Stony Brook’s men’s basketball team won its second straight game Tuesday night, as they routed N.J.I.T. by a score of 60-39. The victory is Stony Brook’s second straight, to give them a record of 3-3 on the season.
Freshman Bryan Dougher led the Seawolves, scoring a career high 24 points, shooting 6-8 from the field, including 5-6 from three-point range.
New Seawolve Junior Muhammad El-Amin added 13 points.
In the first half, Stony Brook held the Highlanders to 5-24 (20.8 percent) shooting from the field, including 0-11 from three-point range, allowing the Seawolves to have a 32-15 lead at the end of the half.
In the second half, the Highlanders’ shooting improved to 38.5 percent, but Stony Brook was still too much, as the Seawolves outscored N.J.I.T. by a score of 28-24.
N.J.I.T, who increased their D-I record losing streak to 39 games, had 22 turnovers, and finished the game shooting 1-20 from three-point range. The last time the Highlanders won was Feb. 19, 2007.
Stony Brook’s next game is this Friday, Dec. 5, at home against Lehigh, who is 5-2 on the season. A notable victory for Lehigh was at Rutgers, where they beat the Scarlet Knights 76-71.
The game against the Mountain Hawks will be the first of three at home, which will be followed by games against Mount Ida (Dec. 7) and Hofstra (Dec. 12).