Notes: Shot 56.4 percent from the field in his career, the fourth highest in school history.
2016-17: Honorable mention All-Ivy selection… Finished second in the Ivy League in field goal percentage (.564) and third in rebounding (6.9 rpg.)… Posted four double-doubles… Scored in double figures 20 times, including scoring 20 or more points twice… Led team in rebounding 12 times and in scoring four times… Shot 61.8 percent from the field and averaged 11.3 points and 7.7 rebounds in Ivy games… Shared the team’s Dutch Arnold Most Valuable Player Award with Miye Oni… Named to CoSIDA Academic District 1 team… Academic All-Ivy selection.
2015-16: One of only five players to appear in all 30 games… Made his first career start at Albany… Scored in double figures six times… Had 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting in the victory at Brown… Was 5-of-5 from the field and 6-of-6 from the free throw line for 16 points in the win over NJIT… Scored eight points and grabbed seven rebounds in the NCAA Tournament victory over Baylor… Recipient of the team’s Eggie Miles Free Throw Award after leading team with an .829 free throw percentage.
2014-15: Recipient of the team’s Most Improved Player Award… Appeared in 25 games off the bench… Missed the final three games with an injury… Scored 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting from field in win over Newbury… Had eight points and six rebounds in win over Lafayette… Scored six points and grabbed six rebounds in 15 minutes against Vanderbilt.
2013-14: Appeared in seven games off the bench… Shot .714 (5-of-7) from the field… Scored four points in six minutes against Mercer.
Off the Court:
- Studied marketing and statistics of econometrics for six weeks at the London School of Economics
- Member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity
Before Yale: All-state, all-conference, all-area selection at Lake Forest High School… County all-star and Chicago suburban all-star selection… Averaged 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists… Helped Lake Forest to a 4A regional championship… Played for Fundamental U AAU team… AAU teammates included, Steven Cook (Princeton), Andrew McCauliffe (Davidson), Sean O’Brien (Southern Illinois), Brad Zaumseil (Miami, Ohio) and Quinten Payne (Ball State).
Personal: Worked for Open Lands doing environmental work during summers… Son of Karla and Dave Downey… Father rowed crew at Cornell… Grandfather was a basketball player at Lakeland College in Wisconsin.
Notes: Part of the 2014 World Vision Sports USA Select team that travelled to China in May of 2014…The U.S. Select team visited Chongqing, Guangzhou and Liaoning and played in a four-nation tournament against teams from China, Slovenia and Australia. In addition, there were games against Chinese professional teams.