STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook men's basketball team recorded its first loss in America East play on Saturday night, falling to Vermont 73-52 at Island Federal Arena in front of a sold out crowd of 4,009 fans.
Redshirt-sophomore Andrew Garcia (Harlem, N.Y.)led the Seawolves with 14 points, including 10 in the second half, while freshman Miles Latimer (Fairfax, Va.)and redshirt-junior Akwasi Yeboah (Chigwell, England)added 10 each.

BOALS' REACTION
"It was a phenomenal atmosphere tonight. Give Vermont a lot of credit. Hats off to them for making plays. We talked about coming out of the second half with a sense of urgency and we didn't do that. You can't go behind against a really good team. You have to get shots against Vermont and you have to make jump shots. We got a little sloppy in transition and they made plays."
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• It was an even start to the game, as Vermont found themselves up 7-6 with 14:37 to go. Latimer had four of the Seawolves' six to that point.
• Five straight from Yeboah gave Stony Brook the advantage at 16-13 with 10:29 left, and that ballooned into a 10-0 run that was capped by a Corry Long (Cincinatti, Ohio) three with 8:37 left.
• Vermont answered, scoring 12 unanswered of their own to take a lead they would not relinquish at 25-21 with 5:01 to go in the first half.
• After a Garcia layup ended the consecutive points streak, the Catamounts scored 10 of the period's final 12 points to take a double-digit lead into the break.
• The run continued into the second half, as Vermont scored the first seven and 12 of the first 14 to extend the margin to 19 at 47-28.
• Vermont's lead would diminish as small as 11 with 12:07 left as Latimer hit a left-corner three that brought Island Federal Arena to life, but a quick 8-1 spurt by the visitors slowed the momentum and the Catamounts were able to finish it off from there.

NOTES

• The Seawolves' loss is the first of the 2019 calendar year, snapping a seven-game winning streak.
• Garcia's 14 is the most he has scored against an America East opponent in his career.
• Yeboah entered double figures for the sixth consecutive contest, while Latimer scored 10 or more for the fourth straight game.
• Stony Brook falls a half-game back of Vermont for first place in the America East and is now 5-1 in America East play. They are 17-4 overall on the season.
• Three or more players have scored double figures in six of the last seven contests.
• For the first time all season, the Seawolves have been outrebounded in back to back games.

UP NEXT
The Seawolves hit the road to Baltimore, Md. for a matchup with the reigning America East Champions on Wednesday night, taking on UMBC at 7 p.m., before returning home a week from tonight to take on Hartford.