2011-12 Stony Brook Basketball TWO-TIME AMERICA EAST REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS (2010, 2012) Game #32 • Stony Brook Vs
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2011-12 Stony Brook Basketball TWO-TIME AMERICA EAST REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS (2010, 2012) Game #32 • Stony Brook vs. Seton Hall • Walsh Gym • March 13, 2012 • 7:15 p.m. Media Contact: Thomas Chen, (631) 632-7289 (O), (914) 843-7185 (C), [email protected] 2011-12 STONY BROOK SCHEDULE About the Game 22-9 (14-2 AMERICA EAST) Stony Brook, the America East regular season Year Preseason Favorite Regular Season Champ Tournament Champ HOME GAMES IN CAPS AT PRITCHARD GYM champion and winners of 19 of its last 22 2011-12 Boston University Stony Brook ? NOVEMBER games, makes its second-ever appearance #8 STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES Fri.11 at Indiana BTN 66-96 L in a national postseason tournament Tuesday (22-9, 14-2 America East) 2010-11 Boston University Vermont Boston University Sun. 13 MOUNT IDA 94-39 W when it takes on the Seton Hall Pirates in Head Coach: Steve Pikiell 2009-10 Boston University Stony Brook Vermont Tue. 15 at Sacred Heart 63-74 L the first round of the NIT. The Seawolves are vs. 2008-09 Boston University Binghamton/Vermont Binghamton Tue. 22 COLUMBIA 67-53 W seeded No. 8 and are taking on the No. 1 #1 SETON HALL PIRATES Fri. 25 at Northwestern BTDN 58-63 L (20-12, 8-10 BIG EAST) 2007-08 Boston University UMBC UMBC seeded Pirates, who finished tied for ninth in Head Coach: Kevin Willard DECEMBER 2006-07 Albany Vermont Albany the BIG EAST this season and were one of Sat. 3 at Eastern Illinois 69-72 L the last few teams on the NCAA Tournament ON THE WEB ESPN3 with Mike Gleason & TBA 2005-06 Albany Albany Albany Wed. 7 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON C118 70-46 W bubble. The winner of this game will go on to Sun. 11 at Boston College YES/ESPN3 51-66 L ON RADIO Sat. 17 vs. Rutgers ! MSG+ 58-67 L meet either No. 4 Mississippi State or No. 5 Massachusetts. Stony Brook appeared in the WUSB 90.1 FM Wed. 28 CORNELL C118 68-59 (OT) W with Mike Solano, Curt Hylton & Jeff Bernstein Fri. 30 RIDER 79-62 W NIT in 2010, also as a No. 8 seed, losing to No. 1 seed Illinois, 76-66, at a sold-out Stony SETON HALL SERIES AT A GLANCE JANUARY Seton Hall leads 2-0 Brook Arena. This is the third all-time meeting Mon. 2 VERMONT* C118 65-59 W Streak: Seton Hall W-2 Thu. 5 at Binghamton* 60-54 W between these two teams and the first since Last Meeting: Dec. 31, 2002 (SHU 71-48) Sun. 8 ALBANY* C118 81-68 W 2002. The Pirates won both games. First Meeting: Dec. 23, 1999 (SHU 70-50) Wed. 11 at UMBC* 89-49 W Sat. 14 at Boston University* ESPN3 55-61 L Scouting Seton Hall SEAWOLVES PROBABLE STARTERS Year Preseason Ranking Regular Season Finish Tournament Finish Mon. 16 NEW HAMPSHIRE* C118 61-52 W The Pirates are one of the BIG EAST’s elite # NAME PPG RPG APG 2011-12 2nd 1st ? Sat. 21 at Maine* 58-52 W teams, finishing tied for ninth in the super- G 5 Dave Coley 10.0 3.7 1.3 Wed. 25 HARTFORD* C118 60-37 W 2010-11 2nd 5th Runner-up conference and winning 20 games overall for Has improved scoring by 3.5 points from rookie yr Fri. 27 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* ESPNU 66-57 W the first time since the 2003-04 season, which G 10 Bryan Dougher 13.2 2.5 1.6 2009-10 4th 1st Semifinalist FEBRUARY also represents the last time SHU made the SBU Div. I all-time leading scorer (1,597 points) 2008-09 9th T-4th Quarterfinalist Wed. 1 BINGHAMTON* C118 82-48 W NCAA Tournament. The Pirates last appeared F 21 Al Rapier 8.1 5.1 1.1 2007-08 7th T-8th Quarterfinalist Sat. 4 at Albany* TWS 76-69 W in the NIT in 2010, dropping a first-round home Sixth in America East in field goal pct. (.510) Mon. 6 at New Hampshire* ESPN3 57-48 W game to Texas Tech. This year’s team has F 23 Dallis Joyner 8.8 6.5 0.9 2006-07 7th 9th First Round Thu. 9 UMBC* C118 80-68 W America East Championship All-Tournament team been fueled by seniors Jordan Theodore and 2005-06 7th 9th First Round Sun. 12 at Vermont* CBS-SN 49-68 L F 24 Tommy Brenton 8.0 7.9 3.3 Sat. 18 at Northeastern 76-69 W Herb Pope. Theodore is the team’s point guard America East Defensive Player of the Year Tue. 21 at Hartford* CPTV 74-50 W and averaged a team-best 16.0 PPG and 6.7 Sun. 26 MAINE* CBS-SN 55-48 W APG. Pope is SHU’s best threat in the post, RESERVES # NAME PPG RPG APG MARCH averaging 15.2 PPG, 10.3 RPG and 1.6 BPG. G 4 Anthony Jackson 5.6 1.4 0.6 America East Championship SHU’s defense is ranked 83rd in the nation, G 11 Ben Resner 1.7 0.7 0.5 Sat. 3 vs. No. 9 Binghamton # 78-69 W allowing only 63.5 PPG. Opponents are only Sun. 4 vs. No. 4 Albany # ESPN3 57-55 W G 12 Marcus Rouse 4.2 1.2 0.5 shooting 30.6% from behind the arc against G 15 Leonard Hayes 3.5 1.6 1.1 Sat. 10 No. 2 VERMONT ESPN2 43-51 L SHU, which ranks 32nd in the nation. Postseason NIT F 1 Ron Bracey 3.6 2.1 0.3 Tue. 13 at No. 1 Seton Hall ESPN3 7:15 p.m. Last Time Out F 2 Danny Carter 1.5 1.6 0.2 F 22 Eric McAlister 1.8 1.1 0.2 All times Eastern The Seawolves defense lived up to its name, * America East game holding Vermont without a field goal for the final By the Numbers ! Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden 9:56 of the America East Championship title # at Chase Arena (West Hartford, Conn.) game, but the offense couldn’t generate any 2 This is Stony Brook’s 2nd NIT appearance, BTN - Big Ten Network rhythm, shooting just 29.3% in a 51-43 loss to BTDN - Big Ten Digital Network also earning a berth in 2010. the Catamounts. Stony Brook fell behind by 17 C118 - Optimum Local Channel 118 20 Senior Bryan Dougher grew up 15 miles MSG - Madison Square Garden Network points in the second half, but fought back to get NESN - New England Sports Network within four points with a minute remaining, but away from Seton Hall in Scotch Plains, N.J. CBS-SN - CBS Sports Network no one was able to make the big shot to come +7.9 Stony Brook sports a +7.9 rebounding any closer. Dave Coley and Al Rapier each had margin, fifth-best in the nation. 10 points to lead the Seawolves. 2011-12 Stony Brook Basketball TWO-TIME AMERICA EAST REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS (2010, 2012) Back to the Postseason Stony Brook in the Rankings THE LAST TIME STONY BROOK... This is Stony Brook’s second appearance in a national postseason tournament in the program’s Scored 100+ vs. New England Coll. (107-45), 11/21/00 Category America East NCAA Div. I history, both coming in the last three seasons. Gave up 100+ ............... at Maryland (59-107), 12/6/00 Scoring Defense (59.0) 1st 12th The Seawolves also participated in the NIT in 2010, Scored <50 .......................... vs. Vermont (43), 3/10/12 Scoring Margin (+7.6) 1st 54th hosting Illinois at a sold-out Stony Brook Arena. The Gave up <50 ............................vs. Maine (48), 2/26/12 Rebound Margin (+7.9) 1st 5th Went into OT ..............vs. Cornell (68-59 W), 12/28/11 Seawolves got out to a 7-0 lead and was only down Turnover Margin (+1.4) 1st 94th Went into 2OT vs. New Hampshire (64-60 W), 1/15/11 two points at halftime before eventually succumbing Went into 3OT at Boston University (97-99 L), 1/19/09 to the Fighting Illini, 76-66. Bryan Dougher scored 21 Went into 4OT at Boston University (97-99 L), 1/19/09 points in the game to lead the Seawolves. America East Awards Won by 20+ ......................at Hartford (74-50), 2/21/12 Tommy Brenton was named America East Defensive Won by 30+ ................ vs. Binghamton (82-48), 2/1/12 Player of the Year, the first time an SBU player has Won by 40+ .........................at UMBC (89-49), 1/11/12 Hometown Game for Many Won by 50+ ................vs. Mount Ida (93-39), 11/13/11 Playing a postseason game in New Jersey is earned the distinction. He and Bryan Dougher Won by 60+ vs. New England Coll. (107-45), 11/21/00 exciting for the Seawolves, who have three players were named first-team All-America East, and Dallis Lost by 20+ .......................at Indiana (66-96), 11/11/11 that hail from the state and two incoming recruits Joyner was named to the third team. It is the first Lost by 30+ .......................at Indiana (66-96), 11/11/11 from there as well. Senior Bryan Dougher grew up time in program history two Seawolves have made Lost by 40+ ....................at Villanova (35-78), 11/18/05 approximately 15 miles away from Seton Hall in the first team in one season. Joyner was also named Lost by 50+ .........................at Auburn (45-100), 1/1/00 Scotch Plains.