Dec 21, 2002

Box Score

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) - D.J. Munir, playing his first game of the season after being academically ineligible, scored 23 points to lead Stony Brook to 65-52 victory over Hofstra on Saturday.

The victory was the first for the Seawolves (5-3) over the Pride since 1985, and only the second in the 16-game series.

Munir was 10-of-11 from the free throw line and Stony Brook went 23-for-32, while Hofstra was just 8-of-18.

Mike Konopka added 12 points for Stony Brook, which has won four of five.

Lars Grubler had 17 points for Hofstra (1-6), which lost its fourth straight.

A 16-9 run by the Seawolves, during which there were five lead changes, enabled them to move in front for good, 48-47, on Konopka's layup with 7:54 to play.

Munir then scored six points in a 12-3 run that made it 60-50 with 51 seconds left.

Woody Souffrant's 3-pointers sparked a 7-1 run that gave Hofstra its largest lead of the game, 27-18, with 5:39 left in the first half. The Pride led 31-28 at halftime.