Seawolves drop first game of the season.Final Stats
Kingston, R.I. - Freshman Marcus Rouse (Upper Marlboro, Md.) scored a season-high 16 points, including four three-pointers but the Rhode Island Rams shot 48.2 percent on its way to a 75-58 victory over the Stony Brook University men's basketball team on Tuesday night at the Thomas M. Ryan Center. Stony Brook falls to 3-1 with the loss while Rhode Island improves to 3-0.
"We played with a lot of effort tonight we just weren't able to overcome the early hole we dug ourselves," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "But give credit to Rhode Island, they are a terrific basketball team"
Rouse hit his first six shots for the Seawolves, who shot 41.5 percent for the game. Sophomore Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) added 10 points and six rebounds for SBU. Lamonte Ulmer led three Rhode Island players in double-figures with 16 points.
URI jumped to a 10-0 lead just over three minutes into the game before senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) rattled home a three from the top of the key to get the Seawolves on the board. Senior Desmond Adedeji (Landover Hills, Md.) scored on a put-back hoop to cut the SBU deficit to five but Ulmer then completed a three-point play to push the Rams advantage back to eight.
Rhode Island would extend its lead to 15 on a Marquis Jones three midway through the half but the Seawolves responded with six straight points, four by El-Amin, to slice their deficit to nine with 7:35 remaining in the half. Rhode Island would build its lead back to 15 on a Keith Cothran free throw with 2:59 left before Rouse nailed a three from the corner to draw the Seawolves back within 12.
URI scored the next eight points to take its largest lead of the game, 32-14, but Rouse drilled a three at the buzzer to cut the Rams lead to 32-17 heading into the break. El-Amin scored a team-high seven points in the opening half for the Seawolves, while Ulmer tallied a game-high nine for Rhode Island.
Stony Brook scored six of the first nine points of the second half, drawing within 12 on a hoop from junior Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.). URI would extend its lead back to 16 but the Seawolves would not go away, cutting their deficit to nine on a Rouse three with just under 12 minutes remaining.
The Rams had an answer though, going on a 12-3 run over the next three minutes to take their largest lead of the game to that point at 58-40. Brenton stopped the run with a fast-break dunk but URI then scored nine of the next 14 points to take a 20 point lead at 67-47 with 6:44 left in the game.
The Seawolves would close within 15 on a hoop from senior Eddie Castellanos (Jersey City, N.J.) with just under two minutes remaining but that is as close as they would get as the Rams handed them their first loss of the season.
Stony Brook returns to action on Saturday, hosting NJIT at Pritchard Gymnasium. Game time is set for 2 p.m.
Kingston, R.I. - Freshman Marcus Rouse (Upper Marlboro, Md.) scored a season-high 16 points, including four three-pointers but the Rhode Island Rams shot 48.2 percent on its way to a 75-58 victory over the Stony Brook University men's basketball team on Tuesday night at the Thomas M. Ryan Center. Stony Brook falls to 3-1 with the loss while Rhode Island improves to 3-0.
"We played with a lot of effort tonight we just weren't able to overcome the early hole we dug ourselves," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "But give credit to Rhode Island, they are a terrific basketball team"
Rouse hit his first six shots for the Seawolves, who shot 41.5 percent for the game. Sophomore Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) added 10 points and six rebounds for SBU. Lamonte Ulmer led three Rhode Island players in double-figures with 16 points.
URI jumped to a 10-0 lead just over three minutes into the game before senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) rattled home a three from the top of the key to get the Seawolves on the board. Senior Desmond Adedeji (Landover Hills, Md.) scored on a put-back hoop to cut the SBU deficit to five but Ulmer then completed a three-point play to push the Rams advantage back to eight.
Rhode Island would extend its lead to 15 on a Marquis Jones three midway through the half but the Seawolves responded with six straight points, four by El-Amin, to slice their deficit to nine with 7:35 remaining in the half. Rhode Island would build its lead back to 15 on a Keith Cothran free throw with 2:59 left before Rouse nailed a three from the corner to draw the Seawolves back within 12.
URI scored the next eight points to take its largest lead of the game, 32-14, but Rouse drilled a three at the buzzer to cut the Rams lead to 32-17 heading into the break. El-Amin scored a team-high seven points in the opening half for the Seawolves, while Ulmer tallied a game-high nine for Rhode Island.
Stony Brook scored six of the first nine points of the second half, drawing within 12 on a hoop from junior Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.). URI would extend its lead back to 16 but the Seawolves would not go away, cutting their deficit to nine on a Rouse three with just under 12 minutes remaining.
The Rams had an answer though, going on a 12-3 run over the next three minutes to take their largest lead of the game to that point at 58-40. Brenton stopped the run with a fast-break dunk but URI then scored nine of the next 14 points to take a 20 point lead at 67-47 with 6:44 left in the game.
The Seawolves would close within 15 on a hoop from senior Eddie Castellanos (Jersey City, N.J.) with just under two minutes remaining but that is as close as they would get as the Rams handed them their first loss of the season.
Stony Brook returns to action on Saturday, hosting NJIT at Pritchard Gymnasium. Game time is set for 2 p.m.
