| GAME 6: STONY BROOK vs LOYOLA MARYLAND |
| LOCATION |
Island Federal Credit Union Arena | Stony Brook, N.Y. |
| TIME |
7 p.m. |
| COVERAGE |
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| GAME NOTES |
Stony Brook | Loyola |
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STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook men's basketball team returns home after four straight road games to host the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds. The Seawolves are coming off of their first win of the season against Hampton in Towson, Maryland, over the holiday break and will remain at home for the next two weeks.
NOTEWORTHY
- The Seawolves picked up their first win of the Jeff Boals era with a 76-66 victory over Hampton.
- Senior Lucas Woodhouse matched his Stony Brook career best against Hampton, scoring 17 points in the victory, all of which came in the second half.
- Junior Roland Nyama returned to the starting lineup against Hampton and added 12 points and four rebounds. It was the 37th start of his career.
- Redshirt freshman Akwasi Yeboah has scored in double figures in all five games this season.
- Stony Brook has had the same or fewer turnovers than its opponent in every game this season, and has forced 33 turnovers in its last two outings.
- Junior Tyrell Sturdivant followed up a double-double in the season opener with a career-best 26 points at Boston College. He currently leads the team in scoring and rebounding.
THE OPPONENT
Loyola will arrive at Stony Brook with a 2-4 record on the year, coming off of an 82-52 loss at No. 12 Creighton on Saturday. Prior to the holiday break, the Greyhounds topped Fairfield at home, 81-66. They have yet to win on the road this season, playing four games away from home. Senior Jarred Jones leads the way for Loyola, averaging over 14 points and six boards on the year, with two double-doubles. Loyola is the first of two teams from the Patriot League that Stony Brook will face this season, also hosting Lehigh less than a week later.
THE SERIES
The Seawolves have never fallen to Loyola, leading the series 5-0. This is the fourth consecutive meeting between the two teams after first meeting Jan. 5, 2000. Stony Brook took a 51-50 win on the road in the series opener. Most recently, the Seawolves claimed a 76-63 win in Baltimore a season ago. Junior Bryan Sekunda helped lead Stony Brook with 18 points in the game, including four three-pointers.
LAST TIME OUT
The Seawolves picked up their first win of the season as it knocked off Hampton 77-66 Saturday evening. Stony Brook played catch-up for much of the first half, but kept it within two possessions until the midway point. Hampton put together a 10-0 run with just over 10 minutes until halftime and held a double-digit lead at the break.
A dunk from junior Roland Nyama and a three-pointer less than a minute later got the Seawolves back within four early in the second half. Stony Brook hovered around a one-possession differential until a pair of free throws from redshirt freshman Akwasi Yeboah with 6:38 remaining gave the Seawolves their first lead of the game.
Senior Lucas Woodhouse came up with a big steal as Stony Brook pressed following the foul shots, and he laid it in to extend the lead.
Woodhouse hit back-to-back threes the next two times down the court to help continue what would be a 12-2 run for Stony Brook, securing the momentum late.
WOODHOUSE SPARKS SEAWOLVES IN WIN
Senior Lucas Woodhouse matched his Stony Brook career best against Hampton, putting up all 17 of his points in the second half alone. He also added a career-high four steals, including a momentum-shifting take-away while pressing that helped extend the early end of Stony Brook's first lead of the game with under seven minutes remaining in the game.
YEBOAH KEEPING IT CONSISTENT
Redshirt freshman Akwasi Yeboah is one of four Stony Brook players averaging double figures in scoring, but the only player to have reached double-digits in all five games this year.
SEAWOLVES STUFF A BUS TOY DRIVE
Throughout the month of December the Stony Brook basketball teams will be taking part in the Seawolves Stuff A Bus Toy Drive, asking all faculty/ staff and fans to bring toys to any home game to be donated Stony Brook Pediatric Oncology Center. Student-athletes will pack up to collected toys and deliver them on Tuesday, Dec. 20th at 1 p.m.
