The Stony Brook Seawolves and UNC Wilmington Seahawks will take the floor Thursday at Trask Coliseum. Tip-off from Wilmington, NC, is at 7:00 p.m. ET. UNC Wilmington is a 12-point favorite and the game total is 125 points.
Stony Brook (10-19 SU, 15-12 ATS) lost to Hofstra on Saturday. The Seawolves are 2-3 straight-up in their past five and 6-10 in Colonial Athletic Association Conference competition.
UNC Wilmington (21-8 SU, 14-11-2 ATS) lost to Delaware on Saturday. The Seahawks are 3-2 straight-up in their past five and 11-5 in CAA play.
UNC Wilmington defeated Stony Brook 62-51 on January 21. The Seahawks led by one point at halftime and held onto its lead with a 40-point second-half showing. Stony Brook shot just 38.8 percent from the field, including 5-for-22 (22.7%) from three-point range. The Seahawks also won the rebounding battle 38-27, including nine offensive rebounds.
Stony Brook is just 10-19 but has won two of its last four games. The Seawolves are in a four-way tie for seventh place in the CAA with just two regular-season games left.
Stony Brook lost 68-65 to Hofstra at home over the weekend. The Seawolves led 33-27 at halftime but couldn't hold on in the second half. Hofstra shot just 38.9 percent from the field, including 5-for-24 (20.8%) from three-point distance, but got to the free-throw line often and made the most of its opportunities at the charity stripe (21-of-24). Stony Brook shot 41.4 percent from the field but was just 6-for-26 (23.1%) from beyond the arc. Senior guard Tyler Stephenson-Moore paced the Seawolves with 27 points on 12-of-21 shooting.
“From an off the bench player, to a never go to the bench player” — @JonnyWincott
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— Stony Brook Men's Basketball (@StonyBrookMBB) February 19, 2023
Stony Brook scores 63.2 points per game (346th) and shoots 41.1 percent from the floor (333rd) with a 32.5 three-point shooting percentage (274th). The Seawolves shoot 74.5 percent at the free-throw line (73rd) and average 30.5 rebounds per game (262nd) with a -0.8 rebounding margin. SBU is 331st in KenPom's schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency.
The Seawolves surrender 68.1 points per game (134th), and their opponents shoot 42.9 percent from the field (129th), including 34.6 percent from long distance (245th). They're 299th in adjusted defensive efficiency.
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