STONY BROOK, N.Y. – There was no shortage of scoring at Island Federal Arena on Saturday night as the Seawolves knocked off the Hartford Hawks, 88-82, to improve to 16-11, 8-6 America East on the season. Stony Brook's 88 points are a new season-high and the team's most since it scored 91 points against Farmingdale State on November 11, 2019.
The Seawolves were paced by a trio that scored in double figures with redshirt junior guard Anthony Roberts leading the way with a game-high tying 27 points. Redshirt junior guard Tykei Greene registered his sixth double-double of the season with 21 points and a team-best 10 rebounds.
Both Roberts and Greene have scored 20 points or more in four out of the last five games. The duo has scored 20 points in the same game three times over their last four outings (both scored 20 or more vs. UMass Lowell on Feb. 9, at UMBC on Feb. 16, and vs. Hartford on Feb. 19).
The Seawolves carried a 42-30 lead into the halftime break and were able to sustain the lead through the duration of the game. Stony Brook limited Hartford to just 7.1 percent shooting from three-point range (1-of-14) in the first half. The Hawks finished the game shooting 29.4 percent from three (10-of-34).
Stony Brook led wire-to-wire en route to its third win over its last four games. Over the stretch, the Seawolves have scored 80 or more points in each of those games. The Seawolves improved to 10-1 this season in games when they score 80 or more points.
STATS AND NOTES
- Roberts finished with a game-high tying 27 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the field, 4-of-6 shooting from three-point range, and a perfect 9-of-9 shooting from the free-throw line. Roberts has scored 20 or more points in four consecutive games and is averaging 29.5 points per game over the stretch. His nine makes from the line tied a season-high (also made nine free-throws at Binghamton on Jan. 19).
- Greene recorded his sixth double-double of the season as he scored 21 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. The guard has scored 20 or more points in four out of the Seawolves' last five games and has notched double-doubles in three of those contests. He was averaging 22.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game over the last five games. Greene shot 8-of-12 from the field and a perfect 5-of-5 from the free-throw line.
- Redshirt sophomore Tyler Stephenson-Moore scored a season-high 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting and shot 5-of-7 from three-point range. His five made threes tied a career-high. It was the sixth time this season that he has scored in double figures.
- Graduate guard Omar Habwe totaled nine points and four rebounds. Habwe shot 3-of-6 from the field in 21 minutes off the bench.
- The Seawolves shot 22-of-26 from the free-throw line. The 22 made free-throws were their second-most of the season (made 27 vs. Binghamton on Jan. 19).
- Stony Brook made 10-of-20 three-pointers, which marked the 11th time this season that it knocked down 10 or more threes in a game.
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NEXT UP
Stony Brook is right back in action tomorrow when it heads to West Hartford, Conn. to take on Hartford in the second game of a back-to-back. The game is set to tip at 5 p.m. and will broadcast on ESPN+.
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