The seniors of Stony Brook Men's Basketball have one last chance to win an America East Championship on Saturday when Stony Brook faces No. 3 Vermont in IFCU Arena at 11 a.m.
With perhaps the most talented class of seniors facing one last chance at sending SBU to the NCAA Tournament, Steve Pikiell just wants his team to focus on the short-term.
Despite the loss of Eric McAlister and the allocation of only role player minutes for seven-foot freshman Jakub Petras, Stony Brook has out-rebounded all four of its opponents this season.
As the capacity crowd at Island Federal Credit Arena watched junior Jameel Warney fail to put back his own missed free throw, fellow junior Rayshaun McGrew was there to save the day.
Becoming a professional athlete is every little kid’s dream. And while no Seawolves have made it to the NBA at this point, that dream has still become a reality for many of them overseas.
Stony Brook has made a last ditch effort to bolster their roster come the 2014-15 college basketball season by signing overseas recruit Jakub Petras, as confirmed by the athletics department.
Dave Coley and Eric McAlister both signed professional contracts over the summer. Coley will go to Slovakia to play with BK Iskra Svit, while McAlister heads to Denmark to play with Team FOG Naestved.
The Seawolves are headed home, but for all the right reasons. SBU squeezed by the Hartford Hawks 69-64, earning a spot to compete for the America East Championship—and their first NCAA tournament bid—against Albany at Stony Brook.
After scoring a season low 18 points in the first half, the Stony Brook Men’s Basketball team came alive offensively in the second, as they pulled out a 58-53 road win against Binghamton on Tuesday night. The Seawolves have now won eight of their last nine contests, and improve to 9-1 in America East play.
