In what could be considered the biggest win in program history, Stony Brook upstaged the Washington Huskies in Seattle, 62-57, just before the calendar flipped to 2015.
Stony Brook men's basketball got a pair of road wins after getting embarrassed at home against Albany, improving their America East conference record to 5-2 on the season.
In a tale of two antithetical performances, Stony Brook went on the road and ran Maine out of the gym in an 82-39 blowout before returning home to get trumped by Albany, 64-47.
For all the faults that come with a squad littered with freshmen and absent senior leadership, this team could not have dreamed of a more perfect outcome.
The Stony Brook’s men’s basketball team faced a tough test on Tuesday night, as the Seawolves hosted Western Kentucky, a strong team that is one year removed from an NCAA tournament appearance.
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.
It was far from pretty and nearly went the other way multiple times in the final 60 seconds, but Stony Brook escaped with a 57-56 win over Columbia in its debut game at Island FCU Arena.
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.
