Box Score CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Powered by a perfect 9-for-9 shooting night from sophomore
Andrew Garcia (Harlem, N.Y.) and a career-high 14 from freshman
Jules Moor (Houston, Texas), the Stony Brook men's basketball team won its seventh true road game of the season and improved to 12-3 on the season with a 73-63 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday night at the McLeod Center.
Coming into the second half with a 36-34 lead, Stony Brook outscored the Panthers 23-12 in the first 10:42 of the period to pull away and finished the night with four double-figure scorers.
BOALS' REACTION
"I couldn't be prouder of our guys. Our guys have been battle-tested from day one. They came into a place where Northern Iowa plays really well. Our energy in the second half was phenomenal. Coming in we knew we had to win the rebounding battle, which our guys did. We were able to get through early foul trouble and the guys really played well to get the win."
HIGHLIGHTS
- Northern Iowa started hot from the field, hitting three of its first five from long range to take a 13-7 lead.
- The Seawolves responded with a 15-5 run to go up 22-17, with Moor scoring five during the stretch. Freshman Miles Latimer (Fairfax, Va.) added back to back jumpers during the 4:32 time frame.
- The Panthers answered with an 11-2 run over a 5:09 span to re-take the lead at 32-31 late in the half.
- Stony Brook took a 36-34 lead into the break as Northern Iowa got a layup at the buzzer to tie it.
- The Seawolves came out on fire as Garcia hit back to back threes to extend the lead to 46-37 with 15:49 left in the half.
- Garcia's hot stretch continued in the half as he made his first five shots of the half helping Stony Brook's lead grow to 13 with under seven minutes in the period and the Seawolves were able to keep their distance from there.
NOTES
- Garcia's 24 is a new career high, eclipsing the 20 he scored against Molloy. He has now totaled 43 in the last two games.
- Moor's previous career-high was 10 against Manhattan. He also set a new career high grabbing seven rebounds and finished the night 6-for-9 from the field.
- The Seawolves now have seven true road wins on the season, the most in the country.
- Stony Brook improved on its D1-record start, winning its 12thnon-conference game of the season. 11 of those wins have come by ten points or less.
- Four or more players scored in double figures for the eighth time this season. Stony Brook is 8-0 in such games.
- Along with Garcia and Moor, sophomore Elijah Olaniyi (Newark, N.J.) added 12 and Latimer finished with 11.
- The Seawolves shot 56 percent from the field in the second half to Northern Iowa's 33.3 percent. Stony Brook finished the night at a 49.1 percent clip.
- Latimer's eight rebounds are a new career-high, besting the six he had against Hofstra.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves open up America East play on Saturday, taking on UMass Lowell at 1 p.m. in Lowell, Mass.
