STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook men's basketball team earned its first win of the 2019-20 campaign in dominant fashion, defeating Farmingdale State 91-44 in front of 2,049 fans at Island Federal Arena on Monday night.
Five Seawolves scored in double figures, led by junior
Elijah Olaniyi (Newark, N.J.) who had 21 on the night. Freshman
Tavin Pierre Philippe's (Freeport, N.Y.) first collegiate points came on a three just over five minutes in and he ended up with 11.
FORD'S REACTION
"When we play our non-Division I, we like to play the local team because it gives their players, most of which are Long Island kids, a chance to come to Stony Brook and their families can come. I was excited that we had 20 assists. We shared the ball. We moved the ball. It wasn't a night where we shot unbelievable but to get to 20 assists means that guys are really trying to share it and that was really encouraging."
FLOW OF THE GAME
- After a back and forth first five minutes, Pierre Philippe's bucket with 14:52 to go in the period gave the Seawolves the lead for good at 10-8.
- From there, the Seawolves went on a 14-0 run to take control, making four of their six shots from the field and both threes during the stretch.
- The Rams cut the lead to eight with just under nine minutes left in the half but Stony Brook scored 22 of the final 26 points of the half to take a 50-24 lead at the break.
- Farmingdale started the half strong, scoring the first six points to cut the lead to 50-30 with 18:14 to play.
- Stony Brook's lead ballooned above 30 with 13:49 to go when sophomore Miles Latimer (Fairfax, Va.) hit a three to make it 56-33.
- The Seawolves outscored Farmingdale 35-11 the rest of the way.
STATS AND NOTES
- Olaniyi joined Latimer with a trio of triples, hitting three of his six attempts.
- Junior Mouhamadou Gueye (Staten Island, N.Y.) finished with 12 points on six shots, hauling in seven rebounds, blocking three shots and assisting on three makes.
- Stony Brook finished with 38 points in the paint and 37 off turnovers.
- Redshirt-junior Andrew Garcia (Harlem, N.Y.) and Latimer also hit double figures, scoring 14 and 11, respectively.
- The Seawolves finished with 24 offensive rebounds on the night.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves head to Corpus Christi, Texas for a trio of games in the Islander Invitational. They will play Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Texas-Rio Grande Valley and North Dakota State in successive days this weekend.
Stony Brook returns home on Monday, December 2 to take on Manhattan at 7 p.m. at Island Federal Arena. Be sure to get your tickets now!
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