HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The Stony Brook men's basketball team was unable to get things going against Hofstra Tuesday night, falling 96-58 at the Mack Sports Complex. The Seawolves fall 3-7 on the year, while Hofstra moves to 7-5.
 
Boals' Reaction
"Hats off to Coach Mihalich and Hofstra, I thought they played a complete 40-minute game," said head coach Jeff Boals. "We didn't put up a lot of resistance for them. We knew coming off their loss to Kentucky they would be ready to play. Getting off to a great start was a huge key for us, to try and get some confidence. We missed a couple layups early, missed a couple wide-open threes and gave up a few offensive rebounds. That really set the tone for the game. The biggest thing for us is that we are still a work in progress. We've been down in a lot of other games, but this is the first game all year that we didn't show the fight or the grit to compete and that was disappointing."
 
Highlights

• Freshman Michael Almonacy (Brentwood, N.Y.) led the way for the Seawolves, putting up a season-best 15 points in his first game in double figures.
• A steady push from Hofstra out of the gate helped the Pride establish a comfortable lead early and never looked back, leading by as many as 43 points in the game.
• Almonacy saw nine of his points come in the first half, but Hofstra had an answer for everything the Seawolves did.   
• After leading Stony Brook in scoring in each of the last two games, the Seawolves were without redshirt freshman Akwasi Yeboah (Chigwell, England) for the final 8:10 of the game as he quickly picked up his final two fouls and finished with nine points.
• Junior Jakub Petras (Rajek, Slovakia) led Stony Brook on the boards with a career-high seven in the game.

 
Notes

• Senior Lucas Woodhouse scored in double figures for the sixth time this season.
• Hofstra had six players, including all five starters, score in double figures.
• Stony Brook limited itself to just six turnovers in the game, marking the fourth time this season that number has been kept in single digits.

 
Up Next
The Seawolves will remain on the road this week as they take on St. Francis (Pa.) on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 1 p.m.