Final Stats

Durham, N.H. - Junior Ahmad Walker (Port Washington, N.Y.) scored a season-high 19 points to lead the Stony Brook men's basketball team to a 80-50 win over New Hampshire Saturday afternoon at Lundholm Gymnasium.

Walker was 6 of 12 from the field and 6 of 7 from the line.

Senior Carson Puriefoy (Wenonah, N.J.) had 15 points, including three threes.

Seniors Jameel Warney (Plainfield, N.J.) and Rayshaun McGrew (Chicago, Ill.) added 12 and 10 points, respectively.

Stony Brook (13-4, 4-0 America East), which won its ninth straight game, has scored at least 80 points in three straight games.

Jacoby Armstrong led New Hampshire (8-8, 1-2) with 14 points.

Quotes . . .
Steve Pikiell
This truly was a team win on both ends of the floor. I was really pleased with our approach to the game. We need to continue to be locked in because it only gets tougher. Tanner Leissner is a terrific offensive player and Ray [Rayshaun McGrew] did a great job on him. It always takes a team effort to defend a great player like Leissner and team like New Hampshire.

Ahmad Walker
The way New Hampshire plays defense presents challenges. They doubled the post and played in their gaps so I needed to be aggressive. I took the ball to the basket and fortunately the shots fell today.

Turning Point
New Hampshire made five of its first seven shots and led 10-9 with 14:34 left in the first half. Leading 14-13 with 11:52 left in the first half, Stony Brook went on a 15-2 run, taking a 29-15 lead after two free throws from Puriefoy.

The Seawolves closed the first half with an 11-2 spurt. Walker's three-point play just before halftime made it 40-21.

New Hampshire shot 5 of 23 (.217) over the final 14:33 of the first half. Stony Brook was 11 of 24 (.458) in that span.

The Wildcats scored eight of the first 10 points in the second half to close to within 42-29. The Seawolves answered with a 19-3 run over the next 7:30 minutes.

By The Numbers
• Stony Brook's balanced scoring effort also featured eight points from junior Lucas Woodhouse (Greenlawn, N.Y.) and six apiece from sophomores Bryan Sekunda (State College, Pa.) and Tyrell Sturdivant (Chester, Pa.).
• Stony Brook is 12-0 when it makes six three-pointers in a game.
• Stony Brook scored 15 points off turnovers in the first half.
• New Hampshire was 0-for-7 from behind the arc in the first half.
• Leissner, New Hampshire's leading scorer (14.2), scored his first point of the game on a free throw with 16:32 left in regulation.

News & Notes
• Stony Brook and Hawaii are the only teams to lead its conferences in scoring offense and scoring defense.
• The nine-game winning streak is the second-longest in school history.
• New Hampshire entered today's game averaging 71.5 ppg.
• Stony Brook has scored at least 40 points in five of the last six halves.
• Puriefoy's three to open the scoring for the Seawolves gave him 1,301 career points. He's the fifth player in the program's Division I history to reach that mark.
• Warney is 17 rebounds away from breaking Tommy Brenton's school record of 1,115. • New Hampshire's 21 first-half points were its fewest since totaling 20 at SMU on December 5.

Up Next
Stony Brook will wrap up its two-game road trip Monday afternoon at Hartford for a 1 p.m. tip.