GAME 13: STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES at BROWN BEARS
LOCATION	Pizzitola Sports Center | Providence, R.I.
DATE  | TIME	Saturday, Dec. 31 | 2 p.m.
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GAME NOTES	Stony Brook  |  Brown

STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook men's basketball team will look to bounce back on the road and close out 2016 on a high note as it travels to Brown for a Saturday afternoon matchup. This will be the final non-conference game of the season for the Seawolves, while the Bears will travel to NJIT in early January before diving in to Ivy League action. 

NOTEWORTHY

- Stony Brook has limited itself to single-digit turnovers in four of the last six games, committing 10 or fewer on seven occasions.

- Senior Lucas Woodhouse set a new season and Stony Brook high when he put up 19 points against NJIT. 

- Junior Bryan Sekunda gave Stony Brook a big lift off the bench in his return to his home state of Pennsylvania. He helped lead the way in the win at St. Francis with a season-high 17 points, including five threes.

-  Junior Saintel returned to the starting lineup at St. Francis and earned the first double-figure scoring game of his Stony Brook career. The junior finished with 15 points and six rebounds. 

- Freshman Michael Almonacy put up the best numbers of his debut season, scoring 15 points in the game at Hofstra, adding three rebounds and three assists. 

- Redshirt freshman Akwasi Yeboah returned to double figures, scoring 16 points in the win over Lehigh, and followed it up with a season-best 18 points against Rutgers. He earned America East Rookie of the Week honors for his play. 

- Tyrell Sturdivant has adjusted well to his new role this season. He hasn't missed a start this year, leading the team in rebounding and ranking second in scoring. 

THE OPPONENT

   Brown enters its final non-conference game at 9-5 on the year after topping Quinnipiac 66-61 at home Thursday night. JR Hobbie led three players in double figures, scoring 19 points off the bench. The Bears have yet to drop a home game this season, sitting at 8-0 thus far, and have also claimed eight of their last nine outings. Prior to the holiday break, the Bears took down Maine, 82-77 at home. 

THE SERIES

   This is the fifth meeting between Brown and the Seawolves, in a series that is tied at 2-2. Stony Brook took the first two meetings, opening the series with a 69-56 win in Providence in 2000 before claiming the first meeting in Stony Brook the following season. Brown has taken the two most recent meetings, including the last matchup, a 90-79 win for the Bears in Stony Brook in 2003. Brown is the second Ivy League opponent the Seawolves have faced this year after opening the season against Columbia. 

LAST TIME OUT

   Stony Brook battled back late, but was unable to get by NJIT, falling 64-61. The Seawolves trailed for much of the night but got back within three with 21 seconds to play. A pair of missed free throws from NJIT's Damon Lynn left the door open for Stony Brook with three seconds on the clock. Junior Roland Nyama grabbed the rebound and sent it out to senior Lucas Woodhouse who brought it down the court and put up a long three that rimmed out as the buzzer went off.

   Stony Brook shot 62.5-percent from the field in the first half and 60-percent from beyond the arc, but went cold from the field in the second half. Both teams got out to a slow start in the second half. It took the Seawolves five minutes to land their first shot in the new period, while NJIT went dry for nearly four minutes after Abdul Lewis laid one in to start the second half.

The Highlanders controlled the momentum early, but Stony Brook kept it within two possessions until there was six minutes remaining before halftime.

   NJIT pulled away and led by as many as 11, but seven straight points from the Seawolves in the final two minutes of the opening half got them back within four at the break.

TRIO LIFTS SEAWOLVES PAST ST. FRANCIS

    Top performances from Lucas Woodhouse, Junior Saintel and Bryan Sekunda helped the Seawolves pick up a win before the holiday break. Woodhouse neared a triple-double as he finished with 17 points, nine assists and nine boards. Sekunda went off in the second half to score a season-best 17 points, including five threes. Saintel returned to the starting lineup and notched the first double-figure scoring game of his career with 15 points, and added six rebounds in the road victory. 

 CLEAN PLAY

    The Seawolves have limited their turnovers all season, keeping the number in single digits in four of the last six games and on five total occasions this season. They have committed more turnovers than their opponent just once this year.