Senior Muhammad El-Amin scores a career-high 31 points.
Post Game Press Conference Box Score
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) scored a career-high 31 points and the Stony Brook University men's basketball team shot 50.9 percent on its way to a 81-61 victory over the Binghamton Bearcats before a sold out Pritchard Gymnasium on Saturday night. It is the seventh straight win for the America East leading Seawolves, who are now 18-7 overall and 10-2 in the America East.
"What a terrific win for our team, we really played together and our defense was outstanding all night," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "Our guys really fed off the energy of the crowd early and Muhammad [El-Amin] really gave us a great lift."
El-Amin scored 19 of his 31 in the first half and finished the game 10-for-19 from the field and a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line. The 31 points was the most by a Stony Brook player since Ricky Lucas '08 scored 33 against Hartford on Jan. 24, 2008. Sophomore Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) added 11 points and 14 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. With the victory, the Seawolves set a program record for wins since jumping to Division I in 1999.
Stony Brook jumped out to a 9-3 just over five minutes in behind four early points from El-Amin. Binghamton closed to within four but freshman Marcus Rouse (Upper Marlboro, Md.) answered with back-to-back threes to kick start an 11-2 run that gave the Seawolves a 22-9 lead midway through the half.
The Seawolves stretched their lead to 16 less than a minute later following a three and two free throws from sophomore Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.). The Bearcats closed to within 10 on a Moussa Camara three with four minutes left before sophomore Danny Carter (London, England) hit two free throws to push the lead back to 12.
Mahamoud Jabbi responded with a put-back to cut the SBU lead back to 10 but El-Amin scored four straight points and Rouse then hit another long jumper to give the Seawolves a 45-29 lead with a minute remaining. Binghamton scored four of the final six points of the half as SBU took a 47-33 lead into the break.
Binghamton cut the Stony Brook lead to 54-43 early in the second half before El-Amin knocked down a long jumper to push the SBU lead back to 13. A Greer Wright three-point play brought the Bearcats within 10 but El-Amin drilled a long three from the right wing and junior Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) then scored on a fast-break hoop to give Stony Brook a 61-46 advantage with 13 minutes to go.
The Seawolves eventually stretched their advantage to 19 midway through the half on another El-Amin jumper and Brenton then followed with a three-point play to give the Seawolves a 68-46 lead. The Stony Brook lead grew to as many as 25 on a Carter put-back with eight minutes left and the Bearcats got no closer than 18 the rest of the way as the Seawolves went on to their first victory over Binghamton since the 2006-07 season.
Wright scored a team-high 28 points for the Bearcats and was named their America East Player of the Game. El-Amin was named the America East Player of the Game for the Seawolves, who held the Bearcats to 34 percent shooting.
Stony Brook will now close the regular season with three of its final four games on the road beginning with a match-up at UMBC on Tuesday night. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
Post Game Press Conference Box Score
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) scored a career-high 31 points and the Stony Brook University men's basketball team shot 50.9 percent on its way to a 81-61 victory over the Binghamton Bearcats before a sold out Pritchard Gymnasium on Saturday night. It is the seventh straight win for the America East leading Seawolves, who are now 18-7 overall and 10-2 in the America East.
"What a terrific win for our team, we really played together and our defense was outstanding all night," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "Our guys really fed off the energy of the crowd early and Muhammad [El-Amin] really gave us a great lift."
El-Amin scored 19 of his 31 in the first half and finished the game 10-for-19 from the field and a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line. The 31 points was the most by a Stony Brook player since Ricky Lucas '08 scored 33 against Hartford on Jan. 24, 2008. Sophomore Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) added 11 points and 14 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. With the victory, the Seawolves set a program record for wins since jumping to Division I in 1999.
Stony Brook jumped out to a 9-3 just over five minutes in behind four early points from El-Amin. Binghamton closed to within four but freshman Marcus Rouse (Upper Marlboro, Md.) answered with back-to-back threes to kick start an 11-2 run that gave the Seawolves a 22-9 lead midway through the half.
The Seawolves stretched their lead to 16 less than a minute later following a three and two free throws from sophomore Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.). The Bearcats closed to within 10 on a Moussa Camara three with four minutes left before sophomore Danny Carter (London, England) hit two free throws to push the lead back to 12.
Mahamoud Jabbi responded with a put-back to cut the SBU lead back to 10 but El-Amin scored four straight points and Rouse then hit another long jumper to give the Seawolves a 45-29 lead with a minute remaining. Binghamton scored four of the final six points of the half as SBU took a 47-33 lead into the break.
Binghamton cut the Stony Brook lead to 54-43 early in the second half before El-Amin knocked down a long jumper to push the SBU lead back to 13. A Greer Wright three-point play brought the Bearcats within 10 but El-Amin drilled a long three from the right wing and junior Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) then scored on a fast-break hoop to give Stony Brook a 61-46 advantage with 13 minutes to go.
The Seawolves eventually stretched their advantage to 19 midway through the half on another El-Amin jumper and Brenton then followed with a three-point play to give the Seawolves a 68-46 lead. The Stony Brook lead grew to as many as 25 on a Carter put-back with eight minutes left and the Bearcats got no closer than 18 the rest of the way as the Seawolves went on to their first victory over Binghamton since the 2006-07 season.
Wright scored a team-high 28 points for the Bearcats and was named their America East Player of the Game. El-Amin was named the America East Player of the Game for the Seawolves, who held the Bearcats to 34 percent shooting.
Stony Brook will now close the regular season with three of its final four games on the road beginning with a match-up at UMBC on Tuesday night. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
