GAME 30: STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES (17-12) vs BINGHAMTON BEARCATS (12-19)
LOCATION	Island Federal Credit Union Arena  |  Stony Brook, N.Y.
DATE  | TIME	Wednesday, March 1  |  7 p.m.
COVERAGE	Live Stats  |  Watch Live
GAME NOTES	Stony Brook | Binghamton

STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook men's basketball team is set to host an America East Quarterfinal game for the third straight season. The Seawolves will take on Binghamton Wednesday night, facing the Bearcats for the second time in four games. Stony Brook is coming off of a pair of losses in the final week of the regular season, while Binghamton has dropped its last eight games entering the post season. 
 

NOTEWORTHY

- Stony Brook holds a 17-14 all-time record in the America East Playoffs and has advanced past the quarterfinals 10 times.

- Roland Nyama paced the Seawolves at Vermont with 14 points. He is averaging 16.6 points and 5.3 rebounds over the last seven games. 

- 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 of the last 15 games. 

- Tyrell Sturdivant is averaging 11.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in league play. 

- Akwasi Yeboah led the Seawolves in scoring in the win over Binghamton, tallying 19 points. He closed out the regular season scoring in double figures in each of the last three games. 

- 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, scoring a career-high nine points in the wins over UMass Lowell and Maine, adding at least four rebounds in each outing. 

- Stony Brook has limited itself to single-digit turnovers 11 times this season, committing 10 or fewer on 19 occasions, sitting at 27th in the nation in turnover margin.

- Stony Brook has seen 12 of its 29 games so far this season be decided in the final minute of play. 

THE OPPONENT

   The Bearcats return to Stony Brook for the second time in four games. They enter the post season at 12-19 on the year, finishing seventh in the America East with a 3-13 record. Binghamton's three conference wins came in a row after it topped the Seawolves 71-67 in the first meeting this season. The Bearcats went on to take games from Hartford and Maine before their current eight-game skid. Binghamton closed out the regular season with a 72-71 loss to Maine at home on Sunday. Willie Rodriguez led the way with 26 points and nine boards. 

THE SERIES

   Stony Brook leads the all-time series with the Bearcats 22-16. 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 15 of the last 16 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. Stony Brook responded in the second meeting, topping the Bearcats 76-55 at home. 

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

LAST TIME OUT

   The Seawolves were unable to get by Vermont in the final game of the regular season, falling 66-51 on the road.  Vermont got out to a 6-0 start to the game. Junior Junior Saintel was able to get the Seawolves on the board just over four minutes into the game with a pair of free throws.

   Following the under-12 media timeout, junior UC Iroegbu hit back-to-back threes to give Stony Brook its first lead of the game, up 19-17. The Catamounts went on to score 18 straight points to go up double figures in the first half. Saintel and junior Roland Nyama put together an 8-0 run for the Seawolves to close out the opening period and get them back within eight at the break.

   Vermont picked up right where it left off to open the second half, scoring seven straight points in the first five minutes. A dunk by Nyama nearly five minutes into the new half broke up the streak but did not slow the Catamounts' production.

   The Seawolves were unable to get anything going in the second half as Vermont continued to extend its lead, going up by as many as 20 in the game.

ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS

    Five Seawolves were honored this week as the America East announced its post season awards. Senior Lucas Woodhouse led the group earning All-America East First Team honors. Junior Tyrell Sturdivant was named to the third team, while redshirt freshman Akwasi Yeboah garnered All-Rookie team accolades. Junior Roland Nyama was named to the All-Defensive team and junior Bryan Sekunda was named the to league's All-Academic team for the second straight season. 

STRONG FINISH

    Nyama and Yeboah stepped up for the Seawolves in the final games of the regular season. Nyama scored in double figures in six of the final seven games, leading the team in scoring in three of those outings. Yeboah returned to double figures off the bench in the final three games of the regular season. 

HIGH PERFORMANCE WEEK

    Nyama had a strong second half to help Stony Brook top Albany on the road, and 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. 

FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE

    Woodhouse is tied for 12th in the nation and leads 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.

HELPING HAND

    Woodhouse currently leads the America East and is 42nd in the nation with 5.3 assists per game. Woodhouse also sits at 27th in the country in assist-turnover ratio (2.78) while the team ranks 63rd (1.23). Woodhouse has had at least one assist in every game he has played at Stony Brook and is just five shy of the program single-season record (158). He currently ranks sixth on the all-time career list with 266 through two seasons.