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STONY BROOK, NY – Eastern Illinois closed to within one point late in the second half but Stony Brook closed with a 16-3 run as the Seawolves won 66-52 over the Panthers on Saturday afternoon at Pritchard Gym.

EIU fell to 3-6 the season and will host Western Illinois on Wednesday night with a 7 p.m. tip off in Lantz Arena.  SBU improved to 6-2.

The Seawolves led 33-24 at the half as they closed on an 8-0 run.  EIU had cut the SBU lead to 25-24 with 2:25 remaining in the half on a Malcolm Herron 3-pointer.  Marcus Rouse then scored all eight points for SBU with a driving lay-up and back-to-back 3-pointers.  Rouse had 16 points to lead all players.

EIU trailed by 12 points in the second half before the Panthers put together an extended run of their own.  Josh Piper had a pair of 3's while Alex Austin had a driving lay-up to go along with a 3-pointer as EIU cut the SBU lead to 45-44 with 10:30 left in the game.

Piper was the Panthers leading scorer on the day finishing with 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor and 3-of-5 from 3-point range.

Following a quick run by SBU, EIU again cut the lead to one point with 5:57 left as Sherman Blanford had a lay-up.  EIU had a chance to take the lead on the next two possessions but both times a shot was blocked down low as Stony Brook had eight blocks.

Tommy Brenton knocked down a pair of free throws to start the Seawolves end of the game run and SBU's defense again had another blocked shot on the ensuing possession to give them a lift.  Stony Brook ran off 11 straight points before EIU's next bucket with 1:02 left in the game.

EIU was even with SBU on the glass at 32 rebounds each with the Panthers pulling down 12 offensive rebounds.  Herron had a team high eight. 

“Stony Brook is a good team and a good rebounding team.  Today we out rebounded them on the offensive glass,” said EIU head coach Jay Spoonhour.  “We had a hard time creating shots and were not able to get to the free throw line.”

EIU shot 86 percent from the free throw line but only on 6-of-7 shots.  EIU shot 34 percent from the floor.  SBU was held to 41 percent from the floor but made 10-of-25 from 3-point range and was 16-of-17 from the free throw line.

Anthony Jackson added 13 points for SBU while Brenton had 11 rebounds. 

Austin and Blanford each scored eight points for EIU.
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