Men's Basketball Opens Season With 60-44 Victory Over Maryland-Eastern Shore
Seawolves win first game in newly renovated Pritchard Gymnasium.
Seawolves win first game in newly renovated Pritchard Gymnasium.
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Freshman Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) recorded eight points and 16 rebounds in his first collegiate game as the Stony Brook University men's basketball team opened up the 2008-09 season with a 60-44 victory over the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks on Friday night before a capacity crowd of 1,536 at newly renovated Pritchard Gymnasium.
"I couldn't have asked for a better start to our season and I couldn't be prouder of my players," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "They played with tremendous energy and effort in what was a great college basketball atmosphere in Pritchard Gymnasium."
Brenton, who was named America East Player of the game, was terrific in his first college game, grabbing six of his 16 rebounds on the offensive end. Freshman Danny Carter (London, England.) led three Seawolves (1-0) in double-figures with 11 points as he shot 5-for-7 from the field and added a game-high three blocks. Senior Demetrius Young (Sacramento, Calif.) tallied 10 points for Stony Brook, who opened the season at home for the first time since 2003-04.
Stony Brook got off to a quick start as senior Michael Tyree (Somerset, N.J.) knocked down a three on the Seawolves first possession and Brenton followed with a fast-break lay-up to make it 5-0. The Hawks (0-1) would close to within one at 7-6 before freshman Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.) kick started a 8-0 run with another SBU three-pointer. Dougher finished the game with 10 points in a team-high 35 minutes.
"I couldn't have asked for a better start to our season and I couldn't be prouder of my players," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "They played with tremendous energy and effort in what was a great college basketball atmosphere in Pritchard Gymnasium."
Brenton, who was named America East Player of the game, was terrific in his first college game, grabbing six of his 16 rebounds on the offensive end. Freshman Danny Carter (London, England.) led three Seawolves (1-0) in double-figures with 11 points as he shot 5-for-7 from the field and added a game-high three blocks. Senior Demetrius Young (Sacramento, Calif.) tallied 10 points for Stony Brook, who opened the season at home for the first time since 2003-04.
Stony Brook got off to a quick start as senior Michael Tyree (Somerset, N.J.) knocked down a three on the Seawolves first possession and Brenton followed with a fast-break lay-up to make it 5-0. The Hawks (0-1) would close to within one at 7-6 before freshman Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.) kick started a 8-0 run with another SBU three-pointer. Dougher finished the game with 10 points in a team-high 35 minutes.
Maryland-Eastern Shore closed to within two, at 19-17, with 8:18 to go in the first half but Young answered with a thundering dunk off a steal from junior Eddie Castellanos (Jersey City, N.J.) and Carter then added a three to push the Stony Brook lead back to seven. Brenton followed with a jumper to make it 26-17 with 6:27 left but the Hawks scored eight of the next 12 points to close within five at half.
Carter led the way with seven points in the first half for the Seawolves who turned it over just two times in the opening 20 minutes. Neal Pitt scored a game-high 13 points in the first half for the Hawks.
SBU opened the second half with four quick points on a Young layup and a Brenton jumper to push its lead to nine at 34-25. The Hawks would cut the lead to six with 12:42 left but Dougher responded with a three as the Seawolves scored nine straight points to take a 45-33 advantage on a layup from freshman Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) with 10:10 remaining. Joyner was superb in the second half, scoring a team-high eight points in the period.
UMES would not go away though, cutting the Seawolves lead to seven at 48-41 with 7:15 remaining in the game. But following a timeout, Stony Brook worked the ball down to Joyner who scored on a tremendous up and under move to push the Seawolves lead back to nine. Joyner followed with another hoop on SBU's next possession and the Hawks would get no closer than 11 the rest of the way.
The Seawolves return to action on Tuesday, Nov. 18th, traveling to take on the Lafayette Leopards.Game time is set for 7 p.m.
Carter led the way with seven points in the first half for the Seawolves who turned it over just two times in the opening 20 minutes. Neal Pitt scored a game-high 13 points in the first half for the Hawks.
SBU opened the second half with four quick points on a Young layup and a Brenton jumper to push its lead to nine at 34-25. The Hawks would cut the lead to six with 12:42 left but Dougher responded with a three as the Seawolves scored nine straight points to take a 45-33 advantage on a layup from freshman Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) with 10:10 remaining. Joyner was superb in the second half, scoring a team-high eight points in the period.
UMES would not go away though, cutting the Seawolves lead to seven at 48-41 with 7:15 remaining in the game. But following a timeout, Stony Brook worked the ball down to Joyner who scored on a tremendous up and under move to push the Seawolves lead back to nine. Joyner followed with another hoop on SBU's next possession and the Hawks would get no closer than 11 the rest of the way.
The Seawolves return to action on Tuesday, Nov. 18th, traveling to take on the Lafayette Leopards.Game time is set for 7 p.m.
