Nov. 24, 2007

Box Score

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Junior Nick Carter (Huntington Station, N.Y.) scored a team-high 13 points but Columbia used a 16-0 run to end the first half and begin the second, leading the Lions to a 66-46 victory over the Stony Brook men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon at Stony Brook Arena. The Seawolves fall to 0-5 with the loss while Columbia improves to 2-4.

"We practiced well all week and were ready for the game," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "Now it's just a matter of executing when we get to the game."

Senior Mitchell Beauford (Queens, N.Y.) tied the game at 30 with 3:20 left in the first half but that would be the last point the Seawolves would score for over six and half minutes as the Lions went a 7-0 run to end the first half and then a 9-0 run to begin the second half to take a 46-30 lead with 17:17 left in the game.

Junior Michael Tyree (Somerset, N.J.) broke the drought with 16:46 left to bring the Seawolves within 14 and then knocked down a three a minute later to cut the Lions leads to 13 but that it as close as Stony Brook would get as Columbia built its lead to as much as 26 at 64-38 with 6:21 remaining in the contest.

The Lions defense carried them, holding the Seawolves to an amazing 5-for-35 shooting in the second half and 24.6 percent for the game. Columbia was led in scoring by John Baumann who poured in 21 while Ben Mwachukwu added 12.

The Seawolves played well early, going on 12-1 run to take its largest of the game at 18-13 with 11:18 remaining in the first half on a jumper by senior Emanuel Neto (Luanda, Angola). Columbia would rally back to take a four-point lead but Stony Brook answered with a 7-2 run, taking its final lead of the game on a free throw by junior Demetrius Young (Sacramento, Calif.) with 6:47 left in the half.

The lead then seesawed back and forth before the Seawolves tied it for the last time at 30 on the Beauford free throws.

The Seawolves return to action on Tuesday, traveling to take on Kentucky at 7 p.m.