Junior Muhammad El-Amin scores a game-high 24 points.
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Eric Gilchrese scored 16 of his team-high 22 points in the second half as the New Hampshire Wildcats rallied for a 71-60 victory over the Stony Brook University men's basketball team on Wednesday night at Pritchard Gymnasium. Junior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) scored a game-high 24 points for the Seawolves, who had their two-game winning streak snapped. Stony Brook falls to 11-10 overall and 3-5 in the America East with the loss while New Hampshire improves to 8-11 and 3-4.
"We just didn't play well enough on the defensive end to win," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "But give credit to New Hampshire, they played a terrific basketball game tonight."
Gilchrese, the America East Player of the Game for UNH, went 5-for-7 from three-point range for the Wildcats, who shot 66.7 percent in the second half as they rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit. The only player in double-figures for Stony Brook, El-Amin went 7-for-16 from the field and 9-for-10 from the free throw line. Freshman Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) tallied six points and a game-high 12 rebounds for the Seawolves, who went 23-for-29 from the foul line.
The Seawolves jumped to an 8-5 lead four minutes in behind six early points from El-Amin. UNH would rally to tie it at 10 but El-Amin and freshman Danny Carter (London, England) followed with back-to-back three-pointers to stretch the Seawolves lead to 16-10 with 11 minutes remaining in the first half.
UNH would climb within two, at 20-18, on a Tyrece Gibbs three-pointer but freshman Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) answered on the other end with a put-back hoop and El-Amin followed with lay-in off a beautiful spin move to push the Stony Brook lead back to six with six minutes remaining in the half. New Hampshire came back with a Gibbs hoop but senior Marques Cox (Jamaica, N.Y.) followed with a long jumper and then a three to give the Seawolves their largest lead of the game, at 32-23, with two and a half minutes left in the half.
The teams then traded hoops over the final two minutes as Stony Brook went into the break with a 34-25 lead. El-Amin, the America East Player of the Game for Stony Brook, scored 13 in the first half for the Seawolves, who shot 56.5 percent (13-for-23) in the opening 20 minutes. Gibbs led New Hampshire with eight first half points.
The Wildcats came out strong in the second half, outscoring the Seawolves 11-2 over the first three minutes of the period to climb within one. Brenton would hit two free throws to push the Stony Brook lead back to three but Gibbs answered with a three on the other end to knot the game at 38 with 16 minutes left in the game.
Then, with the score tied at 42, the Wildcats went on a 10-0 run, highlighted by two three-pointers from Alvin Abreu, to take a 52-42 lead with 10:30 left. SBU trailed by 11 with just under eight minutes remaining but the Seawolves would hit eight free throws over the next two and a half minutes to cut the UNH lead to 57-54 with 4:55 to go in the game. Gibbs hit two free throws on UNH's ensuing possession but El-Amin answered on the other end with a jumper to pull SBU back within three.
But that is close as the Seawolves would get as Gibbs scored four straight points to secure the game for the Wildcats. UNH went 8-for-11 from the three in the second half as they snapped their three-game losing skid.
The Seawolves return to action on Saturday, hosting UMBC at Pritchard Gymnasium. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Eric Gilchrese scored 16 of his team-high 22 points in the second half as the New Hampshire Wildcats rallied for a 71-60 victory over the Stony Brook University men's basketball team on Wednesday night at Pritchard Gymnasium. Junior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) scored a game-high 24 points for the Seawolves, who had their two-game winning streak snapped. Stony Brook falls to 11-10 overall and 3-5 in the America East with the loss while New Hampshire improves to 8-11 and 3-4.
"We just didn't play well enough on the defensive end to win," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "But give credit to New Hampshire, they played a terrific basketball game tonight."
Gilchrese, the America East Player of the Game for UNH, went 5-for-7 from three-point range for the Wildcats, who shot 66.7 percent in the second half as they rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit. The only player in double-figures for Stony Brook, El-Amin went 7-for-16 from the field and 9-for-10 from the free throw line. Freshman Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) tallied six points and a game-high 12 rebounds for the Seawolves, who went 23-for-29 from the foul line.
The Seawolves jumped to an 8-5 lead four minutes in behind six early points from El-Amin. UNH would rally to tie it at 10 but El-Amin and freshman Danny Carter (London, England) followed with back-to-back three-pointers to stretch the Seawolves lead to 16-10 with 11 minutes remaining in the first half.
UNH would climb within two, at 20-18, on a Tyrece Gibbs three-pointer but freshman Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) answered on the other end with a put-back hoop and El-Amin followed with lay-in off a beautiful spin move to push the Stony Brook lead back to six with six minutes remaining in the half. New Hampshire came back with a Gibbs hoop but senior Marques Cox (Jamaica, N.Y.) followed with a long jumper and then a three to give the Seawolves their largest lead of the game, at 32-23, with two and a half minutes left in the half.
The teams then traded hoops over the final two minutes as Stony Brook went into the break with a 34-25 lead. El-Amin, the America East Player of the Game for Stony Brook, scored 13 in the first half for the Seawolves, who shot 56.5 percent (13-for-23) in the opening 20 minutes. Gibbs led New Hampshire with eight first half points.
The Wildcats came out strong in the second half, outscoring the Seawolves 11-2 over the first three minutes of the period to climb within one. Brenton would hit two free throws to push the Stony Brook lead back to three but Gibbs answered with a three on the other end to knot the game at 38 with 16 minutes left in the game.
Then, with the score tied at 42, the Wildcats went on a 10-0 run, highlighted by two three-pointers from Alvin Abreu, to take a 52-42 lead with 10:30 left. SBU trailed by 11 with just under eight minutes remaining but the Seawolves would hit eight free throws over the next two and a half minutes to cut the UNH lead to 57-54 with 4:55 to go in the game. Gibbs hit two free throws on UNH's ensuing possession but El-Amin answered on the other end with a jumper to pull SBU back within three.
But that is close as the Seawolves would get as Gibbs scored four straight points to secure the game for the Wildcats. UNH went 8-for-11 from the three in the second half as they snapped their three-game losing skid.
The Seawolves return to action on Saturday, hosting UMBC at Pritchard Gymnasium. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
