Nov. 24, 2006

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The Stony Brook men's basketball team heads into New York City to square off against the Columbia Lions on Saturday afternoon. Stony Brook is looking to avenge a last-second loss to the Lions that occurred last season. The Seawolves, who are 2-2 this season, are led by the top scoring-duo in the America East Conference, with Ricky Lucas and Mitchell Beauford. Lucas is averaging 20.5 ppg while Beauford has 19.5 points per contest. The game will be broadcast live on WLIE 540 AM, WUSB 90.1 and streamed live on www.goseawolves.org.

Internet

Live audio streaming can be found on www.goseawolves.org. Click on the listen link.

On the air

Ray Alexander be calling the Seawolves action on WLIE 540 am, the Seawolves Radio Network. For WUSB 90.1, Jeff Bernstein and Ben Bitonti will call the game for Stony Brook's student radio station. The game can also be heard live online at goseawolves.org.

Versus The Lions

• The Seawolves lead the all-time series, 4-3. In last season's matchup, Columbia's Justin Armstrong hit the go-ahead three pointer with five seconds left in the game to propel the Lions to a 55-54 victory over Stony Brook in the Seawolves home opener. The Seawolves were up by 11 with 4:57 remaining following a Bobby Santiago lay-up, but free throws would prove costly for Stony Brook late in the game. Going just 9-22 in the contest, the Seawolves missed four-of-six in the final minute of play.
• The last time the Seawolves topped the Lions was on November 27, 2004 in New York City, 77-73 Mitchell Beauford helped lead a late rally, scoring 16 of his game-high 27 points, leading four Seawolves in double figures as Stony Brook pulled out a late second half victory over Columbia.

About Columbia

Columbia is 4-1 entering this afternoon's contest with their lone loss coming to the Duke Blue Devils. Jon Baumann leads the way for the Lions with 17.0 points and 8.0 boards a game while Ben Nwachukwu has tallied 12.4 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest. On the season, Columbia is averaging 72.8 points per game. In it's last contest, Columbia exploded past Long Island University, 90-63 on Tuesday evening. Nwachukwu went for 25 points and nine rebounds in the game as he led four double scorers in double figures for Columbia.

20-20 Vision

• Ricky Lucas and Mitchell Beauford each pumped in 20 points in the Seawolves in the season-opening win against Colgate. Beauford, who scored 20 or more points in four games last season went 6-13 from the floor and iced the game going 8-9 from the free throw line. Lucas, in his first game for the Seawolves after transferring from George Washington, was 9-16 from the floor. In the second half, Lucas was unstoppable, shooting 6 of 8 from the floor.
• Lucas and Beauford once again went for 20 points apiece in the Seawolves loss to Cornell on Monday evening. For the second-straight game, Lucas netted 20 points and hit four three-pointers while Beauford tied a career-high in points with 24, 15 of which came in the first half.
• For the third consecutive game, Beauford and Lucas both went off for 20 points at Penn State. Lucas led the duo with 22 point while Beauford added 21 in the Seawolves upset of the Nittany Lions. • Lucas extended his 20-point scoring streak to four games as he pumped in 20 points at home versus Navy. His partner in crime was Mike Popoko in this game, as Popoko exploded for 20 points in the loss to the Midshipmen.

Scoring Points

Against Navy, the Seawolves tallied 76 points, which is more than any offensive output than any game last season. Lucas and Popoko each had 20 in the game while Beauford added 13 points. Eight different players scored in the game for Stony Brook.

Sharp Shooters

Navy came out shooting against the Seawolves and never looked back as it hit 58% of their shots in the game, including 11-for-20 (51%) from downtown. In the second half, Navy missed just six shots, going 12-18 from the field.

Enjoying the Downtown Lifestyle

Shooting 55% for the game, Stony Brook hit 11 of 20 shots from beyond the arc versus the Mids. Ricky Lucas went 4-for-8 and Mike Popoko added a 4 of 5 performance.

Block Party

With the addition of Emanuel Neto, Stony Brook now has a serious shot blocking threat in the post. Neto ranks first in the America East in blocks per game with two swats per contest.