Colgate University Athletics

Career Statistics

Career
Games/Starts: 50/1
Colgate Debut: Nov. 6, 2018 vs. NJIT
First Career Start: Nov. 26, 2022 vs. Navy
Career Stats: 41 points (0.8 ppg), 31 rebounds (0.6 rpg), 11 assists (0.2 apg), 6 steals (0.12 spg), 48.5 FG% (16-33), 25.0 3FG% (2-8), 77.8 FT% (7-9), 150 minutes (3.0 mpg)

Awards
Men’s Basketball’s Hasan Brown Spirit Award – 2021-22, 2020-21
Men’s Basketball’s Jack Mitchell Academic Excellence Award – 2021-22
Raider Academic Honor Roll - 2019, 2021
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll - 2019, 2021
 
2021-22 (Senior)
Games/Starts: 16/1
Stats: 6 points (0.4 ppg), 7 rebounds (0.4 rpg), 4 assists (0.25 apg), 1 steal, 40.0 FG% (2-5), 100.0 FT% (2-2), 40 minutes (2.5 mpg)
Season Highlights: Saw action in 16 games and earned first collegiate start on Senior Day against Navy (2/26)...hauled in a career-high four rebounds and dished career-best three assists in Colgate’s win over SUNY Poly (11/21)...scored two points three different times this season. 

2020-21 (Junior)
Games/Starts: 6/0
Stats: 7 points (1.2 ppg), 5 rebounds (0.8 rpg), 1 steals (0.17 spg), 33.3 FG% (3-9), 33.3 3FG% (1-3)…24 minutes (4.0 mpg)
Season Highlights: Played in six games for the Raiders…netted first two points of the campaign at Boston University (1/10)…scored season-high five points on 2-of-6 shooting from the field and 1-of-2 from downtown in win over Holy Cross (1/16)…also grabbed one steal...hauled in one rebound in five different games during his junior season.

2019-20 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 13/0
Stats: 12 points (0.9 ppg), 7 rebounds (0.5 rpg), 4 assists (0.3 apg), 3 steals, 71.4 FG%, 66.7 FT%, 42 minutes (3.2 mpg)
Season Highlights: Appeared in 13 games during sophomore season with the Raiders…scored five points and matched his career-best marks in rebounds (3) and steals (2) against Cortland (11/21/19)…posted three points against Loyola (1/8/20)…scored two points and grabbed a rebound in four minutes in regular season finale against Army (2/29).
 
2018-19 (Freshman)
Games/Starts: 15/0
Stats: 16 points (1.1 ppg), 12 rebounds (0.8 rpg), 3 assists (0.2 apg), 1 steal…50.0 FG% (6-for-12), 20.0 3PT FG% (1-for-5), 75.0 FT% (3-for-4), 43 minutes (2.9 mpg).
Season Highlights: Saw action in 15 games as a first-year…scored a season-high nine points off the bench in Colgate’s home win over Army (1/30)…went 3-for-4 from the field and knocked down his first collegiate 3-pointer in the win…played a season-high 15 minutes against the Black Knights…also went 2-for-2 from the free throw line in the same game… scored three points and hauled in a season-high three rebounds against Nazareth (11/14)…registered a steal at Lehigh (1/12).

Before Colgate
Helped lead Northfield Mount Hermon Prep School to a pair of NEPSAC AAA Championships in 2016 and 2018...only one of five players in school history to win over 80 games and play in three straight New England Championship Finals…as a freshman led Riverdale Country School to NYSAIS State Finals...as a sophomore was named captain and received 2015 NYC Ivy Prep League Honorable Mention honors, leading the Falcons in all major offensive categories...also led the Ivy League Prep Conference in rebounds and all major defensive statistics while guiding Falcons to second straight state tournament appearance and named to the All-Conference Tournament Team.   

Personal
Born: Zachary Morris Light in New York, N.Y.
Family: Son of David and Jill Light…has one brother and one sister.