HARTFORD, Conn -- Despite a strong night from beyond the arc, the Stony Brook men's basketball team allowed a late run that would prove to be costly as it fell to UConn, 72-64 at the XL Center Tuesday night. The Seawolves drop to 0-2 on the season, while UConn sits at 2-0.

Boals' Reaction
"I thought that for the first 34:30 we did a great job of guarding the ball and one of our keys coming in was to make them execute in the half court," said head coach Jeff Boals. "We did a great job containing those guys for the first 34-and-a-half minutes, but they really stepped up in crunch time and made plays. We'll learn from this one, I love our guys' competitiveness."

Highlights
- The Seawolves used a 9-2 run early on to earn two-possession lead that they would keep for much of the first half. UConn made it close on multiple occasions and briefly went ahead with under five minutes remaining until the break, but senior Junior Saintel (Mays Landing, N.J.) laid one in to put Stony Brook back on top. 
- Senior Bryan Sekunda (State College, Pa.) dropped in three threes in the first half and Stony Brook scored the final five points of the opening period to take a 31-25 lead into the break. 
- Senior UC Iroegbu (Sacramento, Calif.) hit a three to put the Seawolves up eight to start the second half, but UConn's full-court pressure forced Stony Brook to call an early timeout.
- The two teams traded buckets for much of the half, until senior Tyrell Sturdivant (Chester, Pa.) went back-to-back from beyond the arc to give the Seawolves their larges lead of the night, up nine with 5:37 to play.
- The Huskies called a timeout after the threes and were able to knock down one of their own following the break in action that would spark a closeout run.
- UConn tallied a 14-0 run in the final minutes of play before the Seawolves were forced to foul late. 

Notes
- Stony Brook saw six players knock down threes in the game, as the team tallied 11 makes from beyond the arc. 
- The Seawolves scored 20 of their points off of UConn turnovers.

Up Next
The Seawolves remain on the road this weekend as they take on Ball State Friday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. as part of the PK80 Invitational.