Game 26: Stony Brook (20-5, 8-2 America East) at New Hampshire (3-21, 1-10 America East)
LOCATION	Lundholm Gymnasium | Durham, N.H.
DATE | TIME	Saturday, February 16 | 1 p.m.
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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – After resting on the bye on Wednesday, a six-game stretch between the Stony Brook men's basketball team and the 2019 America East Men's Basketball Playoffs begins Saturday afternoon, as the Seawolves look to extend their win streak to four at New Hampshire.
 
The Seawolves are coming off a 76-65 win in the team's last outing, taking down UMass Lowell on Stony Brook Children's night at Island Federal Arena. Senior Jaron Cornish (Abaco, Bahamas) had a career night, scoring 30 points for the first time in his two-year Seawolves career. He also added six rebounds and four steals, also a career high against Division I opposition, in the victory.
 
THE OPPONENT
New Hampshire enters Saturday afternoon on a nine-game slide, with the team's latest defeat at the hands of border rival Vermont in Burlington, Vt. on Wednesday night, 73-44. Nick Guadarrama and Marque Maultsby each led the Wildcats with 11 points on the night, combining for 9-for-19 shooting. David Watkins tied Guadarrama with six rebounds on the day.
 
Jordan Reed is the lone double-figure scorer for New Hampshire, averaging just over 10 points per game at 10.2, while shooting at a 35.7 percent clip from 3-point land. New Hampshire has attempted the most threes in the league, firing up 650 in total this season. That number is also good for 36th nationally.
 
THE SERIES
Stony Brook has won 20 of the 37 meetings between the squads in a series that dates back to 2000. The Seawolves won seven games in a row from 2010-11 to 2012-13 and have taken 14 of the last 17 games, including a 62-44 victory at home on January 12. Miles Latimer (Fairfax, Va.) had a double double with 11 points and 14 rebounds, while Elijah Olaniyi (Newark, N.J.) led all scorers with 15 points.

BLOCK PARTY
Sophomore Jeff Otchere (Bronx, N.Y.) leads the country in Block %, swatting 17 percent of team's 2-point attempts, according to KenPom. He is averaging 3.6 blocks per contest in league play, which is more than double the second-place inhabitant on the conference's leaderboard. Overall, the team is averaging just over five blocks per night.
 
FROM ABACO, WITH ACCURACY
Senior Jaron Cornish (Abaco, Bahamas) scored the first 30-point game for a Seawolves player since December 2017, making 11 of his 18 shots against UMass Lowell last Saturday. He made three of his six shots from 3-point territory and all five of his free throws en route to the landmark scoring night. His shooting extends back a game, as he's hit 15 of his 24 shots overall and six of his 10 3-point shots in his last two outings.
 
(E)FFECTIVE (O)FFENSE
Sophomore Elijah Olaniyi (Newark, N.J.) has been shooting at a torrid pace in the last 120 minutes of Seawolves basketball, making 24 of his 36 shots overall from the field, while making eight of his 16 attempts from outside the 3-point arc. The streak started with a 28-point outing against Hartford, a new career high, and has continued after he made all but one of his seven shots against UMass Lowell, leading to a 15-point night.
 
THRIVING FROM THREE           
The Seawolves hit 13 shots from outside the arc, one shy of the program set against Binghamton in 2012, in the team's win against the Bearcats on Wednesday night. Freshman Miles Latimer (Fairfax, Va.) hit a season-high five, while sophomore Elijah Olaniyi (Newark, N.J.) and senior Jaron Cornish (Abaco, Bahamas) each chipped in a trio of triples. As a team, Stony Brook has made 28 of its 68 attempts in the last three games, while holding the opposition to 21 for 83 from the outside.
 
OFFENSIVE ONSLAUGHT        
After scoring 49 points at UMBC, the team's lowest scoring output in nearly three seasons, Stony Brook's offense has come back with a vengeance, scoring 247 points in the last 120 minutes of game play. This is the first time under Jeff Boals that the Seawolves have scored 80 points in back to back seasons and the last time they did was the 2015-16 season, when the Seawolves eclipsed 80 points on three straight occasions.
 
TWENTY-PIECE              
Sophomore Elijah Olaniyi (Newark, N.J.) scored 20 of his career-high 28 in the first half of Stony Brook's win over Hartford on Saturday night. This is the second time a Seawolves player has hit the 20-point mark in a half this season, as Akwasi Yeboah scored 20 in the second half of the team's win at Manhattan. The 28 points are the second-most most by a Seawolves player this season after Cornish scored 30 points against UMass Lowell on Saturday night.
 

UP NEXT
Stony Brook opens a three-game homestand with rivals Albany on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Island Federal Arena. The Seawolves defeated the Great Danes in overtime at SEFCU Arena in January.

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