Senior Muhammad El-Amin scores team-high 21 points.
Fairfield, Conn. - Senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) led four Seawolves in double-figures with 21 points but Corey Hassan scored a game-high 23 points and Liam Potter added 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Sacred Heart Pioneers to a 78-70 victory over the Stony Brook University men's basketball team on Monday afternoon at the Pitt Center. Stony Brook falls to 7-4 with the loss while Sacred Heart improves to 6-4.
"We played well in spurts, we just didn't shoot the ball well enough to win against a very good Sacred Heart team," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "They [Sacred Heart] are a veteran team and they made the plays they needed to make down the stretch."
El-Amin scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half for the Seawolves, while sophomore Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) added 15 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. Junior Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) also chipped in with 14 points.
Stony Brook led 55-39 with 12 minutes remaining in the game but Sacred Heart rallied to take its first lead of the second half with 4:52 left in the contest on two Potter free throws. Martin knocked down two free throws with 3:50 to go to give SBU the lead back but Hassan answered with two on the other end to give SHU a 64-63 advantage.
Joyner hit two freebies to give the Seawolves a 65-64 lead but Hassan knocked down a three from the right wing to give SHU a two-point lead with three minutes remaining. The Seawolves tied the game with 2:13 left on an acrobatic lay-up from Martin but the Pioneers ran off 11 straight points over the next two minutes to put the game away.
Sacred Heart jumped to an 8-4 lead just over five minutes in before El-Amin scored four straight points to tie the game. SHU answered with an 11-6 run to take a 19-14 advantage midway through the half but the Seawolves responded with a 13-2 run, including a thunderous fast-break dunk from El-Amin, to take a 27-21 lead with six minutes left.
The Pioneers rallied to within one on a Potter free throw but Martin scored on an acrobatic lay-up and El-Amin followed with two free throws to push the SBU lead back to five at 32-27. Sacred Heart scored five straight points to tie the game at 32 but Martin hit one of two free throws with 3.1 seconds left to send the Seawolves into the break with a 33-32 advantage.
Stony Brook came out hot to start the second half, scoring 15 of the first 19 points of the period to take a 48-36 lead. An El-Amin three-point play a minute later pushed the Seawolves lead to 15 before Chauncey Hardy knocked down a three to cut the Sacred Heart deficit to 12.
But Martin responded with four straight points to give SBU the 16 point lead. The Pioneers had an answer though, running off 13 straight points to cut the SBU lead to three with just under eight minutes left. Joyner ended the run with a put-back hoop but Hassan then knocked down a three for Sacred Heart to cut the Stony Brook lead to two.
The Seawolves return to action on Monday, Dec. 28, hosting Saint Peter's at Pritchard Gymnasium. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.GoSeawolves.org.
Fairfield, Conn. - Senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) led four Seawolves in double-figures with 21 points but Corey Hassan scored a game-high 23 points and Liam Potter added 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Sacred Heart Pioneers to a 78-70 victory over the Stony Brook University men's basketball team on Monday afternoon at the Pitt Center. Stony Brook falls to 7-4 with the loss while Sacred Heart improves to 6-4.
"We played well in spurts, we just didn't shoot the ball well enough to win against a very good Sacred Heart team," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "They [Sacred Heart] are a veteran team and they made the plays they needed to make down the stretch."
El-Amin scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half for the Seawolves, while sophomore Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.) added 15 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. Junior Chris Martin (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) also chipped in with 14 points.
Stony Brook led 55-39 with 12 minutes remaining in the game but Sacred Heart rallied to take its first lead of the second half with 4:52 left in the contest on two Potter free throws. Martin knocked down two free throws with 3:50 to go to give SBU the lead back but Hassan answered with two on the other end to give SHU a 64-63 advantage.
Joyner hit two freebies to give the Seawolves a 65-64 lead but Hassan knocked down a three from the right wing to give SHU a two-point lead with three minutes remaining. The Seawolves tied the game with 2:13 left on an acrobatic lay-up from Martin but the Pioneers ran off 11 straight points over the next two minutes to put the game away.
Sacred Heart jumped to an 8-4 lead just over five minutes in before El-Amin scored four straight points to tie the game. SHU answered with an 11-6 run to take a 19-14 advantage midway through the half but the Seawolves responded with a 13-2 run, including a thunderous fast-break dunk from El-Amin, to take a 27-21 lead with six minutes left.
The Pioneers rallied to within one on a Potter free throw but Martin scored on an acrobatic lay-up and El-Amin followed with two free throws to push the SBU lead back to five at 32-27. Sacred Heart scored five straight points to tie the game at 32 but Martin hit one of two free throws with 3.1 seconds left to send the Seawolves into the break with a 33-32 advantage.
Stony Brook came out hot to start the second half, scoring 15 of the first 19 points of the period to take a 48-36 lead. An El-Amin three-point play a minute later pushed the Seawolves lead to 15 before Chauncey Hardy knocked down a three to cut the Sacred Heart deficit to 12.
But Martin responded with four straight points to give SBU the 16 point lead. The Pioneers had an answer though, running off 13 straight points to cut the SBU lead to three with just under eight minutes left. Joyner ended the run with a put-back hoop but Hassan then knocked down a three for Sacred Heart to cut the Stony Brook lead to two.
The Seawolves return to action on Monday, Dec. 28, hosting Saint Peter's at Pritchard Gymnasium. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.GoSeawolves.org.
