in her collegiate debut at Providence (Nov. 10), scoring 14 points (4-6 FG) in 37 minutes … Scored 18 points (6-12 FG, 5-5 FT) with a season-high five assists against Buffalo (Dec. 9) … Scored 16 points (5-10 FG, 2-4 3-PT, 4-4 FT) and tallied three assists in a 75-53 victory over Hofstra (Dec. 11) … Five-game double-figure scoring streak (Nov. 29 –Dec. 11), where she averaged 13.8 points and shot 53.3 percent (24-45) … Started and scored nine points at Princeton in her Ivy League debut (Jan. 12) … Recorded her first 20-point game, hitting 6-of-13 from 3-point range at Penn (Jan. 13) … Scored a season-high 21 points (7-15 FG), including 19 in the second half, against Dartmouth (Feb. 3) … Scored 15 points against Dartmouth (Mar. 3) and 14 points against Harvard (Mar. 4) on the final weekend.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and three-year team captain at Franklin Road Academy in Nashville, Tennessee ... Led Franklin Road to three straight appearances in the district championship game, two region championship games and the 2015 state finals ... Named district MVP and selected to the East-Middle All-Region Team every year since her sophomore season ... Three-time Tennessee Sports Writers Association all-state team selection ... Landed all-state tournament team honors as a sophomore and junior ... Scored a career-high 38 points with nine made 3-pointers in November of 2016 against Harpeth Hall, finishing the year with a school record 111 triples ... Also competed in lacrosse, soccer and track, while playing AAU basketball for the Tennessee Trotters ... Both of her parents played collegiate basketball, and her sister, Taylor, currently plays for Washington and Lee ... Casey’s cousin, Ryan Kelly, currently plays in the NBA for the Houston Rockets and was a member of Duke’s 2010 national championship team.

Personal: Born February 26, 1999 in Trenton, New Jersey ... Daughter of Jill and Sean Casey ... Both parents played college basketball for Hobart and William Smith Colleges ... Sister, Taylor, currently plays women's basketball for Washington and Lee ... Cousin, Ryan Kelly, played in the NBA for the Lakers (2013-16) and Hawks (2017), and was also a member Duke's 2010 national championship team ... Chose Columbia over Yale, Brown, Princeton, Penn, Cornell, Wofford, Samford, ETSU, Army West Point and William and Mary ... Enrolled at Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017-18First Year

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    2018-19Sophomore

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    2019-20Junior

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    2020-21Senior

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