Men's Basketball Rolls to 83-64 Victory Over Maine
Seawolves shoot season-high 53.3 percent from the field.
Post Game Press Conference Box Score
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) (24 points) and junior Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) combined for 47 points to lead the Stony Brook University men's basketball team to its sixth straight win with a 83-64 victory over the Maine Black Bears before a raucous sellout crowd at Pritchard Gymnasium on Wednesday night. The Seawolves, whose starters accounted for 78 of their 83 points, improved to 17-7 overall and 9-2 in the America East.
"We played together tonight and I like the way we really defended in the first half," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell. "It was a terrific win for our guys in a great atmosphere against a very good and well coached Maine basketball team."
Martin scored 19 of his season-high 23 points in the first 20 minutes for the Seawolves, who led by as many 23 points in the first half. Stony Brook shot a season-high 53.3 percent from the field and went 8-for-14 from beyond the arc. El-Amin scored 20 of his points in the second half and tied a season-high with eight rebounds.
The 17 wins are the most since Stony Brook joined the America East while the nine conference wins is a program record. Stony Brook's 16 wins over Division I opponents is its most since moving to Divison I in 1999. The America East leading Seawolves are now 10-1 at home, matching their best 11-game start at home since 2000-01.
Stony Brook jumped to a 7-2 lead in the first two minutes but Maine answered with nine of the next 13 points to tie the game at 11 with 14:12 to go in the first half. But the Seawolves then took control, running of 13 straight points over the next five minutes. Sophomore Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) and Martin combined for eight points in the run.
Maine closed within eight on a Murphy Burnatowski lay-up with 4:20 remaining but Martin answered with a three from the right corner and sophomore Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.) then followed with another three to kick start a 15-0 run that sent SBU into the break with a 42-19 lead.
The Black Bears tried to get back in the game over the opening minutes of the second half, getting within 14 on three from Gerald McLemore with 12:49 to go. But Brenton knocked down a three from the right wing on the Seawolves ensuing possession and El-Amin then converted a fast-break lay-up off a feed from Martin to push the Stony Brook lead back to 19.
El-Amin followed with back-to-back three-pointers to give SBU a 66-42 lead with 9:40 remaining. The Seawolves coasted from there, building their lead to as much as 30 on another El-Amin three with 4:12 left.
Martin finished the game 10-for-14 from the field and was named Stony Brook's America East Player of the Game. Joyner added 14 points for the Seawolves, who out-rebounded Maine 39-22 and held the Black Bears to 33.3 percent shooting in the first half.
McLemore scored a team-high 22 points for Maine and was named its America East Player of the Game. Stony Brook out-scored Maine 42-26 in the paint and scored 28 points off 15 Black Bear turnovers.
Stony Brook returns to action on Saturday, hosting Binghamton at Pritchard Gymnasium. Game time is set for 7 p.m. and will follow the 4 p.m. SBU women's game against Maine.
Seawolves shoot season-high 53.3 percent from the field.
Post Game Press Conference Box Score
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) (24 points) and junior Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) combined for 47 points to lead the Stony Brook University men's basketball team to its sixth straight win with a 83-64 victory over the Maine Black Bears before a raucous sellout crowd at Pritchard Gymnasium on Wednesday night. The Seawolves, whose starters accounted for 78 of their 83 points, improved to 17-7 overall and 9-2 in the America East.
"We played together tonight and I like the way we really defended in the first half," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell. "It was a terrific win for our guys in a great atmosphere against a very good and well coached Maine basketball team."
Martin scored 19 of his season-high 23 points in the first 20 minutes for the Seawolves, who led by as many 23 points in the first half. Stony Brook shot a season-high 53.3 percent from the field and went 8-for-14 from beyond the arc. El-Amin scored 20 of his points in the second half and tied a season-high with eight rebounds.
The 17 wins are the most since Stony Brook joined the America East while the nine conference wins is a program record. Stony Brook's 16 wins over Division I opponents is its most since moving to Divison I in 1999. The America East leading Seawolves are now 10-1 at home, matching their best 11-game start at home since 2000-01.
Stony Brook jumped to a 7-2 lead in the first two minutes but Maine answered with nine of the next 13 points to tie the game at 11 with 14:12 to go in the first half. But the Seawolves then took control, running of 13 straight points over the next five minutes. Sophomore Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) and Martin combined for eight points in the run.
Maine closed within eight on a Murphy Burnatowski lay-up with 4:20 remaining but Martin answered with a three from the right corner and sophomore Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.) then followed with another three to kick start a 15-0 run that sent SBU into the break with a 42-19 lead.
The Black Bears tried to get back in the game over the opening minutes of the second half, getting within 14 on three from Gerald McLemore with 12:49 to go. But Brenton knocked down a three from the right wing on the Seawolves ensuing possession and El-Amin then converted a fast-break lay-up off a feed from Martin to push the Stony Brook lead back to 19.
El-Amin followed with back-to-back three-pointers to give SBU a 66-42 lead with 9:40 remaining. The Seawolves coasted from there, building their lead to as much as 30 on another El-Amin three with 4:12 left.
Martin finished the game 10-for-14 from the field and was named Stony Brook's America East Player of the Game. Joyner added 14 points for the Seawolves, who out-rebounded Maine 39-22 and held the Black Bears to 33.3 percent shooting in the first half.
McLemore scored a team-high 22 points for Maine and was named its America East Player of the Game. Stony Brook out-scored Maine 42-26 in the paint and scored 28 points off 15 Black Bear turnovers.
Stony Brook returns to action on Saturday, hosting Binghamton at Pritchard Gymnasium. Game time is set for 7 p.m. and will follow the 4 p.m. SBU women's game against Maine.
