Stony Brook Men’s Basketball Team Holds On To Top Northeastern On Saturday Evening
– Stony Brook Athletics
Stony Brook – A hot shooting night from beyond the arc helped position the Stony Brook men’s basketball team for its 77-75 victory over Northeastern at Island Federal Credit Union Arena Saturday evening. Senior Lucas Woodhouse(Greenlawn, N.Y.) helped secure the win as he went 8-for-8 from the free throw line in the final two minutes of the game. The Seawolves move to 2-5 on the year and Northeastern drops to 4-4.
Boals’ Reaction
“That was an unbelievable crowd, when they needed to get loud, they got loud,” said head coach Jeff Boals. “It was a great basketball game, we knew coming in that Northeastern is a great basketball team that has played a lot of close games this year. I give a lot of credit to our guys, they had multiple chances where they could have broke, but they bent, which is a sign of maturity and growth.
Highlights
- Stony Brook used a 25-0 run after trailing by seven early on to control the momentum of the first half, leading by as many as 15 points.
- Northeastern worked its way back within single digits late in the first half, but the Seawolves maintained the lead at the break.
- The Huskies scored seven straight points in the beginning of the second half to put Northeastern back on top.
- After back-and-forth play, junior Bryan Sekunda (State College, Pa.) drained a three that sparked 13 straight points for the Seawolves and helped them get the difference back near double-digits.
- Stony Brook never trailed again in the game, despite the Huskies tying things up with eight second to play.
- The difference remained at one-possession for the final 1:30 of the game, but Woodhouse, who entered the game shooting 94-percent from the line, couldn’t miss.
- Northeastern’s Alex Murphy got his hands on a missed three and was fouled on the put-back. He converted the three-point play to tie the game at 75 with eight seconds remaining, but the Huskies immediately fouled Woodhouse, who sealed the game from the line.
Notes
- Woodhouse matched his Stony Brook career best in scoring for the second time this season, adding a season-high-tying seven assists.
- Sekunda earned his first double-digit scoring game of the season, finishing 4-of-5 from three-point range.
- Junior UC Iroegbu (Sacramento, Calif.) made the three straight games with nine points, all have come from beyond the arc.
- Despite both teams keeping the turnovers in single digits, Stony Brook scored 14 points off of Northeastern’s nine mishaps.
- Stony Brook’s 13 threes in the game mark a team season high, and the first time the squad has reached double figures in the category since making 11 against Binghamton on Feb. 3, 2016
- The Seawolves shot over 50-percent from the field for the first time this season.
- Stony Brook has now taken three of the last four meetings with the Huskies.
Up Next
The Seawolves return to Island Federal Credit Union Arena on Tuesday, Dec. 6, to host Lehigh at 7 p.m.
Photo: Stony Brook Athletics-Jim Harrison | Stony Brook’s Roland Nyama floats to the basket on Saturday night against Northeastern at Island Federal Credit Union Arena on the Stony Brook campus.
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