In a key conference matchup at home on Saturday, senior guard Jaron Cornish helped Stony Brook Men’s Basketball bounce back from a first-half slump to beat UMass-Lowell by a final score of 76-65. Cornish dropped his career-high 30 points against the River Hawks.
The Stony Brook men’s basketball team launched 22 shots from three but only knocked down two en route to a 57-49 loss on the road against the UMBC Golden Retrievers on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
It took a nail-biting final minute on the road to secure it, but the Stony Brook men’s basketball team walked away with a split in their final games before the Christmas break.
Stony Brook Men’s Basketball completed two comeback victories against LIU Brooklyn and the Delaware Blue Hens to rebound from their defeat against Brown on Dec. 8.
Locked in a neck-and-neck battle against the Manhattan Jaspers on Wednesday, Dec. 5, Stony Brook Men’s Basketball redshirt-junior forward Akwasi Yeboah proved to the NCAA why he was named America East Player of the Week for three consecutive weeks.
Senior guard Shania “Shorty” Johnson and redshirt-junior guard Akwasi Yeboah have wasted no time taking the helm of the women’s and men’s basketball teams, respectively. Both are averaging over 17 points per game and have already been recognized as America East Player of the Week for three consecutive weeks.
As Quinnipiac graduate guard Cameron Young stepped to the free throw line with 3:58 remaining, his team had closed the Stony Brook Men’s Basketball lead to just four when they were down 20 in the first half.
Stony Brook Men’s Basketball picked up two key victories this week, winning 97-61 against the Molloy College Lions in the team’s home opener at Island Federal Credit Union Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 21 and against Rhode Island on Nov. 24.
Stony Brook Men’s Basketball wrapped up its time at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Tip Off Tournament over the weekend by splitting their two matchups.
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