Stony Brook Seawolves Basketball 2007-08 MEN’s BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Stony Brook Seawolves (6-21, 3-12) 2007-08 SCHEDULE Game 28 vs. Game time: 2 p.m. Date ...............Opponent.............................Time (EST) Radio: WLIR 107.1 FM (Ray Alexander, Keith Irizarry) Binghamton Bearcats (13-15, 8-7) Nov. 9 ............at Villanova # (FSNY) ..............L, 86-64 WUSB 90.1 FM (Jeff Bernstein, Curt Hylton) Saturday, March 1, 2008 • Stony Brook Arena Nov. 12 ..........Lafayette #% ......... ......... L, 76-68 (OT) TV: Madison Square Garden Network Nov. 15 ..........at UMES # ............ ....................L, 53-52 Nov. 18 ..........at American # ............................L, 64-56 2007-08 Stats Nov. 24 ..........Columbia #.................................L, 66-46 Category SBU BU Nov. 27 ..........at Kentucky# ...............................L, 62-52 Scoring Offense 61.5 66.8 Dec. 1 ............Dartmouth #% .........................W, 70-43 Scoring Defense 67.0 67.6 Dec. 5 ............at Lehigh # .................................L, 76-61 FT % .680 .733 Dec.10 ..........NJIT #%................ ...................W, 62-53 FG% .395 .440 vs. Rebounding Margin -1.3 -0.9 Dec. 12 ..........at Hofstra# ............ ...................W, 77-74 FG Pct. Defense .429 .455 Dec. 15 .........at FDU#%............. ....................L, 74-71 3-pt FG Pct. % .329 .340 Dec. 29 ..........Cornell# ......................................L, 66-50 Jan. 3 ..............UMBC#% ............. ....................L, 76-62 What You Need To Know .... Jan. 6 ..............Maine%# ............... ...................W, 75-59 The Stony Brook University men’s basketball team will play its final regular season contest of the Jan. 9 .............Albany%# .............. ....................L, 80-64 Jan. 15 ..........at Binghamton# (FSNY) ..........L, 67-61 2007-08 season on Saturday afternoon, hosting in-state rival Binghamton at Stony Brook Arena on Jan 19.............Boston University %# ..............L, 59-52 Senior Day. The Seawolves will honor seniors Ricky Lucas, Mitchell Beauford and Emanuel Neto Jan 21.............at Vermont# .......... ....................L, 72-62 prior to the 2 p.m. contest. The game will be televised by the Madison Square Garden Network. Jan 24.............at Hartford#% ...... ....................L, 83-81 Fans can listen to the game on WLIR 107.1 FM and WUSB 90.1 FM and also follow Livestats of Jan. 30............New Hampshire #% .................L, 68-60 the game at www.goseawolves.org. Feb. 2 ............. at Albany#% ........ ...................L, 64-46 Feb. 6 ............at UMBC # ............ ...................L, 75-63 -Stony Brook leads the all-time series 26-19 after Binghamton’s 67-61 victory over the Seawolves Feb. 9 .............at Boston U # ....... ....................L, 64-60 earlier this season at the Events Center. Stony Brook defeated the visiting Bearcats 67-55 last season Feb. 14 ..........Hartford#% ...............................L, 53-51 and have two of the last three meetings between the teams at Stony Brook Arena. Feb. 17 ..........Vermont#% .......... .........W, 71-70 (OT) Feb. 20 ...........at New Hampshire # ................L, 74-67 Feb. 23 ...........at Maine #..................................W, 56-51 -The Seawolves rallied from a 10-point second half deficit for a 56-51 victory over Maine on Saturday Mar. 1 ............Binghamton (MSG) % ................. 2 p.m. afternoon. It marked the second time in three contests that SBU rallied for a victory after trailing Radio: # - WLIR 107.1 FM, % - WUSB 90.1 FM at halftime after failing to do so in the previous 17 contests it trailed at the half. Internet: www.goseawolves.org TV: FSNY- Fox Sports New York MSG -Madison Square -Senior Ricky Lucas scored 12 of his game-high 14 points in the second half on Saturday against Garden Network Maine. Lucas has been stellar in the second half this season, averaging 8.6 points after halftime while shooting 42 percent from the field and 44.6 percent from three. In the first half of the SBU in the America East (07-08) Seawolves contests he is averaging 5.6 points, shooting 36 percent from the field and 38 perecent Category Stat AE Rank from three. Scoring Offense 61.5 9th Scoring Defense 67.0 3rd -Stony Brook forced 10 steals against Maine on Saturday, the fifth time the Seawolves have forced FT % .680 7th 10 or more steals. SBU has forced 413 turnovers this season, third most in the conference. FG% .395 8th Rebounding Margin -1.3 6th FG Pct. Defense .429 2nd 2007-08 NUMERICAL ROSTER 3-pt FG Pct. % .329 8th Probable Starters No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown G/GS PPG RPG MPG 5 Michael Tyree Jr. G 5-11 175 Somerset, N.J. 27/6 7.3 1.2 16.1 11 Ricky Lucas Sr. G 6-4 215 Herndon, Va. 27/26 14.1 4.6 32.4 22 Jermol Paul Fr. G/F 6-4 210 Palm Beach, Fla. 27/12 4.3 1.9 15.3 30 Chris Martin R-Fr. G 6-1 210 Springfield Gardens, N.Y. 23/13 5.3 1.3 13.9 50 Emanuel Neto Sr. C 6-9 245 Luanda, Angola 25/19 5.9 7.2 26.6 No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown 2 Marques Cox Jr. G 6-1 195 Jamaica, N.Y. 19/1 0.2 0.3 5.1 3 Eddie Castellanos So. G 6-1 180 Jersey City, N.J. 25/12 2.6 1.8 19.0 12 Mitchell Beauford Sr. G 5-11 185 Queens, N.Y. 27/19 9.7 2.6 26.6 14 Rio Pitt So. F 6-7 210 Amityville, N.Y. 25/3 1.5 2.0 9.9 21 Demetrius Young Jr. F 6-6 200 Sacramento, Calif. 27/17 7.0 6.9 29.0 24 Marcus Robinson So. G 6-3 185 Pittsburgh, Pa. 1/0 0.0 2.0 4.0 32 Andrew Goba Jr. F/C 6-9 235 Durban, South Africa 4/4 0.5 1.8 15.0 35 Nick Carter Jr. G 6-1 185 Huntington Station, N.Y. 22/3 6.2 1.6 16.2 1 Scouting the Bearcats Binghamton (13-15, 8-7) had its three-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday night, falling to STONY BROOK 2007-08 Record ..................................................5-21, 2-12 visiting Albany 74-62. The Bearcats are currently in sixth place in the conference, a half-game behind Head Coach .............................. Steve Pikiell (UConn ‘90) Vermont and Boston University. Lazar Trifunovic leads BU in both scoring (14.1 ppg) and rebounding Career Record: ........................................................18-64/3 Record at School ....................................................18-64/3 (7.3) with the latter mark ranking third in the league. Mike Gordon is second on the team in scoring, Leading Scorer ...................................... Ricky Lucas, 14.2 averaging 12.1 points per game and also ranks first in the league with 2.33 steals per contest. The Bearcats are allowing a league worst .457 field goal percentage during conference play despite ranking Binghamton second in scoring defense (64.8 ppg). 2007-08 Record ..................................................13-15, 8-7 Head Coach ................. Kevin Broadus (Bowie State ‘90) Record at School .................................................13-15/1st Last Meeting Leading Scorer: ..............................Lazar Trifunovic, 14.1 Senior Emanuel Neto (Luanda, Angola) scored a team-high 14 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds but it wasn’t enough as the Stony Brook University men’s basketball team rallied late but fell SEAWOLVES ON TV short against the Binghamton Bearcats on Jan. 15 at the Events Center, 67-61. The Bearcats looked to be on their way to easy victory, leading by 12 at 57-45 with just over four minutes remaining. But the STONY BROOK Seawolves rallied back, outscoring Binghamton 14-4 over the next four minutes to cut their deficit to Nov. 9 Villanova FSNY two with 26 seconds left on a steal and lay-up from freshman Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.). Jan. 15 Binghamton FSNY Mar. 1 Binghmaton MSG But Mike Gordon made a pair of free throws with 25 seconds left to push the lead to four, and BU converted 6-of-8 from the line in the final 25 seconds to seal the win. Stony Brook shot an excellent 46.3 percent (25 for 54) from the field including 47.1 percent in the second half but hurt itself from the Be sure to tune in to the Stony Brook Sports Report line, going nine for 15. Junior Nick Carter (Huntington, N.Y.) added 13 for the Seawolves who allowed featuring Coach Pikiell on Cablevision every Tuesday BU to shoot 57.9 percent in the second half. night. Last Time Out At A GLANCE Senior Mitchell Beauford (Queens, N.Y.) hit the go-ahead free throw with 2:19 left as the Stony Brook Seawolves 07-08: men’s basketball team rallied from an eight-point deficit in the final minutes on its way to a 56-51 victory Home: 4-8 Road: 2-13 Neutral: 0-0 at Alfond Arena on Saturday afternoon. Maine (7-20, 3-11 AE) pushed its lead to eight at 47-39 on a technical free throw but senior Ricky Lucas (Herndon, Va.) answered with five straight to make it 47-44. Freshman Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) added a hoop to cut the deficit to a pair before Stony QUICK FACTS Brook (6-21, 3-12 AE) grabbed the lead back on the ensuing possession on an old-fashioned three- Location Stony Brook, N.Y. point play from Beauford. Two free throws from Martin pushed the lead to three but the Black Bears Founded 1957 still had a chance to tie with 32.6 seconds remaining after a Stony Brook turnover. The Black Bears cut Enrollment 22,355 the lead to one on a put-back from Brian Andere but were then assessed a technical foul after calling a Nickname Seawolves timeout with none remaining. Lucas hit both freebies and Martin then hit one of two on the ensuing Colors Scarlet, Blue and Gray possession to make the lead four, sealing the game.