Oct. 30, 2010

Final Stats

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Sophomore Miguel Maysonet (Riverhead, N.Y.) tied a school-record and set a Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium-record with four touchdowns and Stony Brook scored 34 unanswered points, as the Seawolves (4-4, 3-0 Big South) topped Charleston Southern (2-6, 0-4), 41-21. Maysonet scored on touchdown runs of 8, 9, and 32 yards, and caught a 35-yard score.

Only four players in school history have had four touchdowns in a game, the last coming when Lynell Suggs caught four touchdown passes against Robert Morris in 2005.

Maysonet totaled 192 yards of total offense, including 158 on the ground. He leads the Big South and Stony Brook with nine rushing touchdowns. He also has seven touchdowns in the last two games, as the Seawolves have recorded at least five touchdowns in that span.

Junior Brock Jackolski (Shirley, N.Y.) led Stony Brook with 183 yards rushing. He scored on a one-yard touchdown run and set up Maysonet's 32-yard touchdown with a 40-yard kick return and eight-yard touchdown with a 55-yard scamper. Jackolski has eight touchdowns on the ground, second to Maysonet in the conference and at Stony Brook.

Stony Brook totaled 499 yards of total offense, a season-high, as well as 354 rushing yards, also a season-best.

Save for the final drive in the fourth quarter, which Stony Brook ended by taking a knee, the Seawolves scored on each of their four drives in the second half.

Stony Brook is 3-0 in the Big South for the second straight year, and is tied with Liberty atop the standings.

"I think we're growing up as a team," said head coach Chuck Priore, who is now 65-35 as a head coach. "We were able to turn the corner in the second quarter, and came out in the second half with a lot of momentum. I'd like to give credit to our receivers and line, because their blocking on the edge keyed our ability to run the ball."

Down 7-0 in the middle of the second quarter, it took the Seawolves just three plays to score. Jackolski's 40-yard return set up first down from the SBU 45. Maysonet's 30-yard rush advanced the ball to the Buccaneers' 25. After a holding penalty nullified a Jackolski touchdown, Maysonet's 32-yard score brought them within one.

Stony Brook started its next drive on the 12-yard line, and went 88 yards in just six plays. On second and 10 from the Stony Brook 37, Jackolski rushed for 55 yards to the CSU 8. Maysonet's eight-yard run gave the Seawolves the lead for good.

Opening the second half with the ball, Jackolski's 39-yard rush on second and two put the ball on the Buccaneers' 19. A two-yard keeper from junior Michael Coulter (Yorba Linda, Calif.) on fourth and one from the 10 gave the Seawolves first and goal. Two plays later, Jackolski scored on a one-yard run.

Stony Brook's defense turned up the pressure, as junior Andrew Nelson (Uniondale, N.Y.) forced a fumble that was recovered by sophomore Craig Richardson (Malden, Mass.). Richardson finished with a game-high 10 tackles.

The Seawolves took over on the 41, and were set up with first and goal from the nine after a 26-yard catch by sophomore Jordan Gush (Richardson, Texas). Maysonet took it from there, going in for his third TD of the game.

After starting with the ball on its own 42, it took Stony Brook just three plays to score on its next drive. Jackolski rushed for 29 yards to the CSU 29. One play later, Maysonet tied the school record and set the Stadium record with his fourth touchdown of the game, giving Stony Brook its biggest lead, 34-7.

Charleston Southern closed to with 20 after DeMarcus Moon's three-yard TD. But Stony Brook used up 5:35 of the clock, as the drive was capped by Gush's 25-yard touchdown pass from Coulter. Coulter threw only 11 passes, but completed nine, including two scores.

Sophomore Wesley Skiffington (Brandon, Fla.) made five extra points for the second straight game.

Today's game also marked the ninth annual Raymond M. Downey Heroes Classic, in honor of Chief Downey who died in the line of duty on 9/11.

Stony Brook is back on the road for a game at Presbyterian on Saturday, November 6 at 1:00 p.m.