GAME 17: STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES at UMASS LOWELL RIVER HAWKS
LOCATION	Costello Athletic Center | Lowell, Mass.
DATE  | TIME	Monday, Jan. 16  |  2 p.m.
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GAME NOTES	Stony Brook  |  UMass Lowell

LOWELL, Mass. -- The Stony Brook men's basketball team will conclude its road trip with a Monday afternoon matchup at UMass Lowell. The Seawolves look to continue their winning ways, while the River Hawks aim to make it back-to-back league wins at home. 

NOTEWORTHY

- Stony Brook is coming off of its largest win of the season, topping Maine 74-54 Saturday afternoon. 
- The Seawolves overcame the largest deficit in program history as they trailed Albany by 21 with under just over seven minutes remaining and went on to claim a 72-70 win at the buzzer. 

- Stony Brook has seen nine of its 16 games so far this season be decided in the final minute of play. 

- After starting the season 0-4, the Seawolves have turned it around to go 8-4 since, claiming four of their last five. 

- Stony Brook has limited itself to single-digit turnovers seven times this season, committing 10 or fewer on 10 occasions, ranking 31st in the nation in turnover margin. 

- This is the ninth straight season the Seawolves have opened America East play with a victory, and the fifth time they have gotten out to a 3-0 start in the league. 

- Tyrell Sturdivant had a clutch opening week of conference play, scoring the game-winners at UNH and against Albany. 

- Lucas Woodhouse made it back-to-back games with 20-plus points for the first time this season after leading the way at Maine.

- Roland Nyama helped lift the Seawolves in the first week of America East play, scoring 12 of his 14 points in the second half at UNH and adding 15 against Albany . 

- Kameron Mitchell added a career-best five rebounds and five assists at UNH, and has started each of the last six games.

THE OPPONENT

   UMass Lowell enters the Monday afternoon matchup with an 8-10 record on the season, sitting at 3-1 in America East play. The River Hawks rolled past Hartford on Saturday afternoon, 71-55 at home. The team's leader in points, rebounds, assists and steals had a triple-double in the Hartford game putting up 19 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists in the win. 

THE SERIES

   Stony Brook has never dropped a game to the River Hawks in six meetings. The two teams first met on Jan. 18, 2014, when the Seawolves took a 70-65 win. Stony Brook has claimed three home wins and three road wins in the series. UMass Lowell is currently in its final transitional season, moving up to Division I. 

LAST TIME OUT

   The Seawolves cruised to their largest victory of the season as they wolled past Maine 74-54 Saturday afternoon. Junior Tyrell Sturdivant kept the Seawolves in it in the first half, putting up 12 of his 16 points as play went back and forth. Neither team led by more than five in the opening period. 

   The score continued to seesaw in the opening minutes of the second half, but a three from senior Kameron Mitchell with 13:46 on the clock broke a 42-all tie and sparked a 23-0 run for Stony Brook. Maine was unable to score again until Wes Myers put in a layup with 5:10 remaining. 

   Senior Lucas Woodhouse was the catalyst for Stony Brook in the second half, scoring 16 of his 20 by way of four three-points and two trips the foul line. Redshirt freshman Akwasi Yeboah also had a double-digit second half, putting up 10 of his 13 in the period.

LEAGUE PLAY

   The Seawolves are in their 16th season of America East play, sitting at 131-116 in regular season league action and are coming off of a regular season and tournament title in 2015-16. The team is out to its fifth 3-0 start to America East play in program history. The win at New Hampshire marked the ninth straight season Stony Brook has opened conference play with a victory.

CLUTCH WEEK

    Junior Tyrell Sturdivant had a clutch opening week of America East play, sinking the game-winner in each of the first two games. Sturdivant made a hook shot with 15 seconds remaining at UNH to put the Seawolves up three, and later scored an open layup with 0.6 seconds on the clock, giving Stony Brook its first lead of the day and sealing the victory over Albany. 

LARGEST COMEBACK

    The Seawolves trailed Albany by 21 points with 7:02 left to play and eventually overcame the deficit to claim victory and mark the largest comeback in program history. The comeback sits as the third largest deficit overcome under the 10-minute mark in NCAA history. Trailing by 14 points with five minutes remaining, it is the fourth largest deficit overcome in that period of time in NCAA history. 

DOWN TO THE WIRE

    Stony Brook has seen nine of its 16 games this season be decided in the final minute of play. It sits at 5-4 on the year in this situation. Most recently, the Seawolves topped Albany as Sturdivant made a wide-open layup with 0.6 seconds on the clock to give the Seawolves their first lead of the game and seal the victory. 

CLEAN PLAY

    Stony Brook has limited itself in turnovers all season, keeping the number in single digits on seven total occasions. The Seawolves currently rank 21st in the nation in turnover margin (3.6). They have committed more turnovers than their opponent just once this year. Stony Brook most recently limited itself to just seven  mishaps at Maine.