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STONY BROOK MEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GAME NOTES @STONYBROOKMBB STONYBROOK_MBB /STONYBROOKMBB SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2017 | 4 p.m. STONY BROOK MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 4: BRESLIN CENTER | EAST LANSING, MICH. DATE OPPONENT TIME/SCORE NOVEMBER THE MATCHUP 10 vs Maryland^ L, 61-76 14 at UConn # L, 64-72 17 at Ball State # L, 76-87 STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES vs MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 19 at No. 2 Michigan State # 4 p.m. @StonyBrookMBB @MSU_Basketball 22 BROWN 6 p.m. 26 BUCKNELL # 2 p.m. 29 SHAWNEE STATE 7 p.m. 2017-18 QUICK COMPARISON 0-3 ..................... RECORD .................... 1-1 DECEMBER 2 ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7 p.m. 67.0 ...........POINTS PER GAME .......... 89.5 4 at LIU Brooklyn 7 p.m. 31.7 ........REBOUNDS PER GAME ....... 41.5 7 at Columbia 7 p.m. 12 HOFSTRA 7 p.m. .393 ............ FIELD GOAL PCT. ........... .541 17 at Providence 2:30 p.m. .357 ...............3-POINT PCT. .............. .324 22 at Rutgers 7 p.m. 30 Norfolk State 7 p.m. JANUARY STONY BROOK QUICK LOOK MICHIGAN STATE QUICK LOOK 3 MAINE* 7 p.m. HEAD COACH: JEFF BOALS (OHIO ‘95) HEAD COACH: TOM IZZO (NORTHERN MICHIGAN ‘77) RD 6 at Hartford* 7 p.m. RECORD AT STONY BROOK: 18-17 (2ND YEAR) RECORD AT MSU: 545-221 (23 YEAR) 10 at Albany* 7 p.m. OVERALL RECORD: SAME 13 at Vermont* 2 p.m. OVERALL RECORD: SAME 18 BINGHAMTON* 7 p.m. 21 at New Hampshire* 1 p.m. STONY BROOK PROBABLE STARTERS MICHIGAN STATE PROBABLE STARTERS 24 at UMass Lowell* 7 p.m. G 5 CASSIUS WINSTON SO 6-0 185 7.5 PPG 9.5 APG 27 ALBANY* 7 p.m. G 10 JORDAN MCKENZIE FR 6-1 190 4.7 PPG 2.7 APG 31 UMBC* 7 p.m. G 1 UC IROEGBU SR 6-0 182 6.0 PPG 1.7 RPG G 1 JOSHUA LANGFORD SO 6-5 210 11.0 PPG 3.0 RPG FEBRUARY G 15 AKWASI YEBOAH RSO 6-6 235 12.7 PPG 5.7 RPG F 22 MILES BRIDGES SO 6-7 225 19.5 PPG 7.5 RPG 3 HARTFORD* 7 p.m. F 11 JUNIOR SAINTEL SR 6-7 210 8.0 PPG 6.7 RPG F 44 NICK WARD SO 6-8 245 17.5 PPG 3.5 RPG 8 UMASS LOWELL* 7 p.m. F 2 JAREN JACKSON, JR. FR 6-11 242 16.0 PPG 10.0 RPG 11 at Maine* 2 p.m. F 12 TYRELL STURDIVANT SR 6-7 232 12.3 PPG 3.7 RPG 15 at Binghamton* 7 p.m. 18 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 2 p.m. NOTEWORTHY THE OPPONENT 21 at UMBC* 7 p.m. - The Seawolves and Spartans face off as part of the PK80 Phil - The Spartans are coming off of an 88-81 loss to No. 1 Duke in 24 VERMONT* 7 p.m. Knight Invitational. This is the third of four games for each team Chicago Tuesday night. MARCH tied to the tournament. - Miles Bridges, Nick Ward and Jaren Jackson, Jr., all led the way 3, 6, 10 America East Playoffs TBD - UC Iroegbu and Junior Saintel led the Seawolves with career for Michigan State with 19 points apiece. numbers against Ball State. All three of Iroegbu’s assists on the - The Spartans opened the season with a 98-66 win over UNF at CAPS denotes home games played at IFCU Arena night came on Saintel dunks. home after playing three exhibition games. ^ denotes game played at Nassau Coliseum # denotes PK80 games - Stony Brook has made at least nine threes in each of its three - Bridges was named Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, also * - America East Conference game games this season. garnering AP and Sporting News Preseason All-America honors All times Eastern and subject to change - Six different players knocked down threes in the game against prior to his sophomore season. UConn as the Seawolves led most of the night, but were unable to close things out late. WHERE TO FIND IT - Tyrell Sturdivant began his senior campaign scoring 17 points, THE SERIES RADIO WATCH including a career-high three threes against Maryland. - The Sunday matchup marks the first in program history between the two teams. - Jordan McKenzie started the first game of his collegiate career, as all four freshmen logged minutes in the season opener. - Stony Brook has already faced a Big Ten opponent this season, - Stony Brook finished the 2016-17 season with its sixth straight opening the year against Maryland at Nassau Coliseum, and will PXP: JOSH CARAY PXP: CORY PROVUS post season appearance. also take on Rutgers before wrapping up non-conference play. ANALysT: JON CRISPIN - The Seawolves notched a 12-4 record in the America East a year - The Seawolves have topped just one Big Ten opponent, ago, good for a second-place finish and appearance in the league claiming a 59-51 victory over Penn State on the road in 2006. stony brook ATHLETIC COMMUNICATION playoff semifinal. SID Contact: Rachel Perreault - Seven letterwinners return for Stony Brook in 2017-18, including email: [email protected] two starters - Tyrell Sturdivant and Junior Saintel. cell: (631) 793-0130 - The Seawolves were picked to finished fourth in the America East Preseason Coaches’ Poll. 1 WWW.TULANEGREENWAVE.COM #ROLLWAVE GAME 4: AT NO. 2 MICHIGAN STATE QUICK FACTS 2017-18 STONY BROOK ROSTER Founded ..................................................1957 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School Enrollment ..........................................24,468 0 Jaron Cornish G Jr. 5-11 172 Abaco, Bahamas/Broward College Nickname ......................................Seawolves 1 UC Iroegbu G Sr. 6-0 182 Sacramento, Calif./Col of Southern Idaho Colors .................................. Red, Blue & Gray 2 Michael Almonacy G So. 6-1 180 Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood Home Court.................................................... 3 Elijah Olaniyi F Fr. 6-5 200 Newark, N.J./Newark East Side .................... Island Federal Credit Union Arena 4 Tim Donohoe G Sr. 6-3 190 Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Albany Academy Capacity ................................................4,009 Affiliation ...............................NCAA Division I 5 Corry Long G Fr. 6-2 165 Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Hughes Conference ............................... America East 10 Jordan McKenzie G Fr. 6-1 190 Concord, N.C./Hargrave President ................Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD 11 Junior Saintel G/F Sr. 6-7 210 Mays Landing, N.J./Chipola College Director of Athletics ...........Shawn Heilbron 12 Tyrell Sturdivant F Sr. 6-7 232 Chester, Pa./Chester Athletics Dept. Phone ........(631) 632-7205 15 Akwasi Yeboah G/F R-So. 6-6 235 Chigwell, England/Barking Abbey Ticket Office ........................(631) 632-WOLF 22 Bryan Sekunda G/F Sr. 6-6 190 State College, Pa./State College 23 Andrew Garcia G/F R-Fr. 6-5 227 Harlem, N.Y./Master’s School (Conn.) HISTORY 32 Jakub Petras F Sr. 6-11 272 Rajec, Slovakia/Canarias Basketball Acad. 35 Anthony Ochefu F Fr. 6-8 245 West Chester, Pa./Westtown 2016-17 RECORD: 18-14 CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 12-4/2nd HOME: 10-6 Head Coach: Jeff Boals (Ohio ‘95) Second Season AWAY: 7-8 Assistant Coach: Geno Ford (Ohio ‘97) Second Season NEUTRAL: 1-0 Assistant Coach: Bryan Weber (Akron ‘10) First Season POST SEASON: CBI Assistant Coach: Lamar Thornton (Ohio Dominican ‘15) First Season OUTCOME: at UIC - L, 71-69 Director of Operations: Andrew Goldstein (Ohio State ‘14) Second Season FIRST YEAR: 1960-61 (Division I 1999-2000) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ALL-TIME RECORD: 292-291 AKWASI YEBOAH ah-KWAH-ZEE yeh-bow-uh UC IROEGBU EER-reg-boo Jeff BOALS bowls Michael ALMONACY al-mon-ah-see Elijah OLANIYI OH-lan-ee-YEE ROSTER BREAKDOWN Jakub PETRAS peh-triss Junior SAINTEL saint-tell LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 7/3 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 2/3 MEDIA CREDENTIALSMEDIA POLICIES 2017 SIGNEES REDSHIRTS: 1 Stony Brook’s post-game interviews will take place in the women’s ALEX CHRISTIE – CENTER | 7-0 | 260 | OAKVILLE, ONTARIO NEWCOMERS: 5 basketball film room, located just beyond the double doors outside of Christie is in his second season at The MacDuffie School in the media work room. Seawolves’ head coach Jeff Boals and requested BY CLASS: Massachusetts. He spent this past summer playing AAU ball for BABC players will be available promptly following the end of the game. Seniors: UC Iroegbu, Tim Donohoe, Junior on the Nike circuit. Christie helped his team to a U19 AAU national Stony Brook’s locker room is closed. Saintel, Tyrell Sturdivant, Bryan Sekunda, championship in Florida over the summer. The SID of the visiting school will handle all interview request for the Jakub Petras visiting coach and players, and designate an interview area. Juniors: Jaron Cornish MILES LATIMER – GUARD | 6-3 | 165 | FAIRFAX, VA. Sophomore: Michael Almonacy, Akwasi Yeboah Latimer is in his senior season at Paul VI after helping the squad to INTERVIEW REQUEST POLICY Freshmen: Andrew Garcia, Corry Long, Jordan a 29-8 overall record and 15-3 record in league play as a junior. The All interview requests for Stony Brook student-athletes, coaches McKenzie, Elijah Olaniyi, Anthony Ochefu three-point shooter played AAU ball for Team Takeover during the and administrators should be made be made with the Stony Brook offseason, which earned a spot in the EYBL championship game. Athletic Communications office. Please contact Rachel Perreault, BY HOME STATE/COUNTRY: Associate Director of Athletic Communications and men’s basketball New York: Michael Almonacy, Tim Donohoe, JULES MOOR – GUARD | 6-5 | 180 | PEARLAND, TEXAS contact, at (631) 793-0130 or by email Andrew Garcia Moor got off to a strong start in his post graduate year at Hargrave [email protected]. California: UC Iroegbu Military Academy, scoring in double figures in each of the team’s first Pennsylvania: Tyrell Sturdivant, Bryan two games.