Marcus Rouse leads the Seawolves with 21 points.
Junior Marcus Rouse scored 21 points, and senior Danny Carter added 17 points and three assists as the Stony Brook men's basketball team had a successful overseas debut with a 100-75 win over Killester at the Irish Wheelchair Association.
"I thought it was a good first game for us," head coach Steve Pikiell said. "It was good for all our guys to get out there and play again, and they all made contributions. I think this bodes well for us, and now we'll have to come back tomorrow and play even better."
Early on, the Seawolves had to adjust to a different kind of basketball, a 24-second shot clock and a very physical Killester team. Stony Brook fell behind 11-2 before storming back to take a 14-12 lead with 2:15 remaining in the first quarter. The momentum-shifting basket came on a three-pointer from Rouse. The Seawolves did not trail the rest of the game.
It was 21-14 Stony Brook after one quarter and then 46-35 at halftime. The team started to pull away in the third quarter, going up 70-47 after senior Al Rapier stole the ball at midcourt and had an easy dunk.
In addition to Rouse and Carter's scoring outputs, sophomore Dave Coley chipped in 10 points, junior Leonard Hayes dropped in nine points and senior Bryan Dougher added eight points.
In his return to the court after missing last season due to injury, junior Tommy Brenton pulled down 10 rebounds to go with four points and three assists.
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Stony Brook is back in action Sunday against UCD Marian at 3 p.m., local, 10 a.m., Eastern.
