Feb. 9, 2008

Box Score

Boston, Mass. - Senior Ricky Lucas (Herndon, Va.) scored a team-high 19 points and freshman Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) added 13 but it wasn't enough as Corey Lowe scored a game-high 21 points to lead Boston University to a 64-60 victory over the Stony Brook men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon at Case Gym. The Seawolves fall to 4-19 and 1-10 while the Terriers improve to 8-14 and 5-5.

"We continue to battle and show great effort," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "But unfortunately we didn't execute offensively for the full 40 minutes and missed some opportunities at the free-throw line as well."

SBU got off to a quick start, getting five early points from Lucas and a four-point play from junior Michael Tyree (Somerset, N.J.) to take a 10-7 lead just over four minutes in. Another Lucas three and hoops from sophomore Rio Pitt and junior Demetrius Young (Sacramento, Calif.) stretched the run to 11-1 as the Seawolves took their largest lead of the game at 17-8 with 11:59 remaining.

The Seawolves maintained their nine-point advantage with the help of five straight points from Martin before the Terriers ripped off five straight points to cut the Stony Brook lead to four and force an SBU timeout with 5:02 left in the half.

Beauford hit one of two free throws with 3:09 remaining but the Terriers answered with seven straight to end the half, taking a 27-26 lead into the locker room.

BU got off to quick start to open the second half, scoring seven of the first nine points to take its largest lead of the game at 34-28. The Seawolves eventually closed to within 39-35 on a Young jumper but threes from Lowe and John Holland pushed the BU lead to 10.

The Seawolves came right back though, scoring five straight points on two Martin free throws and a Beauford three to slice their deficit to five at 45-40. A Lucas three a few possession later sliced that deficit to one but Holland answered with a three for BU to push the lead back to four.

SBU drew within two on a Young alley-oop lay-up off an in-bounds play but Lowe answered with another three to make it 60-55 with just under four minutes left. Stony Brook turned it over on the ensuing possession leading to two BU free throws that made it a seven-point game. Beauford answered with a jumper to make it 62-57 but that it as close as the Seawolves would get until the final seconds when Martin hit three to provide the game's final points.

Stony Brook returns to action on Thursday, hosting Hartford at 7 p.m