BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Stony Brook men's basketball team was unable to get by Vermont, falling 70-51 at Patrick Gym Tuesday night. The Seawolves finish the 2017-18 season with a 13-19 record, while the Catamounts move to 27-6.
 
Boals' Reaction
"Hats off to Vermont, they have an experienced group that knows how to win and they don't beat themselves," said head coach Jeff Boals. "I'm really proud of [our] team, all year they have competed and played hard. The last three weeks we've been playing at a high level and I credit these guys for staying positive and coming to work every day."
 
Highlights

• Freshmen Anthony Ochefu (West Chester, Pa.) and Elijah Olaniyi (Newark, N.J.) got things going for the Seawolves early as Ochefu started the game with a dunk and Olaniyi knocked down a three for the lead at the first media timeout.
• Vermont responded following the break in action and quickly regained the advantage.
• Stony Brook kept the difference within two possessions for much of the first half and was able to get a big stop on defense to close out the opening period and keep Vermont's lead to single digits.
• Olaniyi drained an early three to get things going in the second and redshirt sophomore Akwasi Yeboah (Chigwell, England) added a pair of free throws to make it a four-point game.
• The Catamounts countered with an 11-2 run to begin to pull away and added seven-straight points nearing the midway point in the half to get it to 19.
• Foul trouble plagued the Seawolves throughout the second half as they tallied 10 in the opening 10 minutes of the period, putting Vermont in the double-bonus the rest of the way.

Notes

• Yeboah reached double figures for the fourth straight game with a team-best 15 points.
• Olaniyi also made it four straight game in double figures with 13 on the night, 10 coming in the second half.
• Freshman Jordan McKenzie (Concord, N.C.) reached double figures for the second time this year, finishing with 11.
• The Seawolves won the rebounding battle 39-35, led by senior Junior Saintel (Mays Landing, N.J.) with nine.
• Senior Tyrell Sturdivant (Chester, Pa.) finished his career ranking fifth on Stony Brook's career rebounding list (548) and 10th on the career steals list (102).
• This was the ninth straight America East Playoff semifinal appearance for Stony Brook.