Men's Basketball Falls To Stony Brook on Friday

When and Where

November 10, 2023 – Stony Brook, NY (Island Federal Arena)

Result

The St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) men's basketball team falls to Stony Brook, 91-50, in an exhibition match on Friday night.

Top performers

• Senior Spencer Malloy led the Golden Eagles in scoring with 10 points, going 5-9 from the field while adding a game-high eight rebounds

• Sophomore AK Abusaab finished with eight points off the bench, shooting 100% from the field in just five minutes of action

• Toby Onyekonwu of the Seawolves scored 16 points and a team-high seven rebounds 

• Stony Brook's Jared Frey totaled 19 points and six rebounds

• Dean Noll tallied nine points and seven steals

How it happened

• SJLI's Justin Turner opened the scoring column for the night by hitting a three-pointer right before an Alec Tabada steal led to a Malloy layup to take an early five-point lead

• As the St. Joseph's held on to an early lead, Stony Brook would see their first lead of the game just a little over the midway point in the first half off an Onyekonwu layup

• The Seawolves would build upon their lead by going on a 17-6 run in five minutes as the first half was coming to a close 

• With the second half underway, an early steal and dunk on behalf of SBU would spark a 27-4 run, bringing the score to 68-29 at the 11-minute mark

• The Golden Eagles ended the scoring drought with a corner three from Thomas Bell, which later saw Dillon Hod cut to the basket for an open layup off the pass from AJ Esposito

• Stony Brook would see most of their points in the final five minutes of play at the free throw line, securing the victory for the Seawolves

Notes

• St. Joseph's shot 30.6% from the field and 33.3% from three-point range, while Stony Brook finished with a 44.6% field goal percentage and 42.9% from beyond the arc

• The Seawolves held a 13 rebound advantage, 50-37

• The Golden Eagles shot 75.0% from the free-throw line

Up next

• The Golden Eagles return to action on Tuesday, November 14, when they host Lehman College for a non-conference matchup at 7:00 pm.