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STONY BROOK MEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GAME NOTES @STONYBROOKMBB STONYBROOK_MBB /STONYBROOKMBB WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 | 7 p.m. STONY BROOK MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 21: COSTELLO ATHLETIC CENTER | LOWELL, MASS. 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 UMASS LOWELL RIVER HAWKS 19 at No. 2 Michigan State # L, 71, 93 @StonyBrookMBB @RiverHawksMBB 22 BROWN W, 77-64 26 BUCKNELL # L, 76-85 29 SHAWNEE STATE W, 101-58 2017-18 QUICK COMPARISON 8-12 (3-3 AE) ..... RECORD .....7-12 (1-5 AE) DECEMBER 2 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W, 85-83 71.6 ...........POINTS PER GAME .......... 74.8 4 at LIU Brooklyn L, 71-75 36.1 ........REBOUNDS PER GAME ....... 31.6 7 at Columbia W, 76-66 12 HOFSTRA L, 81-84 .427 ............ FIELD GOAL PCT. ........... .453 17 at Providence L, 60-62 .350 ...............3-POINT PCT. .............. .340 22 at Rutgers W, 75-73 (ot) 30 Norfolk State L, 68-74 JANUARY STONY BROOK QUICK LOOK UMASS LOWELL QUICK LOOK 3 MAINE* W, 71-70 HEAD COACH: JEFF BOALS (OHIO ‘95) HEAD COACH: PAT DUQUETTE (WILLIAMS ‘93) TH 6 at Hartford* W, 63-61 RECORD AT STONY BROOK: 26-26 (2ND YEAR) RECORD AT UML: 51-86 (5 YEAR) 10 at Albany* L, 65-78 OVERALL RECORD: SAME 13 at Vermont* L, 62-73 OVERALL RECORD: SAME 18 BINGHAMTON* W, 77-66 21 at New Hampshire* L, 51-53 STONY BROOK PROBABLE STARTERS UMASS LOWELL PROBABLE STARTERS 24 at UMass Lowell* 7 p.m. G 22 MATT HARRIS SR 6-1 198 12.4 PPG 3.3 RPG 27 ALBANY* 7 p.m. G 0 JARON CORNISH JR 5-11 172 10.5 PPG 4.6 RPG 31 UMBC* 7 p.m. G 22 BRYAN SEKUNDA SR 6-6 190 6.7 PPG 2.4 RPG G 5 RYAN JOENS JR 6-3 185 10.2 PPG 4.4 RPG FEBRUARY G 15 AKWASI YEBOAH RSO 6-6 235 14.6 PPG 5.0 RPG G 1 RINARDO PERRY SO 6-4 180 9.7 PPG 2.6 RPG 3 HARTFORD* 7 p.m. F 11 JUNIOR SAINTEL SR 6-7 210 7.3 PPG 4.6 RPG F 10 JAHAD THOMAS RSR 6-2 210 18.8 PPG 7.5 RPG 8 UMASS LOWELL* 7 p.m. F 12 JOSH GANTZ RJR 6-7 215 8.4 PPG 3.8 RPG 11 at Maine* 2 p.m. F 12 TYRELL STURDIVANT SR 6-7 232 8.8 PPG 4.1 RPG 15 at Binghamton* 7 p.m. 18 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 2 p.m. NOTEWORTHY THE OPPONENT 21 at UMBC* 7 p.m. - The Stony Brook staff will wear sneakers in both games this - UMass Lowell snapped a seven-game skid with a victory at 24 VERMONT* 7 p.m. week in support of Coaches vs. Cancer. Binghamton, 79-71, on Sunday afternoon. MARCH -The Seawolves wrap up a challenging start to league play - This was the first league win through six games for the River 3, 6, 10 America East Playoffs TBD Wednesday, with their fifth road game through seven contests. Hawks, and first road win of the season. - Jaron Cornish notched his second double-double of the season - UMass Lowell started the season with a 5-1 record, but has since CAPS denotes home games played at IFCU Arena with 16 points and 13 rebounds at UNH, tallying double-figure won just two of its last 13 outings. ^ denotes game played at Nassau Coliseum # denotes PK80 games points in a single half for the second straight game. - Jahad Thomas ranks in the top five in the America East in scoring * - America East Conference game - Jakub Petras had a career day at UNH, scoring 13 points and and rebounding. All times Eastern and subject to change grabbing eight rebounds. - Obadiah Noel was named the America East Rookie of the Week for - Akwasi Yeboah went off for 28 points and 11 rebounds in the the third time this week. He averaged 8.7 points and 2.3 rebounds win over Binghamton, 17 points coming in the first half. He has through three games. WHERE TO FIND IT surpassed 20 points in five of the last nine games. RADIO WATCH - Junior Saintel led the Seawolves at Vermont with a career-high 18 points, going 8-of-9 from the field. THE SERIES - The Seawolves’ bench has outscored the opponent’s in 14 of the - Stony Brook has never dropped a game to the River Hawks 20 games so far this season. through eight meetings, going 4-0 in Lowell. PXP: CHRIS VILLANI - The two teams first met on Jan. 18, 2014, when the Seawolves PXP: JOSH CARAY ANALYST: JIM BORODAWKA - Stony Brook matched a program single-game best with 18 steals at Hartford, marking the most steals in a game since 2002. took a 70-65 win. - Redshirt freshman Andrew Garcia made his collegiate debut - Stony Brook earned a pair of double-figure wins against the River stony brook ATHLETIC COMMUNICATION against Norfolk State after sitting out nearly two years with a Hawks last season, topping them 86-75 on the road, and 83-72 at SID Contact: Rachel Perreault right knee injury. home. email: [email protected] - The Seawolves are currently in their 17th season as a member of - Tyrell Sturdivant went off for 28 points in the first meeting, and cell: (631) 793-0130 the America East. helped lead the way adding 11 in the home victory. - Former Stony Brook standout Jameel Warney was named USA 1 Basketball Male AthleteWWW .Tof theULANE YearG onREEN Fri, Dec.W AVE15. .COM #ROLLWAVE GAME 21: AT UMASS LOWELL 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 G 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-nah-see Elijah OLANIYI OH-lawn-nee-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 Massachusetts. He spent this past summer playing AAU ball for BABC BY CLASS: players will be available promptly following the end of the game. on the Nike circuit. Christie helped his team to a U19 AAU national Seniors: UC Iroegbu, Tim Donohoe, Junior Stony Brook’s locker room is closed. Saintel, Tyrell Sturdivant, Bryan Sekunda, The SID of the visiting school will handle all interview request for the championship in Florida over the summer. 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 INTERVIEW REQUEST POLICY Latimer is in his senior season at Paul VI after helping the squad to Freshmen: Andrew Garcia, Corry Long, Jordan All interview requests for Stony Brook student-athletes, coaches a 29-8 overall record and 15-3 record in league play as a junior. The McKenzie, Elijah Olaniyi, Anthony Ochefu and administrators should be made be made with the Stony Brook three-point shooter played AAU ball for Team Takeover during the Athletic Communications office. Please contact Rachel Perreault, offseason, which earned a spot in the EYBL championship game.