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Game 20 vs Charleston: 1/17 @ 4:00 PM on SNY & FloSports
By: Oakes Date: January 16, 2026, 8:28 am
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A brief aside about the team’s huge win over Hofstra:
How amazing was it to see Stony Brook looking fresh out of
halftime and matching Hofstra’s 2nd half push blow for blow!
Let’s see more of this please.
Imagine Stony Brook didn’t cough up that huge lead vs UNCW? We
would have been walking into Charleston with two huge conference
wins! That has to be the mindset heading into this one.
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Charleston: 11-7 (4-1 in CAA and notably 2-3 on the road)
Notable non conference wins: UMASS (I guess). But lost to
Liberty, FAU, Drake, Yale, Belmont, South Florida
CAA Conference Play wins: Drexel, Elon, William and Mary,
Hampton— but recently lost to Towson.
Charleston didn’t return a single player from last season’s
starting five, but did have plenty of NIL to spend. Let’s go
over who they brought in. They added PG Jlynn Counter from
IUPUI/Middle Tennessee who has been their leading scorer and a
strong shooter from outside. He notably put up 29 points on
11/14 FG shooting and 3/3 from deep vs Drexel on 12/29.
They also brought in last seasons leading scorer at Campbell in
SG/SF Colby Duggan who is far and away their top three point
threat. Duggan averages 14 pts, 3 rb and 1 ast on 41% from three
as a solid running mate to Counter. The Cougars rank 11th in the
CAA in three point shooting at just 29%. But I think Duggan
being hurt for the first month and a half of the season is a big
part of that. His return recently has helped fill that void.
They added serious size and rebound prowess in JUCO transfer
Chol Machot who averages 10 pts, 6 rb and a CAA best 3 blks per
game. As well as former Duke and Clemson bench dweller Christian
Reeves who can give them double digit rebounds in minimal
playing time off their bench (as evidenced by his 10 rebound in
14 min performance vs William and Mary on January 5th.) These
two will play a huge role in tomorrow’s game.
Former Bradley starting wing-turned Cincinnati bench player
Connor Hickman joins the fold too— who averages 12 pts, 4 rb and
2 ast (on very poor 25% shooting from outside— leave him open).
Lastly, they added an older freshman from Germany in Martin Kalu
who is their best perimeter defender who still averages 11 pts
on 36% from deep.
Charleston started the season slow due to a real difficult non
conference schedule and a lack of chemistry between the new
group they have. But between CAA play being easier and getting
more reps together as a team— I think they are starting to come
together. They rebound well and have a good amount of guys who
can get into double figures.
But the fact is they rank 8th in the CAA in team PPG this season
and 8th in defense. Disclaimer on their defense though. I think
it’s better than it’s ranked because they had a torture chamber
of a non conference schedule. They notable hold opponents to 42%
FG shooting this year, which is still 3rd in the CAA. A lot of
that is their ability to defend the rim and rebound.
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Stony Brook: 10-9 (2-4 in CAA and notably 8-2 at home)
If there’s one thing Stony Brook can rest on is that Pratt isn’t
afraid of anybody. He rises to the challenge and wants the big
matchup— as evidenced by his stellar defense on CAA Player of
the Year favorite Cruz Davis whom he held to 0 points until 17
minutes left in the 2nd half. When Cruz got hot after that—
Pratt did as well and was matching him blow for blow. I suspect
Pratt will build on that performance when he lines up vs Counter
and/or Duggan on Saturday as he continues to force his way into
Player of the Year conversations. I also really like to see him
pass when he attacks the basket— whether to the corner or a
beautiful bounce pass to Goods waiting under the rim. It’s been
beautiful to see his unselfishness this season as he really
knows how to turn getting doubled to his advantage. Truly superb
court vision. But I imagine he may have a tougher time attacking
the paint in this matchup vs Charleston’s 7-footers which
includes CAA leading shot blocker in Machot. Something to
monitor…
Richie Goods started off slow scoring vs Hofstra, but really
asserted himself on the glass and through his highly
under-appreciated court vision/passing. He had really struggled
from three point range in the last month after starting off the
season very hot from deep — so it was beyond encouraging to him
blow up from three in the 2nd half vs Hofstra. His highlight
dunk toward the end of the game was the cherry on top to what
should certainly be a huge confidence boosting performance for
our big man. However— he has his ups and downs and you have to
believe Charleston has placed a target on his back after the
Hofstra win. Let’s hope he can continue to stay hot from deep
and pull these bigs out of the paint to help give Stony Brook
some open looks close to the basket.
Andrej Shoshkikj’s arrow is back point up again as well after
his 20 pt, 4 ast, 7/12 FG, 3/6 performance vs Hofstra. I was
especially impressed by his aggressiveness to open the 2nd half,
which is something he’s struggled with in multiple games. His
skirmish with Pratt vs UNCW seems to be a distant memory. Stony
Brook will need his production in this one vs all these guards
Charleston has
Can we talk about the strides Oleg has been making the last two
games? He’s not a 2nd half guy, sure. But he has been really
frustrating teams who attempt to attack the basket in the last
two games. There is a fire lit beneath him of late. The Hofstra
game was his 6th game of the season in which he collected 2 or
more blocks. He doesn’t have an offensive game, but I think he’s
coming along and Geno is beginning to get the most out of him.
We’ll need his help vs these bigs in this one— as well as big
contributions from Valentiny and Gorman on the glass. Every
extra board will go a long way.
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Conclusion:
While anything is possible, I dont think Stony Brook matches up
against Charleston as well as Hofstra because of the size the
Cougars have.
I think there are three keys for Stony Brook to pull off a big
win vs these guys tomorrow:
1. Can the Seawolves hang with them on the glass?
2. The offense needs to get off to another strong 1st half and
show they look comfortable out of the gate like we saw vs UNCW
and Hofstra. If Charleston gets hit hard early, I think they
struggle to get back up.
3. Lastly— I think Goods performance in this one will be vital.
If he gets boxed out by these bigs and doesn’t stay hot from
three, we could be in for a long night.
Despite their size, I still view them as a more beatable
Charleston team then we are accustomed to seeing since we joined
the CAA.
This team is better than their 2-4 CAA record. Time to prove it
in what will surely be a battle vs Charleston.
Go Seawolves.
#Post#: 46443--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 20 vs Charleston: 1/17 @ 4:00 PM on FloSports
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 16, 2026, 9:27 am
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do you all remember when we put maidoh/fitz out there against
bigger teams?
and earlier, gueye and otch. i think it worked.
we should do that more with goods and koj. if the situation
calls for it of course.
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Re: Game 20 vs Charleston: 1/17 @ 4:00 PM on FloSports
By: Oakes Date: January 16, 2026, 9:36 am
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[quote author=Chairman of the Board
link=topic=1217.msg46443#msg46443 date=1768577263]
do you all remember when we put maidoh/fitz out there against
bigger teams?
and earlier, gueye and otch. i think it worked.
we should do that more with goods and koj. if the situation
calls for it of course.
[/quote]
Id love to see more of that in a game like this or against
bigger teams.
Man, I loved watching Fitz and Maidoh out there during the CAA
run in 24...
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Re: Game 20 vs Charleston: 1/17 @ 4:00 PM on FloSports
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 16, 2026, 10:45 am
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i forgot warney/mcgrew.
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Re: Game 20 vs Charleston: 1/17 @ 4:00 PM on FloSports
By: Oakes Date: January 16, 2026, 10:47 am
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[quote author=Chairman of the Board
link=topic=1217.msg46446#msg46446 date=1768581915]
i forgot warney/mcgrew.
[/quote]
How could you, Chairman? They were the Ruth and Gehrig in the
paint. Man I miss that toughness....
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Re: Game 20 vs Charleston: 1/17 @ 4:00 PM on FloSports
By: Checkmate Date: January 16, 2026, 10:51 am
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One of the things about Charleston is that they really really
get to the line (but not as much as Campbell). Towson held C of
C to nine FT attempts, and after an 0-4 start, they seem like
they're back on track.
Our Drexel loss suddenly doesn't seem all that bad. We've
definitely got a Jekyll and Hyde thing going on – day to day,
half to half.
We do have to be careful about other teams shooting against us.
There's been a pattern over the last few weeks; we'll see if
that continues against a Charleston team that has struggled in
that department.
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Re: Game 20 vs Charleston: 1/17 @ 4:00 PM on FloSports
By: Chairman of the Board Date: January 16, 2026, 11:14 am
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[quote author=Oakes link=topic=1217.msg46448#msg46448
date=1768582076]
[quote author=Chairman of the Board
link=topic=1217.msg46446#msg46446 date=1768581915]
i forgot warney/mcgrew.
[/quote]
How could you, Chairman? They were the Ruth and Gehrig in the
paint. Man I miss that toughness....
[/quote]
10k posts and what kind of fan am i? right?!?!?
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Re: Game 20 vs Charleston: 1/17 @ 4:00 PM on FloSports
By: ecasadoSBU Date: January 16, 2026, 4:45 pm
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Updating title to reflect that this game is to be televised on
SNY
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Re: Game 20 vs Charleston: 1/17 @ 4:00 PM on SNY & FloSports
By: sbupatriots Date: January 16, 2026, 10:05 pm
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Lost in the excitement of Thursday was that we won despite Pratt
only going 1-4 from 3. Weve talked a lot of the season about how
would we win on a night Pratt didnt have it from deep but the
answer is starting to show. Don’t know if Goods taking 7 threes
a night is sustainable but maybe hes got another chance for that
against CoC assuming their 7 footers wont be able to guard him
out on the perimeter. Feels like were alive again!!
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Re: Game 20 vs Charleston: 1/17 @ 4:00 PM on SNY & FloSports
By: OldSeawolf Date: January 17, 2026, 7:16 am
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The size issue is the big obstacle in this game. Teams should
be allowed to sign (and pay) one graduated free agent, once the
conference games start. We'd have a few to choose from.
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