Senior Michael Tyree scores a career-high 25 points.
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Michael Tyree (Somerset, N.J.) scored 20 of his career high 25 points in the first half as the Stony Brook University men's basketball team celebrated Senior Night with a 69-57 victory over the Boston University Terriers on Wednesday night at a sold out Pritchard Gymnasium. The Seawolves improved to 15-12 overall and 7-7 in the America East with the victory. It is the best start in America East play for the Seawolves since joining the conference in 2001-02. The Terriers fall to 14-12 and 9-5 with the loss.
"What a tremendous effort by our guys tonight in what was a terrific atmosphere at Pritchard Gymnasium," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "Mike [Tyree] got us off to a great start and we then made enough plays down the stretch to beat a very good BU team. I'm also really happy that we could send our seniors out with a victory in their final home game."
The America East Player of the Game for the Seawolves, Tyree went 10-for-13 from the field including 5-for-7 from three-point range. Senior Demetrius Young (Sacramento, Calif.) added 10 points and seven rebounds for the Seawolves, who tied a program record for America East wins in a season. John Holland led three Terriers in double-figures with 19 points and was named their America East Player of the Game.
Stony Brook jumped to a 16-13 lead five minutes in behind Tyree, who scored 13 of the Seawolves first 16 points. BU would rally to tie the game at 18 with 12 minutes remaining in the half but freshman Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) answered with an inside hoop and sophomore Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) followed with a three from the right wing to push the SBU lead to five.
Tyree continued his hot-shooting minutes later, nailing his fourth triple of the game to give SBU a 28-20 advantage with just over eight minutes left in the first half. Back-to-back baskets from Martin and Young would push the Stony Brook lead to 12 with six minutes remaining before Corey Lowe completed an acrobatic lay-up to trim the Seawovles advantage to 10.
The Terriers would eventually cut the SBU lead to seven but Tyree had an answer once again, knocking down a jumper from the right baseline to put Stony Brook up nine with 3:50 left in the first half. The Seawolves then scored seven of the final 11 points of the period, including another jumper from Tyree, to go into the break with a 41-29 lead.
Stony Brook was led in the first half by Tyree, who went 8-for-10 from the field and 4-for-5 from three in the opening 20 minutes. Holland scored a team-high nine points in the first half for the Terriers, who turned the ball over 10 times.
Tyree opened the second half with his fifth three of the game to give the Seawolves a 15-point lead but the Terriers answered with 10 straight points to cut the SBU lead to five with 15:39 remaining in the game. A Young free throw would end the BU run but Holland then knocked down his third three of the night to cut the BU deficit to just three.
A Jake O'Brien lay-in cut the Seawolves lead to one with 13:30 left in the game but Tyree then picked off a Terriers pass and took it the length of the court before feeding Young for an acrobatic alley-oop. SBU would push its lead to five a possession later as freshman Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) tipped a Stony Brook missed shot to Tyree who knocked down a 15-foot jumper.
The Seawolves still led by three with nine minutes left in the game before junior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) drilled a three to put SBU in front 52-46. BU would trim the SBU lead to four on a Holland jumper with just over five minutes remaining but Young answered with a three from the top of the key to put Stony Brook in front 59-52 with 4:51 left.
BU would close within five on an O'Brien lay-up with 4:19 to go but El-Amin then knocked down four straight free throws to seal the game for the Seawolves. SBU returns to action on February 26, traveling to take on the Hartford Hawks. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
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