Senior Demetrius Young leads Seawolves with 21 points.
Dec. 10, 2008
Dec. 10, 2008
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Demetrius Young (Sacramento, Calif.) tallied 21 points and nine rebounds but it wasn't enough as the Stony Brook men's basketball team fell to the Hofstra Pride, 61-56, on Wednesday night at a sold out Pritchard Gymnasium. Stony Brook falls to 5-4 with the loss while Hofstra improves to 7-1.
"This was a terrific college basketball game in a great atmosphere," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "Hofstra is an excellent basketball team and they just made a few more plays down the stretch than we did. But I like my basketball team and I definitely think we're headed in the right direction."
Young had his best game of the young season for Stony Brook, shooting 8-for-10 from the field and 5-for-6 from the free throw line. Freshman Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.) added 11 points for the Seawolves, who held the Pride to 18.2 percent (4-for-22) shooting in the second half. Sophomore Charles Jenkins registered a team-high 21 points to go along with seven rebounds for Hofstra who went 15-for-27 from the free throw line in the second half after failing to shoot from the charity stripe in the opening period.
Hofstra jumped out to a quick lead, scoring seven of the first eight points of the game to open a six-point advantage just 3:50 into the contest. The Seawolves answered though with a 7-3 run, highlighted by a Dougher three-pointer, to cut the Hofstra lead to 10-8 with 13:37 remaining in the first half.
But the Pride then seized control of the game, going on a 24-6 run over the next six and a half minutes to take a 30-14 lead on a Nathaniel Lester three-pointer with 6:20 left. Young and junior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) would not let Stony Brook go away though as they scored the Seawolves last 14 points of the period to send SBU into the break down by just 11 at 37-26.
Young, the America East Player of the Game, scored a team-high nine points in the first half for the Seawolves who shot just 30 percent (9-for-30) in the first 20 minutes. Hofstra shot 55.2 percent (16-for-29) in opening period, led by Jenkins who scored 10 points on 5-for-8 shooting.
Hofstra again appeared to gain control of the game to open the second half, scoring the first five points of the period to match its largest lead of game at 42-26 with 17:51 left in the contest. But sophomore Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) hit one of two free throws and Young then followed with a lay-up before Dougher hit another three to chop Hofstra's lead back to 10 with 15:33 remaining.
The Pride maintained their double-digit lead over the next several minutes before another Dougher three-pointer brought the Seawolves to within 50-41 with 7:38 left. Hofstra still held an eight-point advantage with 3:45 remaining but Martin then knocked down a jumper as the Seawolves scored five of the next seven points to draw within five at 55-50 with 1:14 left in the contest.
Cornelius Vines then hit of one two free throws for the Pride to make it a six-point game before Martin answered with a three-point play to cut Stony Brook's deficit to three with 39 seconds left on the clock. But that is as close as the Seawolves would get as Hofstra went 5-for-6 from the free throw line over the final half minute to secure their seventh straight victory.
The Seawolves return to action on Monday, traveling to take on #2 Connecticut. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
"This was a terrific college basketball game in a great atmosphere," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "Hofstra is an excellent basketball team and they just made a few more plays down the stretch than we did. But I like my basketball team and I definitely think we're headed in the right direction."
Young had his best game of the young season for Stony Brook, shooting 8-for-10 from the field and 5-for-6 from the free throw line. Freshman Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.) added 11 points for the Seawolves, who held the Pride to 18.2 percent (4-for-22) shooting in the second half. Sophomore Charles Jenkins registered a team-high 21 points to go along with seven rebounds for Hofstra who went 15-for-27 from the free throw line in the second half after failing to shoot from the charity stripe in the opening period.
Hofstra jumped out to a quick lead, scoring seven of the first eight points of the game to open a six-point advantage just 3:50 into the contest. The Seawolves answered though with a 7-3 run, highlighted by a Dougher three-pointer, to cut the Hofstra lead to 10-8 with 13:37 remaining in the first half.
But the Pride then seized control of the game, going on a 24-6 run over the next six and a half minutes to take a 30-14 lead on a Nathaniel Lester three-pointer with 6:20 left. Young and junior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) would not let Stony Brook go away though as they scored the Seawolves last 14 points of the period to send SBU into the break down by just 11 at 37-26.
Young, the America East Player of the Game, scored a team-high nine points in the first half for the Seawolves who shot just 30 percent (9-for-30) in the first 20 minutes. Hofstra shot 55.2 percent (16-for-29) in opening period, led by Jenkins who scored 10 points on 5-for-8 shooting.
Hofstra again appeared to gain control of the game to open the second half, scoring the first five points of the period to match its largest lead of game at 42-26 with 17:51 left in the contest. But sophomore Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) hit one of two free throws and Young then followed with a lay-up before Dougher hit another three to chop Hofstra's lead back to 10 with 15:33 remaining.
The Pride maintained their double-digit lead over the next several minutes before another Dougher three-pointer brought the Seawolves to within 50-41 with 7:38 left. Hofstra still held an eight-point advantage with 3:45 remaining but Martin then knocked down a jumper as the Seawolves scored five of the next seven points to draw within five at 55-50 with 1:14 left in the contest.
Cornelius Vines then hit of one two free throws for the Pride to make it a six-point game before Martin answered with a three-point play to cut Stony Brook's deficit to three with 39 seconds left on the clock. But that is as close as the Seawolves would get as Hofstra went 5-for-6 from the free throw line over the final half minute to secure their seventh straight victory.
The Seawolves return to action on Monday, traveling to take on #2 Connecticut. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
