VILLANOVA, Pa. – Stony Brook football fell on the road in its Week 9 matchup, dropping a 48-13 decision to No. 19 at Villanova Stadium on Saturday against the Wildcats.
Stony Brook was led by redshirt freshman Anthony Johnson, who pulled in a career-high 11 catches for 90 yards. Redshirt sophomore Dez Williams and redshirt junior Jayden Cook each grabbed a receiving touchdown on Saturday.
Redshirt junior
Roland Dempster led Stony Brook on the ground, running for 55 yards on 12 carries, averaging 4.6 yards per carry. Redshirt junior
Ross Tallarico added 24 yards on six carries whilde redshirt freshman
Johnny Martin added 23 yards on seven carries.
In the pass game, graduate student
Casey Case completed 12-of-22 passes for 113 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Redshirt freshman
Daron Bryden finished 10-of-15 passes and added a touchdown.
Defensively, graduate student
Aidan Kaler finished with seven tackles, three of them solo. Redshirt sophomore
Jalen Hoyle and redshirt freshman Wilensky Nicolas each added five stops, while redshirt junior
Brandon Higgs added four tackles and a fumble recovery on special teams.
For Villanova, Connor Watkins completed 13 passes for 364 yards and four passing scores. In the air, Rayjuon Pringle, Jaaron Hayek and Jaylen Sanchez each hit 100 yards and caught at least a touchdown pass, with Hayek catching two. Pringle led in receiving yards with 196. Three different rushers finished with touchdowns, with Jalen Jackson leading the way with 77 yards.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- A long pass followed by a five-yard run put Villanova in the end zone first, but the Seawolves responded for a nine-play, 80-yard touchdown drive, capped by Williams' 12-yard catch-and-run.
- A 43-yard touchdown pass followed by a 20-yard passing score gave the Wildcats a 21-7 lead in the second quarter, before a 44-yard touchdown run and another further extended the lead before halftime.
- Villanova closed its scoring on a 24-yard catch-and-run in the third quarter, followed by a three-yard rush in the fourth.
- Cook caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Bryden on the last play of the game to finish out the scoring and cap an 11-play, 70-yard drive.
GAME NOTES
- Johnson's 11 catches is tied for fourth in Stony Brook single-game history, having last been done by Ray Bolden on Nov. 21, 2015.
- Williams earned the first receiving touchdown of his career, and is the fifth receiver to haul in his first career touchdown pass this season, joining Jayden Cook, Rahmon Hart, Jr., Jayce Freeman and Anthony Johnson.
- Johnson has caught at least nine passes three times this season.
- Kaler recorded at least five tackles for the 11th straight games.
- Villanova finished with a 556-294 yards advantage on Saturday.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Disappointed with the final score. Our kids are competing and they're prepared, but the performances haven't been there. My job is to figure out how to get the performances to match, as the Saturdays haven't been indicative of the work they players have put in Sunday through Friday," said head coach Chuck Priore.
UP NEXT
Stony Brook will play its final road game of the season on Saturday, Nov. 4, taking on Monmouth for a 1 p.m. kick on FloFootball. The Seawolves are 3-5 all-time against Monmouth, with a 2-2 record in New Jersey.
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