Stony Brook, N.Y. - Despite a season-high 460 yards of total offense, the Stony Brook football team fell to James Madison, 27-24, Saturday afternoon at LaValle Stadium.

Senior Marcus Coker (Beltsville, Md.) enjoyed a big afternoon with 145 yards on the ground, the most as a Seawolf in 25 games, and a touchdown.

Junior Conor Bednarski (South Pasadena, Calif.) was 17 of 29 for 260 yards and two touchdowns. Senior Will Tye (Middletown, Conn.) had 90 yards receiving and a touchdown. Senior Adrian Coxson (Baltimore, Md.) had the other touchdown reception on a 43-yard slant pattern late in the first quarter.

Senior Christian Ricard (Spencer, Mass.) and junior Victor Ochi (Valley Stream N.Y.) each had 2.0 sacks. Ricard led the Seawolves with 10 tackles and Ochi finished with a team-best 3.0 tackles for loss.

Stony Brook (4-6, 3-3) led 17-3 after sophomore Przemyslaw Popek's (Yonkers, N.Y.) career-long 43-yard field goal and 24-13 at halftime.

Stony Brook had scored on four of its first five drives in the first half. But the Seawolves were held scoreless in the second half.

James Madison (7-3, 4-2) quarterback Vad Lee passed for 314 yards and three touchdowns.

Scoring Drives
• 1st 8:05 SBU Tye 11 yd pass from Bednarski (Popek kick), 7-87, 3:11, 0-7
• 1st 2:45 JMU Maglio 41 yd field goal, 13-48, 5:13, 3-7
• 1st 0:27 SBU Coxson 43 yd pass from Bednarski (Popek kick), 5-60, 2:10, 3-14
• 2nd 7:43 SBU Popek 43 yd field goal, 12-44, 5:36, 3-17
• 2nd 4:24 JMU Hyman 47 yd pass from Lee (Maglio kick), 9-79, 3:14, 10-17
• 2nd 1:49 SBU Coker 5 yd run (Popek kick), 5-40, 2:34, 10-24
• 2nd 0:00 JMU Maglio 24 yd kick, 11-58, 1:49, 13-24
• 3rd 13:48 JMU Brown 1 yd pass from Lee (Maglio kick), 5-61, 1:07, 20-24
• 4th 13:27 JMU Ravenel 76 yd pass from Lee (Maglio kick), 3-91, 0:48, 27-24

Quotes . . .
Head Coach Chuck Priore - "Coming into the game, I knew we were going to need to score some points. As for the fake field goal, we needed the points and that's why we went for the touchdown."

Senior Christian Ricard - "I thought (Vad) Lee was the best quarterback we've played all season. He made a lot of plays with his legs."

News & Notes
• Junior Victor Ochi became only the third player since 2003 to record double-digit sacks in a season (David Bamiro 10.5 in 2004; Leston Simpson 10.0 in 2012). He also holds the record for sacks in a season with 11.0.
• Since the Connecticut game, opponents have scored a total of six points in the first quarter in a span of eight games.
• Stony Brook scored 14 points in the first quarter for the second straight game.
• The 24 first-half points scored by Stony Brook is a season-high.
• Senior Marcus Coker rushed for 100 yards for the first time since week two (115) at Buffalo in 2013.
• Freshman Donavin Washington enjoyed another strong performance with 89 receiving yards.
• Redshirt freshman Marvin Hart had a career-high five pass breakups.
• James Madison was 8 of 15 on third down.
• The 513 yards of total offense recorded by James Madison were the most by a Stony Brook opponent this season.

Up Next
• Stony Brook will host Rhode Island (0-10, 0-6) for Senior Day on Saturday, November 15 at 1 p.m.