The Stony Brook men’s basketball team fell to Air Force, 69-61, in the inaugural Legends Showcase on Dec. 7 at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas. Despite CJ Luster’s 27 points, the Seawolves dropped the neutral site contest to the Falcons.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After falling behind 15-9 early on, Luster scored Stony Brook’s next eight points, tying the contest at 17-17 with 5:42 to play.
• Air Force answered back and regained the lead, leaving the Seawolves down 27-23 entering halftime. Luster accounted for 15 of Stony Brook’s 23 first-half points.
• Air Force widened its lead after intermission, constructing a 38-29 advantage before Stony Brook went on a 6-0 run, finished off by Collin O’Connor’s layup, to shrink the deficit to 38-35 with 12:42 to go in the contest.
• The Falcons scored the next 11 points, opening up a 12-point advantage.
• Andre Snoddy scored five straight points and after an Air Force basket, O’Connor finished an and-one to trim the deficit to six points with less than eight minutes to play.
• Air Force extended the lead back to double figures and Stony Brook never got closer than within six points of the Falcons, falling 69-61.

STATS AND NOTES

• Luster’s 27 points were a game-high. The scoring output is a season-best for the Texas native against a Division I foe.
• Luster finished a perfect 10-for-10 at the free throw line. He is the first Seawolf to connect on double-digit free throws in 33 games (Keenan Fitzmorris vs. Norfolk State). Luster finished three free throws shy of DJ Munir’s program record of free throws made in a single game without a miss (13).
• O’Connor (13 points) and Snoddy (11 points) also finished in double figures. The trio of Luster, O’Connor and Snoddy accounted for all but 10 of the team’s total points.
• As a team, Stony Brook shot 3-of-21 from three point range. Luster was the only Stony Brook player to connect on a shot from beyond the arc. The Seawolves made just one of 12 attempts from long range in the second half.
• The Seawolves gave the ball away 17 times, leading to 20 points for the Falcons off of turnovers. Stony Brook forced Air Force into 22 turnovers, a season-high mark by an opponent. The Seawolves also limited the Falcons to 29 rebounds, a season-low for a Stony Brook opponent.

“We did enough rebounding and on the defensive end to win the game today, but when you shoot 3-21 from three it’s near impossible to win. Our value for the ball was poor and, as we’ve experienced so far this season, we have no consistency as to what we are capable of,” head coach Geno Ford said. “We played last Sunday against harder pressure-defense and had six turnovers, but today we didn’t make good decisions and finished with 17. We need to just keep working. We have time, but need to start getting better at a faster rate.”

Up next, the team heads to Lawrenceville, New Jersey to face Rider on Saturday, December 14. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 pm on ESPN+ between the Seawolves and Broncs.

The Stony Brook University men’s basketball team announced its 2024-25 schedule on Wednesday afternoon.

“Our non-conference schedule is tough with many road games, which we hope will have us ready for CAA play. It’s going to be a very exciting season of CAA hoops,” head coach Geno Ford said. “The conference will have many new faces with only two of the 15 all-conference players returning. I expect it to be a wild conference tournament once again.”

As previously announced, Stony Brook opens year six under Ford on the road at Marquette on November 4, as part of the Marquette Challenge. The MTE sees the Seawolves turn around and face Central Michigan (Nov. 7) and George Mason (Nov. 11) on the road before returning home for the home opener on November 16 against St. Joseph’s Long Island.

The Seawolves stay on the Island, hosting Yale on November 20. Stony Brook faces Yale for the fourth straight season and the fifth time in the previous six seasons. A pair of fellow Ivy League foes follow, with Stony Brook making trips to Columbia (Nov. 23) and Brown (Nov. 27).

Stony Brook opens the month of December with a home game against Norfolk State on December 1 before heading to Texas to meet Air Force in a neutral site contest on December 7 as part of the inaugural Texas Legends Showcase.

The Seawolves round out the non-conference portion of the slate with a pair of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference foes before meeting two familiar foes from the America East. The Seawolves travel to Rider on December 14, then return home to face Marist on December 17. The Seawolves end the calendar year with a home matchup against Maine (December 21) and a road trip to Albany on December 29.

As the calendar turns to 2025, Stony Brook embarks on its third year as a member of the CAA. The conference slate begins with a road trip to Monmouth (Jan. 2), followed by three straight home contests (William & Mary, Jan. 4; Drexel, Jan. 9; Northeastern, Jan. 11). The Seawolves start a road swing at Delaware (Jan. 16) and end it with a trip to Towson on January 18 before returning to Long Island to host Campbell (Jan. 23) and North Carolina A&T (Jan. 25).

A rematch of the 2024 CAA Championship is on deck to end the month when Stony Brook heads down south to face Charleston on January 31. Stony Brook closes out the trip to the Carolinas with a road test at UNC Wilmington on February 1.

Stony Brook returns to the Island for the next three games, playing host to Towson (Feb. 6) and Monmouth (Feb. 13), with a trip to Nassau to play Hofstra (Feb. 8) sandwiched between. The Seawolves hit the road for the final road swing of the regular season (Northeastern, Feb. 15; Hampton, Feb. 20; North Carolina A&T, Feb. 22) before wrapping up the regular season at home against Hofstra (Feb. 27) and Elon (March 1).

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The Stony Brook University men’s basketball team fell, 95-77, to Campbell on Feb. 10 afternoon at Gore Arena. in Buies Creek, N.C. Aaron Clarke and Dean Noll scored 16 points apiece, while Tyler Stephenson-Moore chipped in with 10, but it was not enough to overcome Campbell’s five double-figure scorers.

Stony Brook was firing on all cylinders out of the gate, jumping out to an early 10-point advantage, 12-2, in the opening three minutes of action. After Campbell pulled back within one possession of Stony Brook, the Seawolves extended the lead back to double figures as the first half neared the mid-way point.

The Camels responded with a 23-3 run, turning their nine-point deficit into a 11-point lead, with just under four minutes remaining in the opening period. Campbell’s hot shooting continued over the final four minutes, taking a 52-38 lead into the locker room.

Stony Brook’s deficit kept widening after intermission, falling behind 79-61 before a 6-0 shrunk the deficit to 79-67 with 6:05 to go in the contest. After being down as many as 23 points halfway through the second stanza, the Seawolves pulled within 12 points, but could not trim the deficit any further. Campbell cruised the rest of the way, clinching a 95-77 victory over the Seawolves in the inaugural meeting between two of the CAA’s newest members.

STATS AND NOTES

• Noll scored a team-leading 16 points, reaching double figures for the ninth time in his last 10 games played. He connected on three shots from beyond the arc, the 11th time this season he has registered multiple three-point field goals made.
• Clarke matched Noll’s effort with 16 points, shooting 6-of-11 from the floor. He shot an even 50 percent (3-6) from long range, adding five assists and four rebounds.
• Stephenson-Moore rounded out Stony Brook’s double-digit point scorers, contributing 10 points.
• Andre Snoddy grabbed a team-high seven rebounds across 22 minutes of action. He added six points on a 3-for-7 mark from the field.
• As a team, Stony Brook connected on 11 three pointers for the second straight game. Stony Brook moved to 6-4 overall this season when making at least 10 shots from beyond the arc.
• The Camels finished with a stark 54-22 advantage in paint points. Campbell dished out 29 assists, the second most by an opponent this season.
• Campbell scored at a 64-percent clip in the contest, the highest field-goal percentage by a Seawolves’ opponent this year. The Camels’ 95 points were also the second-most points allowed by Stony Brook in 2023-24.
• Today’s meeting was the first between Stony Brook and Campbell.

“Campbell did a great job of running their offense today at a high level. We were not sharp mentally on that end of the floor,” head coach Geno Ford said. “We had several good looks we couldn’t convert and when you combined those two issues it’s a really bad formula. In league games, you have to play well to have a chance to win. We certainly didn’t today.”