SBU Sports: Stony Brook football takes down Bryant 31-30

In their first overtime test of the season, Stony Brook football prevailed with a stop on Bryant’s two-point conversion in the extra frame to secure the 31-30 victory in Smithfield, Rhode Island on Nov. 2.

The Seawolves improved to 7-2 on the year and 4-1 in Coastal Athletic Association play, while the Bulldogs fell to 2-7 and 0-5.

Tyler Knoop led Stony Brook’s passing attack with 285 yards through the air, tossing one touchdown without throwing an interception. Roland Dempster paced all Seawolves rushers with 107 yards and two touchdowns in the contest, picking up 4.3 yards per carry. Knoop also added 23 yards on the ground.

Jasiah Williams pulled in 10 catches for 96 yards. Dez Williams made his presence felt in the passing game, recording four receptions for 75 yards. The Seawolves also added 52 yards receiving and one touchdown from Jayce Freeman in the game.

Jalen Hoyle showed out for the Stony Brook defense, collecting one interception. Dyshier Clary added three tackles, 1.0 TFL, and one sack and Rushawn Lawrence had five tackles, 3.0 TFL, and 1.5 sacks in the win.

Defensively, Stony Brook held up against the Bryant rushing attack, holding the Bulldogs to 105 yards on the ground and led the time of possession, 31:57 to 28:03. 

This is the first Stony Brook victory in overtime since they defeated UAlbany (28-21) on Nov. 4, 2017.

“Ugly win, but a win is a win,” said head coach Billy Cosh after the victory. “Credit to Bryant, they played exceptional. We got to play better defensively and offensively we had a lot of missed opportunities as well that we needed to capitalize on. In November, you got to win and we found a way to win. We got a lot of things to correct moving forward, we’ll watch the tape tomorrow and move on to Albany.” 

The team  returns to Long Island on Nov. 9  to host UAlbany for the Golden Apple. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m. and can be streamed on FloFootball.