GAME 27: STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES vs BINGHAMTON BEARCATS
LOCATION	Island Federal Credit Union Arena | Stony Brook, N.Y.
DATE  | TIME	Saturday, Feb. 18  |  7 p.m.
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GAME NOTES	Stony Brook | Binghamton

STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook men's basketball team returns home for its regular season finale at Island Federal Credit Union Arena. The Seawolves look to continue rolling after topping Hartford in a midweek meeting. Binghamton is in the midst of a five-game skid entering the weekend on full rest. Stony Brook will honor seniors Kameron Mitchell and Lucas Woodhouse prior to the game, and the Seawolves will retire the number of standout Jameel Warney at halftime of the game. 

NOTEWORTHY

- Roland Nyama followed up a week of top performances that saw his earn America East Player of the Week honors for the first time notching the first double-double of his career with 12 points an 10 rebounds at Hartford.

- Lucas Woodhouse led the way for Stony Brook at Hartford with 15 points, 13 coming in the second half. He has scored in double figures in 12 straight games. 

- Tyrell Sturdivant is averaging 11.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in league play. 

- Byran Sekunda notched his fifth double-digit scoring game of the season with 14 off a bench that outscored Hartford 34-2. 

-Jakub Petras gave the Seawolves a big lift of the bench last week, scoring a career-high nine points in the wins over UMass Lowell and Maine, adding at least four rebounds in each outing. 

- The Seawolves tallied a season-high seven dunks in the win over UMass Lowell. UC Iroegbu, Jakub Petras and Tyrell Sturdivant all got up for their first dunks of the season. 

- Stony Brook has limited itself to single-digit turnovers 11 times this season, committing 10 or fewer on 17 occasions, sitting at 31st in the nation in turnover margin.

- Stony Brook has seen 12 of its 26 games so far this season be decided in the final minute of play. 

THE OPPONENT

   The Bearcats enter the weekend at 12-16 on the season, 3-10 in league play. After topping the Seawolves in Vestal, Binghamton made it three straight wins  in conference play before beginning its current five-game skid. The Bearcats did not have a midweek game this week, and are coming off of a 63-55 loss to New Hampshire at home Sunday. Willie Rodriguez leads Binghamton in America East play, averaging 11.7 points a 5.0 rebounds through 13 games. 

THE SERIES

   Stony Brook leads the all-time series with the Bearcats 21-16. The two teams first met on Jan. 13, 2001, as the Seawolves claimed an 81-62 win over Binghamton on the road. Stony Brook has taken 14 of the last meetings in the series. In the first meeting this season, the Bearcats snapped Stony Brook's five-game winning streak to open conference play and they claimed a 71-67 win in Vestal. Senior Lucas Woodhouse led three double-digit scores with 15 points. 

   The two teams have met three times in the post season, with the Seawolves claiming all three meetings. 

LAST TIME OUT

   The Seawolves made it five straight victories on Wednesday night as they took down Hartford, 66-54, on the road. It was a slow first half for both teams, but Stony Brook held the edge at the break.

  Junior Roland Nyama gave the Seawolves a spark to start the second half as he was fouled in the lane and completed the three-point play less than 30 second in.

   Ten straight points for Hartford gave the Hawks a lead they hadn't seen since early in the game. Junior Bryan Sekunda stopped the scoring spree as he landed a three and the two teams went on to trade the lead until Stony Brook strung together seven straight points of its own to begin distancing itself.

   A steady push by the Seawolves to close out the game quickly saw them keep the difference near double figures for the remaining minutes.

  Stony Brook's bench outscored Hartford's bench 34-4 in the game. 

HIGH PERFORMANCE WEEK

    Junior Roland Nyama has been hot for the Seawolves as of late. After a strong second half to help Stony Brook top Albany on the road, he responded in the quick turnaround with a then-season best 19 points to lead the Seawolves past UMass Lowell just two days later. He closed out the week as the catalyst for Stony Brook against Maine, scoring 16 of his career-best 26 points in the first half and sealed the victory, making a free throw with 0.5 left on the clock to put the Seawolves up one. Nyama was named America East Player of the Week for the first time in his career for his outstanding play. 

TWENTY-PLUS

    Senior Lucas Woodhouse has been a leader for the Seawolves all season, especially on the offensive end. He recently strung together four-straight 20-plus points games against the top five teams in the America East. Woodhouse has surpassed the 20-point mark seven times this season. 

FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE

    Woodhouse is tied for 17th in the nation and is second in the league from the free throw line, shooting 90-percent from the line on the year. Woodhouse made 30 consecutive free throws to begin conference play.

  Earlier in the year against Northeastern, Woodhouse went 8-for-8 in the final 1:38 of the win before setting a new career best the next game with 12 makes on 12 attempts against Lehigh.

   As a team, the Seawolves are shooting 72.4 from the line, good for 102nd in the country. 

HELPING HAND

    Woodhouse currently leads the America East and is tied for 35th in the nation with 5.4 assists per game. Woodhouse also sits at 24th in the country in assist-turnover ratio (2.8) while the team ranks 48th (1.27). Against Vermont, Woodhouse dished out five assists and did not commit a turnover. This marked the fourth time this season he did not have a turnover while tallying at least four assists.   

CLEAN PLAY

    Stony Brook has limited itself in turnovers all season, keeping the number in single digits on 11 occasions. The Seawolves are tied for 19th in the nation in turnover margin (3.3). They have committed more turnovers than their opponent on just three occasions this year. Stony Brook most recently had just nine mishaps at Hartford.