El-Amin, Young Lead Men's Basketball to 70-59 Victory Over Maine
Orono, Maine - Junior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) scored a game-high 22 points and senior Demetrius Young (Sacramento, Calif.) added 17 as the Stony Brook University men's basketball team matched its best America East start ever with a 70-59 victory over the Maine Black Bears on Tuesday night at Alfond Arena. Stony Brook improves to 13-10 overall and 5-5 in the America East while Maine falls to 8-15 and 3-7.
"We've won with defense all season and tonight was no different," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "We played with a lot of energy on the defensive end and picked up a terrific victory on the road against a very good Maine team.
The America East Player of the Game for the Seawolves, El-Amin scored scored 16 of his 22 in the first half. Young shot 6-for-11 from the field, pulling down six rebounds to go with his 17 points. Freshman Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) collected a game-high 11 rebounds for the Seawolves, who scored 34 points off 20 Maine turnovers. Sean McNally led four Black Bears in double-figures with 15 points.
Maine jumped to a an early 10-8 lead behind two Gerald McLemore three-pointers but a long jumper from sophomore Chris Martin (Springfield Gardents, N.Y.) tied the game at 10 with 13:22 remaining. El-Amin carried the Seawolves early, scoring SBU's first eight points. The Black Bears would answer with five straight points but Martin followed with a jumper and a three to tie it at 15 with 11:09 left.
The Seawolves would eventually build a 23-17 advantage on a three from freshman Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.) with 7:30 left but McLemore answered with his third three-pointer of the half, kick starting a 7-0 run Maine run that put the Black Bears up 24-23. Martin answered with long jumper though and El-Amin then followed with his fourth three-pointer of the half to give the Seawolves a 28-24 advantage with four minutes remaining in the half.
Stony Brook would close the half on a 9-3 run to go into the break with a 37-29 lead. Young scored all nine points in the Seawolves run. El-Amin tallied 16 first half points for the Seawolves, knocking down four of his five three-point attempts. Young and Martin added nine apiece in the first half for SBU. McLemore scored a team-high nine points in the opening 20 minutes for the Black Bears.
SBU still led by seven just over four minutes into the second half but Young then completed a three-point play to push the Seawolves lead up to 10. McLemore answered with a three but freshman Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) then scored four straight points to give Stony Brook a 50-39 lead with 12:41 remaining.
Dougher's second three of the game with eight and a half minutes remaining would gave the Seawolves their largest lead of the game, at 55-41, but Maine then ran off seven straight points to close to within seven with 6:29 remaining. Martin ended the Black Bear run with a long jumper but Troy Barnies answered with three to cut the SBU lead to six with 4:26 to go in the game.
The Seawolves responded with four straight points though, on a Dougher jumper and two El-Amin free throws, to push the SBU lead back to 10 with 2:55 remaining. Maine would get back within eight but Young would seal the game for the Seawolves seconds later with a thunderous fast-break dunk.
The Seawolves return to action on Saturday, hosting the Binghamton Bearcats in a game that that will be televised live on MSG Plus. Game time is set for 4 p.m.
Orono, Maine - Junior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) scored a game-high 22 points and senior Demetrius Young (Sacramento, Calif.) added 17 as the Stony Brook University men's basketball team matched its best America East start ever with a 70-59 victory over the Maine Black Bears on Tuesday night at Alfond Arena. Stony Brook improves to 13-10 overall and 5-5 in the America East while Maine falls to 8-15 and 3-7.
"We've won with defense all season and tonight was no different," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "We played with a lot of energy on the defensive end and picked up a terrific victory on the road against a very good Maine team.
The America East Player of the Game for the Seawolves, El-Amin scored scored 16 of his 22 in the first half. Young shot 6-for-11 from the field, pulling down six rebounds to go with his 17 points. Freshman Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) collected a game-high 11 rebounds for the Seawolves, who scored 34 points off 20 Maine turnovers. Sean McNally led four Black Bears in double-figures with 15 points.
Maine jumped to a an early 10-8 lead behind two Gerald McLemore three-pointers but a long jumper from sophomore Chris Martin (Springfield Gardents, N.Y.) tied the game at 10 with 13:22 remaining. El-Amin carried the Seawolves early, scoring SBU's first eight points. The Black Bears would answer with five straight points but Martin followed with a jumper and a three to tie it at 15 with 11:09 left.
The Seawolves would eventually build a 23-17 advantage on a three from freshman Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.) with 7:30 left but McLemore answered with his third three-pointer of the half, kick starting a 7-0 run Maine run that put the Black Bears up 24-23. Martin answered with long jumper though and El-Amin then followed with his fourth three-pointer of the half to give the Seawolves a 28-24 advantage with four minutes remaining in the half.
Stony Brook would close the half on a 9-3 run to go into the break with a 37-29 lead. Young scored all nine points in the Seawolves run. El-Amin tallied 16 first half points for the Seawolves, knocking down four of his five three-point attempts. Young and Martin added nine apiece in the first half for SBU. McLemore scored a team-high nine points in the opening 20 minutes for the Black Bears.
SBU still led by seven just over four minutes into the second half but Young then completed a three-point play to push the Seawolves lead up to 10. McLemore answered with a three but freshman Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) then scored four straight points to give Stony Brook a 50-39 lead with 12:41 remaining.
Dougher's second three of the game with eight and a half minutes remaining would gave the Seawolves their largest lead of the game, at 55-41, but Maine then ran off seven straight points to close to within seven with 6:29 remaining. Martin ended the Black Bear run with a long jumper but Troy Barnies answered with three to cut the SBU lead to six with 4:26 to go in the game.
The Seawolves responded with four straight points though, on a Dougher jumper and two El-Amin free throws, to push the SBU lead back to 10 with 2:55 remaining. Maine would get back within eight but Young would seal the game for the Seawolves seconds later with a thunderous fast-break dunk.
The Seawolves return to action on Saturday, hosting the Binghamton Bearcats in a game that that will be televised live on MSG Plus. Game time is set for 4 p.m.
