STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook football team put forth a valiant battle, but was narrowly edged by Towson, 21-17, on Saturday afternoon at LaValle Stadium. The back-and-forth game was decided in the final seconds as the Seawolves nearly found the end zone as time expired, which would have lifted them to a thrilling finish.
Redshirt freshman quarterback
Daron Bryden earned his fifth career start for the Seawolves and tossed a career-high 273 passing yards including a career-high two touchdowns. Stony Brook got on the board with 25 seconds left to play in the first quarter when Bryden found redshirt junior wide receiver
Shawn Harris Jr. for a 70-yard touchdown pitch and catch. The score tied the game up at 7-7, and was the Seawolves' longest play from scrimmage this season.
The Seawolves and Tigers were all knotted up at 7-7 after the first 30 minutes of play, which was highlighted by strong defensive efforts on both sides. Stony Brook struck first in the second half as Bryden threw his second touchdown of the day with 7:54 left to go in the third quarter when he found graduate wide receiver
Khalil Newton for a 30-yard strike. For Newton, it was his fourth touchdown catch of the season and sixth of his career.
Towson tied the game up on the ensuing drive when Tyrrell Pigrome found Darian Street for a 36-yard touchdown. The game remained tied at 14-14 until redshirt junior kicker
Angelo Guglielmello gave the Seawolves a 17-14 advantage when he knocked in a 26-yard field goal with 2:32 to play in the game.
Guglielmello cashed in on a Stony Brook drive that went 11 plays for 42 yards and consumed 7:13 of the clock. Towson responded on its next possession with a three-yard touchdown run that gave it a 21-17 lead, which it held on to down the stretch.
Prior to the game, Stony Brook honored its senior class which is comprised of
Seba Nekhet,
Eric Black,
Khalil Newton,
Carthell Flowers-Lloyd,
John Corpac,
Carson Tebbetts,
Sam Howson,
Cameron Lucas,
Larry Ross Jr.,
Matt Mirabito,
Damien Caffrey,
Delante Hellams Jr.,
Reidgee Dimanche,
Randy Pringle, and
Kyle Nunez.
STATS AND NOTES
- Bryden went 18-35 through the air for 273 yards and two touchdowns. The 70-yard touchdown pass to Harris Jr. shattered the quarterback's previous career-high for longest pass (44 yards at UMass on Sep. 17). The 273 passing yards are also a new career-high, surpassing his previous career-best of 186 passing yards at UMass on September 17.
- Bryden's 70-yard touchdown pass to Shawn Harris Jr. gave the wide receiver his first receiving touchdown of the season and marked the longest reception of his career. The pass also marked the longest play of the season for the Seawolves.
- Harris Jr. caught six passes for a total of 135 yards and one touchdown. The redshirt junior is the first student-athlete to record 130-plus receiving yards in a game since the 2019 campaign when Nick Anderson registered 205 receiving yards against Towson (Nov. 9, 2019).
- Newton caught three passes including a 30-yard touchdown from Bryden, he registered 69 receiving yards on the day securing a new season-high.
- Black recorded a sack for the Seawolves, taking down Towson's Tyrrell Pigrome at Towson's 33-yard line for a loss of four yards. It was Black's fourth sack of the season and third in his last two games.
- Redshirt junior linebacker Aidan Kaler led the defensive effort tallying a career-high 12 tackles, including two tackles for loss, one of which was a sack. Kaler surpassed his previous career-high of nine tackles against Morgan State on November 5.
- On the defensive side of the ball, Stony Brook was able to hold Towson well below its average rushing yards per game (163.9) allowing the Tigers to register only 122 rushing yards. The Seawolves tallied six tackles for loss, including two sacks.
- Stony Brook had five defenders combine for a total of six tackles for loss, Pringle (1), Roberts (1), Edwards (1), Black (1) and Kaler (2) for a total of 14 yards.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
NEXT UP
Stony Brook hits the road for its final regular season matchup on Saturday, November 19, when it takes on Monmouth in West Long Branch, N.J. Kick-off is slated for 12 p.m. on FloFootball.
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