{"id":24838,"date":"2018-02-09T06:25:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.ngscsports.com\/?p=24838"},"modified":"2020-08-20T11:54:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:54:15","slug":"24838","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngscsports.com\/2018\/02\/09\/24838\/","title":{"rendered":"Stony Brook snaps skid 81-68 over UMass Lowell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coach Pat Duquette of the UMass Lowell River Hawks called it the “poorish performance of the year” and he may be right. The River Hawks came into Thursday night’s game vs Stony Brook with a chance to sweep the series from the Seawolves. Instead, they got hammered as Stony Brook led from the outset, and moved past the River Hawks in the America East standings with an 81-68 victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This game was all Seawolves from the opening tip, even though the home team started the game 1-for-7 from the field. The River Hawks were not any better shooting, missing their first six shots. When shots did start to fall, it was the home team that was making baskets. And in doing so, they jumped out to a 15-5 lead on Lowell.<\/p>\n

The River Hawks would cut the lead down to a one poessision affair, thanks to a 7-0 run. Jahad Thomas had a monster game for the River Hawks with a double-double of 28 points and 11 rebounds. He hit two shots sandwiched around a Josh Gantz rainbow three. Gantz was the only other Lowell player in double figures with 12. Halfway through the first ten minutes it was a 15-12 game.<\/p>\n

Stony Brook, as they would do the entire night, answered everything that UMass Lowell threw at them. A 10-0 burst for all intent and purpose ended the night for the River Hawks. The run was fueled off the Seawholves bench by 6-10 forward Jacob Petras who finished the game with 16 points. He had eight of those points during this time and with five minutes left the lead stood at 27-14 Stony Brook.<\/p>\n

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HALFTIME: Stony Brook's Iroegbu hits a half-court shot at the buzzer to send the River Hawks into the half trailing, 40-24. Thomas w\/9 pts. Gantz w\/8 pts. #AEHoops<\/a> #UnitedInBlue<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/PJ23mOJdhW<\/a><\/p>\n

— UMass Lowell MBB (@RiverHawkMBB) February 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n