Stony Brook Basketball 2015-16 Game Notes 2015-16 SCHEDULE STONY BROOK (26-6) VS
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stony brook basketball 2015-16 game notes 2015-16 SCHEDULE STONY BROOK (26-6) VS. KENTUCKY (26-8) NOVEMBER (3-2) THUR., MAR. 17, 2016 • 9:40 P.M. ET • DES MOINES, IOWA • WELLS FARGO ARENA 14 USMMA W, 103-32 19 at Vanderbilt L, 79-72 OT Location ................................................... Des Moines, Iowa STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES Record ..................................... 26-6 21 at Western Kentucky L, 67-66 Site .......................................................... Wells Fargo Arena Capacity .....................................................................16,980 Head Coach .................Steve Pikiell 24 at Loyola Maryland W, 76-63 Record at SBU ................... 192-155 28 FARMINGDALE STATE W, 91-42 TV ...................................................................................CBS National Radio ............................................ Westwood One KENTUCKY WILDCATS DECEMBER (5-2) Local Radio ................................................. 94.3 The Shark Record ..................................... 26-8 Head Coach ............... John Calipari 5 PRINCETON W, 91-77 All-Time Series ...................................... Kentucky leads 1-0 Record at UK ....................... 216-46 8 at Notre Dame L, 86-61 Last Meeting ..........Kentucky 62, Stony Brook 52 [11/27/07] 12 at Northeastern L, 75-62 FAST BREAK POINTS BY THE NUMBERS 17 at American W, 86-68 • Stony Brook is making its first appearance in the Division Stony Brook Category Kentucky 20 HOFSTRA W, 71-68 I Tournament. Its last tournament appearance came in 76.8 Points/Game 79.7 22 at Lehigh W, 75-62 1991, when the Seawolves, known then as the Patriots, lost 63.4 Points Allowed/Game 68.3 28 at NJIT W, 83-61 to Rochester in the second round of the Division III East .476 Field Goal % .479 Regional. .404 Field Goal % Defense .400 JANUARY (9-0) • Jameel Warney’s 18 field goals Saturday vs. Vermont tied .372 3-Pt Field Goal .370 2 COLUMBIA W, 69-60 Oklahoma State’s Jawun Evans for the most in Division I .327 3-Pt Field Goal % Defense .330 6 at Binghamton * W, 62-52 this season. .672 Free Throw % .683 9 UMASS LOWELL * W, 86-59 • Stony Brook was one of nine schools to win its conference 39.6 Rebounds/Game 38.8 13 UMBC * W, 86-74 tournament as the top seed. 16.6 Assists/Game 14.4 16 at New Hampshire * W, 80-50 • Jameel Warney averaged 30.3 points and 15.3 rebounds 11.4 Turnovers/Game 11.1 18 at Hartford * W, 77-43 in three America East Playoff games. Carson Puriefoy 6.2 Steals/Game 5.6 22 ALBANY * W, 69-63 averaged 20.3 in the three wins. 4.6 Blocked Shots/Game 5.6 25 MAINE * W, 81-54 • With its win over Vermont last Saturday, Stony Brook set a 30 at Vermont * W, 72-61 Division I program record with its 26th victory of the season. • Jameel Warney is Stony Brook’s all-time leader in points FEBRUARY (6-2) (2,109), rebounds (1,260), blocks (274) and games played 3 BINGHAMTON * W, 76-51 (134) regardless of division. Stony Brook joined Division I 6 at UMass Lowell * W, 91-73 prior to the 1999-2000 season. 8 HARTFORD * W, 85-72 • Jameel Warney’s 23 rebounds against UMBC on March 11 at UMBC * W, 75-52 2 are tied for the second most in Division I this season. 14 NEW HAMPSHIRE * W, 59-58 Nevada’s Cameron Oliver had 24 rebounds against Fresno 17 at Albany * L, 82-70 State on February 13. 21 at Maine * W, 75-56 SEAWOLVES PROBABLE STARTERS 27 VERMONT * L, 76-62 MARCH (3-0) 2 UMBC $ W, 86-76 7 HARTFORD $ W, 80-64 12 VERMONT $ W, 80-74 17 vs. Kentucky ^ [CBS] 9:40 p.m. All times Eastern #5 #10 #11 #20 #34 * America East game AHMAD WALKER CARSON PURIEFOY RAYSHAUN McGREW JAMEEL WARNEY LUCAS WOODHOUSE JR • G • 6-4 • 190 SR • G • 6-0 • 175 SR • F • 6-7 • 230 SR • F • 6-8 • 260 JR • G • 6-3 • 180 $ America East Playoffs, at highest seed ^ NCAA Tournament PPG 10.4 PPG 15.1 PPG 10.8 PPG 19.8 PPG 6.7 @StonyBrookMBB, @SBAthletics RPG 6.7 RPG 3.3 RPG 6.0 RPG 10.7 RPG 2.6 #ToughTogether, #AEHoops APG 4.2 APG 3.1 APG 1.2 BPG 3.0 APG 3.7 StonyBrook_MBB FG% .449 FG% .399 FG% .510 FG% .637 FG% .458 STONY BROOK MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES GAME 33 VS. KENTUCKY stony brook basketball DeShaun Thrower Kameron Mitchell Tim Donohoe Ahmad Walker Carson Puriefoy So. • G • 6-2 • 205 Jr. • G • 6-4 • 195 So. • G • 6-3 • 185 Jr. • G • 6-4 • 190 Sr. • G • 6-0 • 175 1 Muskegon, Mich. 3 Jacksonville, Fla. 4 Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 5 Port Washington, N.Y. 10 Wenonah, N.J. Rayshaun McGrew Tyrell Sturdivant Akwasi Yeboah Jameel Warney Bryan Sekunda Sr. • F • 6-7 • 230 So. • F • 6-7 • 225 Fr. • G/F • 6-6 • 230 Sr. • F • 6-8 • 260 So. • G/F • 6-6 • 205 11 Chicago, Ill. 12 Chester, Pa. 15 Chigwell, England 20 Plainfield, N.J. 22 State College, Pa. Roland Nyama Jakub Petras Lucas Woodhouse Alonzo Campbell Steve Pikiell So. • G/F • 6-6 • 210 So. • F • 6-11 • 260 Jr. • G • 6-3 • 180 Fr. • F/C • 7-0 • 230 HC 11th season at SBU 24 Frankfurt, Germany 32 Rajec, Slovakia 34 Greenlawn, N.Y. 42 Columbus, Ohio Connecticut ‘90 No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous College 1 DeShaun Thrower So. G 6-2 205 Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon 3 Kameron Mitchell Jr. G 6-4 195 Jacksonville, Fla./Mandarin 4 Tim Donohoe So. G 6-3 190 Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Albany Academy 5 Ahmad Walker Jr. G 6-4 190 Port Washington, N.Y./Berkshire School/Barton CC 10 Carson Puriefoy Sr. G 6-0 175 Wenonah, N.J./Bishop Eustace 11 Rayshaun McGrew Sr. F 6-7 230 Chicago, Ill./Chicago Vocational/Cowley County CC 12 Tyrell Sturdivant So. F 6-7 225 Chester, Pa./Glasgow/Chester 15 Akwasi Yeboah Fr. G/F 6-5 225 Chigwell, England/Barking Abbey Pronunciations 20 Jameel Warney Sr. F 6-8 260 Plainfield, N.J./Roselle Catholic 22 Bryan Sekunda So. G/F 6-6 205 State College, Pa./State College Carson Puriefoy ....................................... Pure-ih-foy 24 Roland Nyama So. G/F 6-6 210 Frankfurt, Germany/Holderness School Akwasi Yeboah ................. Ah-KWAH-zee Yeh-Bo-Uh 32 Jakub Petras So. F 6-11 260 Rajec, Slovakia/Canarias Basketball Academy Bryan Sekunda ....................................Seh-KUN-duh 34 Lucas Woodhouse Jr. G 6-3 180 Greenlawn, N.Y./Harborfields/Longwood Roland Nyama ................................... KNEE-YA-muh 42 Alonzo Campbell Fr. F/C 7-0 230 Columbus, Ohio/Gahanna Lincoln Jakub Petras ................................................Peh-triss Captains: Carson Puriefoy, Rayshaun McGrew, Jameel Warney Steve Pikiell ............... Pike-ull (rhymes with Michael) Dan Rickard ................................................ Ri-CARD Head Coach: Steve Pikiell (Connecticut ’90), 11th season Bryan Dougher ................................................ Do-Err Associate Head Coach: Jay Young (Marist ’86) Assistant Coach: Lamar Chapman (Lane ’93) Assistant Coach: Dan Rickard (Stony Brook ’04) Director of Basketball Operations: Bryan Dougher (Stony Brook ’12) Assistant AD for Athletic Performance: Dave VanDyke (Penn State ’98) Sports Medicine: Richard Campbell (Stephen F. Austin ‘09) Academic Advisor: Shayne Koplowitz (Central Connecticut ‘11) STONY BROOK MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES GAME 33 VS. KENTUCKY STONY BROOK VS. THE SEC this season, besting its previous high of 434 set in 2013-14. Stony Brook is 0-4 all-time against the Southeastern The Seawolves are averaging 16.6 assists per game. UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Conference. In addition to facing Kentucky in 2007, the Stony Brook University Seawolves, in their first year of Division I, played Auburn, SEAWOLVES IN THE PROS Stony Brook, N.Y. 11794-3500 faced Georgia in the 2014 NIT Season Tip-Off and matched Stony Brook currently counts five alums who are playing Founded ................................................................... 1957 up against Vanderbilt in the second game this season. professionally overseas. Danny Carter ‘12 is playing in his Enrollment ...........................................24,468 (Fall 2015) home country of England for the Reading Rockets, Dallis Nickname ........................................................Seawolves PLAYING YOUR FELLOW RIVAL Joyner ‘12 is playing in Israel, Tommy Brenton ‘12 is playing Colors ................................................... Red, Blue & Gray Stony Brook played at Vanderbilt on November 19, six in Japan, Eric McAlister ‘14 is in France and Muhammad Home Court ................Island Federal Credit Union Arena days after Kentucky hosted Albany, one of the Seawolves’ El-Amin ‘10 is back in Greece. Capacity .................................................................. 4,009 America East rivals, in the season opener. Affiliation ..................................................NCAA Division I PURIEFOY GETS HOMETOWN HONOR Conference ..................................................America East 13 VS. 4 NUGGETS Carson Puriefoy was honored by the Basketball Club of President .................................Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD • Since 2005, nine 13-seeds have defeated 4-seeds in the South Jersey on March 9 as its Co-Major Player of the Year, Director of Athletics .................................Shawn Heilbron first round of the NCAA tournament. sharing the award with James Madison’s Ron Curry. Athletics Department Phone .....................(631) 632-7205 • Of those nine, three have advanced to the Sweet 16 (La Salle, 2013; Ohio, 2012; Bradley, 2006) A PERFORMANCE TO REMEMBER! ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • Vermont was the last 13-seed from America East to win a Jameel Warney set a Division I program record and tied an Assistant AD for Communications .................. Brian Miller first-round game (2005 vs. Syracuse) America East Championship game record with 43 points vs. Office Phone .............................................(631) 632-4318 Team Year Opponent Finish Vermont. He shot 18 of 22 from the field and 7 of 10 from Associate Director/MBB Contact .................. Adam Gutes La Salle 2013 Kansas State Sweet 16 the free throw line. Oklahoma State’s Jawun Evans also Office Phone .............................................(631) 632-7125 Ohio 2012 Michigan Sweet 16 recorded 18 field goals this season, but his 42 points came Cell Phone ................................................(631) 374-7538 Morehead St.