Men's Basketball Falls To Saint Peter's, 67-46
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Sophomore Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.) scored a game-high 18 points but the Saint Peter's Peacocks shot 46.8 percent on their way to a 67-46 victory over the Stony Brook University men's basketball team on Monday night at Pritchard Gymnasium. Stony Brook falls to 7-5 with the loss while Saint Peter's improves to 6-6.
"They [Saint Peter's] out-toughed us tonight," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "We just didn't execute well enough on the offensive side of the ball to win. But give Saint Peter's credit, they had a good game plan and came in and executed it."
Dougher scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half and was named the Seawolves America East Player of the Game. Sophomore Dallis Joyner(Norfolk, Va.) added five points and a game-high 10 rebounds for Stony Brook. It was the second straight game that Joyner has recorded double-digit rebounds.
Stony Brook took a 12-10 lead just over seven minutes in following back-to-back hoops from freshman Preye Preboye (Springfield, Mass.). But the Peacocks answered with a 12-3 spurt over the next 10 minutes to take a 22-15 advantage with 1:54 left in the half.
The Seawolves cut the lead to five on a fast-break dunk from senior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) but Jordan Costner knocked down a three in the final minute to send Saint Peter's into the break with a 25-17 lead.
The Peacocks took control of the game over the first four minutes of the second half, going on an 11-2 run to take a 36-19 advantage. Stony Brook responded though, as Dougher sandwiched two three-pointers around a Nick Leon three to slice the SBU deficit to 14 with 14:52 remaining.
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But Saint Peter's out-scored the Seawolves 18-5 over the next eight minutes to put the contest away as the Seawolves got no closer than 17 the rest of the game. Wesley Jenkins scored a team-high 17 points for the Peacocks, while Leon added 16.
It was the second straight loss for the Seawolves, who forced Saint Peter's into 19 turnovers. Stony Brook had 12 steals in the game, its second highest total this season.
Stony Brook returns to action on Thursday, hosting Holy Cross at Pritchard Gymnasium. Game time is set for 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.GoSeawolves.org.
