Dartmouth Men's Basketball Falls at Stony Brook

Saturday, December 1

Stony Brook, N.Y.

2:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

3-4

Stony Brook

1-6

Dartmouth

Stony Brook

Dartmouth Men's Basketball Falls at Stony Brook

12/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Dartmouth

Box Score

STONY BROOK, N.Y. ? The Dartmouth men's basketball team saw its two-game winning streak come to an end as Stony Brook outscored the Big Green 40-28 in the second half, to earn the 70-43 victory.

For Dartmouth (3-4), Junior Alex Barnett (St. Louis, Mo.) led Dartmouth with 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting and seven rebounds on the afternoon. Classmate DeVon Mosley (Mesquite, Texas) scored eight points, while senior Michael Giovacchini (Salt Lake City, Utah) added five off the bench.

For Stony Brook (1-6), Ricky Lucas poured in a game-high 19 points and Demetrius Young posted a double-double with 12 points and a game-high 14 boards, including six offensive rebounds.

The Big Green had trouble all afternoon on the defensive boards as the Seawolves grabbed 17 offensive rebounds and out-rebounded Dartmouth by a total of 42-23.

After slow start from both teams, Stony Brook opened up its largest lead at 26-12 with 4:39 left in the first half, following a 14-4 run by the Seawolves.

Dartmouth would inch closer with a 3-pointer from sophomore Robbie Pride (Denver, Colo.) to cut the lead to 26-15, but Stony Brook's Ricky Lucas and Mitchell Beauford would add lay-ups to increase the lead to 30-15 at the half.

Turnovers hurt both squads early, but the Big Green turned the ball over 13 times, while Stony Brook committed 10 turnovers.

Lucas led all first half scorers with 12 points, including a stretch of seven consecutive points. Beauford and Demetrius Young added six points for the Seawolves, who shot 46 percent from the floor in the half.

Dartmouth struggled from the field, shooting at 35 percent and 1-of-8 from behind the arc in the opening half. Barnett and Mosley led the Big Green with four points, but Barnett got in early foul trouble and had to sit with two fouls at the eight minute mark.

In the second half, Stony Brook came out and went a 16-6 run to push the lead up to 46-21 with 15:00 left. Young was the catalyst during the run pouring in six straight points, while Lucas dropped four points.

The Big Green would cut the deficit to 46-30 on a 3-pointer by Giovacchini and a breakaway lay-up from Mosley.

The Seawolves, however, kept running. Stony Brook increased its lead to 61-38 with a 15-7 run in a seven minute stretch and would go on to defeat Dartmouth, 70-43.