PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Stony Brook University men's basketball team fell on the road at Duquesne, 85-63, on Monday evening. Aaron Clarke scored a season-high 22 points, knocking down five shots from beyond the arc.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Seawolves opened up the contest with a 6-2 lead early on, thanks to a trey from Clarke and a three-point play from Chris Maidoh. The two sides would trade baskets back and forth, seeing the lead change hands five times in the opening six minutes of action. Andrei Savrasov buried a triple with just over 12 minutes to play, giving the Dukes a lead that they would not relinquish for the remainder of the contest.

After falling behind 19-11, Stony Brook scored six straight points, culminating with another three from Clarke, to narrow its deficit to two points. Duquesne responded, building up a 35-26 advantage entering the half.

Duquesne constructed a 15-point advantage with 16 minutes to play before Stony Brook went on another 6-0 run, capped off by a three from Tyler Stephenson-Moore, to pull back within single digits of the Dukes. The Seawolves hung around, keeping within nine points of Duquesne up until the nine-minute mark of the second half.

Duquesne outscored Stony Brook 27-18 over the final nine minutes of action, shooting 10-of-20 from the floor and connecting on six trifectas down the stretch to ultimately pull away and secure the victory.

STATS AND NOTES

• Clarke's 22 points are his most as a Seawolf and it is the 15th 20-point performance of his career. He finished 8-of-14 from the floor and matched a career-best mark with five three-pointers made.
• Stephenson-Moore posted a season-high 14 points, knocking down four shots from three-point range. The graduate guard has registered double-digit points in all three contests this season.
• Andre Snoddy pulled down a team-high nine rebounds, grabbing six on the offensive glass. He accounted for six of the Seawolves' 15 offensive boards, a mark that the team has reached in all three games this season.
• As a team, the Seawolves shot a season-low 33.3 percent, but connected on 12 three-pointers for the second straight contest.
• Defensively, Stony Brook finished with five steals and five blocks and forced Duquesne into 12 turnovers. Maidoh was responsible for three of the Seawolves' five blocked shots and the graduate forward has now swatted eight shots through the first three contests of the 2023-24 campaign.