Under the Radar Game of the Day – Wednesday, February 17 – Stony Brook at Albany

Under the Radar Game of the Day: Stony Brook at Albany, 7:00 PM Eastern, espn3

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18 wins in a row.  13-0 in conference play.  22-4 overall.  The Stony Brook Seawolves just seem to find a way to keep winning games, and now sit only three games away from finishing the regular season perfect against America East competition.  Tonight, however, they face their toughest AEC challenge of the season as they head up the New York State Thruway to Albany to battle the Great Danes.  With a win tonight not only will they be just 2 games away from the perfect 16-0 regular season, but the Seawolves will also clinch first place and home court advantage throughout the conference tournament.

Stony Brook is coming off of a hard-fought home win this past Sunday (in what was also our UTR Game of the Day) over New Hampshire.  They were able to pull that game out by one point, 59-58, thanks to a huge block by their star player, Jameel Warney, in the final seconds of the game.  Warney also came up huge earlier this year in Stony Brook’s 69-63 home win over UAlbany, with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks.  Carson Puriefoy added 20 points in that win, while both Rayshaun McGrew and Ahmad Walker had double-doubles.  If the Seawolves can get that kind of team effort again tonight, they will likely be celebrating a conference regular season championship at the conclusion of the game.

UAlbany enters tonight’s game at 21-7 overall and 10-3 in conference play.  The Great Danes are coming off a dominating home win this past weekend over Maine — a win notable mostly because they had suffered a somewhat inexplicable loss at Maine earlier this season.  Ray Sanders led the way this weekend with 22 points, while Peter Hooley, Evan Singletary and reserve Dallas Ennema all scored in double figures.  The trio of Sanders, Hooley and Singletary continue to make UAlbany a legitimate threat to win the game every time they step on the court.  Even if they cannot get it done tonight, this team certainly has the talent and experience to win games once the conference tournament rolls around — meaning that even if the Seawolves finish 16-0, they better find a way to win three more games beyond that if they want to be in the Big Dance.