STONY BROOK, N.Y. (December 6, 2023) – Stonehill College men's basketball traveled to Island Federal Arena Wednesday night, falling to Stony Brook in a first-ever meeting between the two non-conference opponents, 83-61.

LEADERS

• Sophomore Tony Felder (Brockton, Mass.) led the Skyhawks in the scoring column, putting up 11 points on 3-6 shooting from downtown.
• Graduate student Max Zegarowski (South Hamilton, Mass.) was Stonehill's leading dimer, dishing out a season-high four assists.
• Freshmen Louie Semona (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Todd Brogna (Southborough, Mass.) each corralled six rebounds for the Skyhawks to lead the team.
• Tyler Stephenson-Moore led all scorers, netting 23 points for the Seawolves in the win.
• Andre Snoddy had a game-high eight rebounds for Stony Brook.

FIRST HALF

• The Sea Wolves scored the first five points before a Semona three-pointer got Stonehill on the board.
• Two more buckets from long range by Felder and sophomore Ethan Meuser (Shavertown, Pa.) put Stonehill within one point, 10-9, as the first three shots the Skyhawks made were all from long range.
• Stony Brook responded with three straight three-pointers of their own to take a 19-11 lead just over five minutes into the first half.
• Stonehill trimmed its deficit to just two points after four points from sophomore Chas Stinson (Charlotte, N.C.) made the score 21-19.
• The Seawolves went on a 13-4 run over the next seven minutes to build a 34-23 lead with four minutes left in the half.
• The final five points of the half went to Tyler Stephenson-Moore as Stony Brook led 43-28 going into the break.
• The Seawolves shot 52.9% (9-17) from deep in the first half and 46.7% (14-30) from the field as Stephenson-Moore tallied 16 first-half points.
• Stonehill went 37.9% (11-29) from the floor and 35.7% (5-14) from three through the first twenty minutes.

SECOND HALF

• Semona opened the second half scoring with a long-range basket but back-to-back threes from the Seawolves put Stony Brook ahead by 18, 49-31 in the early stages of the second half.
• A layup from freshman Se'yphon Triplett (Springfield, Mass.) followed by a Stinson three-pointer brought Stonehill within 13 but the Seawolves continued to respond to the Skyhawk runs, going up by as much as 19, 62-43, with 9:52 left to play.
• Stonehill would go on a 9-2 run as they trailed 64-52 but the 12-point differential would be the closest the Skyhawks would get to the Seawolves over the final eight minutes of the game.
• Stony Brook and Stonehill went back and forth as the Skyhawks failed to gain any ground on the Seawolf lead, falling 81-63 in the non-conference matchup.
• Stonehill finished the game shooting 37.7% (23-61) while Stony Brook shot 46.4% (26-56).

NOTEWORTHY

• Stonehill falls to 0-1 all-time against Stony Brook, this being the first matchup with the Seawolves.
• This is the first time the Skyhawks have ever taken on a Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) opponent in men's basketball.
• A pair of Stonehill freshmen set new career highs as Semona grabbed six rebounds and Triplett tallied 10 points, all in the second half. Triplett also swiped the first two steals of his young career.
• Stinson matched two season-highs Wednesday night, scoring 10 points for the first time since the Nov. 6 matchup at UConn while tallying two steals.
• Felder has scored 11+ points in seven straight games now for the Skyhawks, the most such games on the team.

UP NEXT

• Stonehill continues its three-game road trip, heading down to Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J. on Friday, Dec. 8 for a 7 p.m. matchup at Alumni Gym.

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