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Game 25 vs. Northeastern: 2/7 @ 4:00PM on SNY + FloSports
By: Oakes Date: February 6, 2026, 1:23 pm
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Northeastern: 6-16 (2-9 in CAA Play) and 3-10 on the road
Notable CAA wins: @ NCA&T vs Elon
Notable CAA losses: @ Campbell, vs UNCW, vs Towson, @Monmouth,
vs Stony Brook, @ Drexel, vs Charleston, @ Hofstra
The Huskies sit tied for last in the conference with NCA&T. This
team has been hit harder with injuries than any other program in
the conference, as previously discussed, and it is just is not
their year. Stony Brook routed them in their own building. Stony
Brook put up 95 points on them that night-- the most they have
tallied all season outside of the extended double overtime
thriller vs Charleston. Northeastern has also lost each of the
three games they have played since. However -- they are playing
with heart and have shown to still be able to compete some
nights as evidenced by a 5-point loss to vs Charleston and
another 5-point loss at Drexel.
Pratt and Stony Brook did a great job defending their leading
scorer William Kermoury last time-- helping to hold him to just
12 points on 4/12 from the floor and 3/10 from deep. You keep
him contained and its pretty difficult for Northeastern to pull
out a win against anyone. However -- he notably exploded for a
season high 36-point effort (6/14 from downtown) in the narrow
loss to Charleston and can quickly become a problem for opposing
teams on any given night.
Lucas Soroa Schaller put up a solid line of 12 pts, 6 rb, 2 ast,
2 stl and 2 blk on 2/4 from deep vs Stony Brook last time. Even
more notably-- he put together a 13 pt, 15 rb and 6 ast line vs
Charleston and somehow dominated the glass vs the daunting bigs
of Charleston (Reeves and Machot). He needs to accounted for on
the glass in this game and I suspect we may see Valentiny/Gorman
tasked with keeping him at bay. Both of them have done an
admirable job on defense lately while their offense can be hit
or miss, as we know.
Northeastern's true freshman guard Xavier Abreu led them in
scoring with 15 points in our last bout and really crushed Stony
Brook at the rim. Though not quite as impactful as Andrej
Shoshkikj or Hofstra's Paul Edmead, he deserves his flowers and
Stony Brook's attention on defense as a great find by Bill Coen.
Containing Kermoury is a problem within itself, but Abreu must
be met at the rim in this game so he doesn't get hot. He is who
Brown/Butler/Simmon will have to combat and outpace, and I like
their odds.
Former Davidson guard Michael Loughnane will also be a factor
for Northeastern and he did recently score 24 points vs
Charleston. Speaking of which -- what we did and apparently what
Northeastern did vs Charleston might say more about Charleston's
defense than anything else. Andrej cooked him for 22 pts and 3
ast on 5/9 from deep in the last game. So maybe he won't play
too much of a factor defensively -- but I thought he and Soroa
Schaller looked pretty active on that end while watching the
last game. Regardless -- Northeastern remains last in the CAA in
defense if you are looking at opponents PPG allowed.
They will continue to be without their star Miami(FL) transfer
and big Xander Alarie, who is done for the season. Fun side
story here-- I love reading my basketball history and I came
across a NBA big man from the late 80s/early 90s recently with
his last name which made caught my attention. He who turned out
to be his father. Mark Alarie was a young Coach K's Tyler
Hansbrough at Duke from 1982-1986 and played alongside Johnny
Dawkins and current UCF coach (who is coincidentally coaching a
team with two of Erik Pratt's former teammates at Milwaukee). He
was then a 1st round pick in the 1986 NBA Draft and a fixture on
the Washington Bullet's bench from 1987-1991. I am sure some of
the more senior folks in the forum who watched the NCAA during
that era may have already made that connection.
Alarie's absence aside -- their other starting big from earlier
this season, Youri Fritz, returned to play for Thursday's game
vs Hofstra after missing 3+ weeks with a knee injury. He is
averaging 11 pts, 4 rb, 1 ast, 1 stl and 1 blk so far in his
senior season. But Bill Coen appears to be easing him in -- as
he put up just 2 pts, 0 rb and 3 ast while turning the ball over
three times in 14 minutes off the bench. It was not the first
time he hurt that knee and it appears he is not close to playing
at 100%. That said, he will likely be out there on Saturday
barring an aggravation of the knee that has not been reported.
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Stony Brook: 14-10 and 6-5 in CAA play (tied for 3rd in the CAA)
Notable CAA wins: vs Hofstra, vs Charleston, @ Campbell, @ Elon
Notable CAA losses: @ Drexel, vs UNCW, vs Monmouth
The Seawolves look to demonstrate through a win over
Northeastern that Thursday's tough loss was attributed to
nothing more than an ugly start. They looked strong in the 2nd
half despite some ugly sequences at the end. In my opinion, they
should have never gotten behind. Despite all the mistakes, they
only loss by one. A loss is a loss, but they have to be coming
into this game looking for a rebound win because lets face it --
they were a single field goal or perhaps one less turnover away
from winning that game and being and being on a six game winning
streak (seven, if the UNCW collapse didn't happen). But they
lost -- the team has to move forward with the same confidence
they displayed during the 5 game winning steak. It all starts
with a strong first 10 minutes out of the gate on Saturday.
Pratt looked like his normal self on Saturday, scoring 22 points
on 9/17 shooting to go with 8 rb, after a infamous 1/16 FG
showing vs Elon. Rivera-Torres defended him well too, and he
still had a nice game. Safe to say the Elon game was just a blip
in the radar for him. Pratt put up 31 pts, 6 rb and 9 ast on 3/4
from outside in the last game vs Northeastern so you should
expect more of the same vs the CAA's worst ranked defense.
Richard Goods is in a bit of a lull right now and Stony Brook
will look for him to bounce back here. His two early fouls vs
Monmouth was the reason Oleg Kojonets had to come into the
Monmouth game early which led to an immediate downward spiral
effect in the 1st half that forced Stony Brook into an upward
battle the entire 2nd half. The Seawolves were the better team
in that 2nd half, despite making some key mistakes at the end.
Without those costly early fouls, Stony Brook wouldn't have been
in that situation late in the game. Goods has a great
opportunity to right the ship vs Northeastern who as previously
emphasized, is running low on size. Pratt and Andrej are the 1-2
punch in this offense -- but they really need to get Goods
going for this team to be at their best down the stretch.
Jack Collins got the best of Andrej Shoshkikj in the 1st half vs
Monmouth as he had zero points. But Andrej inserted himself into
the game in the 2nd half in a big way to finish with 18 pts on
4/6 from deep. He remains on fire from outside lately -- having
now hit 21/36 (58%) from three in his last six games and now
sits at 49% from deep on the season. You have to think he will
cool off eventually, but I don't think it will be against this
Northeastern defense who he scored 22 pts against last time
around. Lets see if Bill Coen's plan to stop him will work.
Ethan Simmon and Jonah Butler continue to provide meaningful
minutes off the bench. Simmon in particular is also red hot from
outside, having connected on 14/23 (61%!) from deep in the last
five games. Butler, who continues to insert himself into the
right place at the right time, has almost been better on defense
than he has on offense with his timely steals. He helped hold
Monmouth's Cornelius Robinson to 3/9 from the field on Thursday
and could see some minutes lining up with Soroa Schaller in this
one.
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Scoring on Northeastern shouldn't be the issue here for Stony
Brook -- the main thing to watch for is that the Huskies
shooters don't get hot, as they have shown the ability to keep
up with a few teams.
Any team on a long losing streak like Northeastern, that still
has a formidable offense, is likely hungry and potentially
dangerous. Stony Brook needs to punch them hard and early before
Northeastern's offense gets into a groove, which was a big issue
vs Monmouth. After a difficult loss that should have absolutely
been a win for Stony Brook -- the Seawolves should be coming
into this game with a serious sense of urgency to get a strong
win here and get back on track and quickly put Thursday's loss
behind them.
Go Seawolves.
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Re: Game 25 vs. Northeastern: 2/7 @ 4:00PM on SNY + FloSports
By: OldSeawolf Date: February 6, 2026, 6:07 pm
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Really important that we rebound from last game quickly. This is
an important game and shouldn’t be overlooked, given our win at
their place. Coen is a good coach and has a way of motivating
his teams, injuries or not. Go Seawolves!
P.S. Awesome analysis!
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Re: Game 25 vs. Northeastern: 2/7 @ 4:00PM on SNY + FloSports
By: ecasadoSBU Date: February 7, 2026, 2:48 pm
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I was at the garden last night for the battle among the
heavyweights St. John's - UConn. Johnnies roll!!!
Now I'm getting ready for this matchup against the "other"
Huskies. Thanks [member=486]Oakes[/member] for the preview.
Let's get the season sweep over NU!
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Re: Game 25 vs. Northeastern: 2/7 @ 4:00PM on SNY + FloSports
By: Oakes Date: February 7, 2026, 3:34 pm
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No William Kermoury — and you think the guys would get off to a
stronger start. Lucky Northeastern is shooting even worse. I
think they’ll get it together here as the game goes on.
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Re: Game 25 vs. Northeastern: 2/7 @ 4:00PM on SNY + FloSports
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 7, 2026, 3:38 pm
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pulling away. it's 21-9 so while we aren't scoring much against
a 2-9 team, at least we have the lead.
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Re: Game 25 vs. Northeastern: 2/7 @ 4:00PM on SNY + FloSports
By: Accelerator Date: February 7, 2026, 4:08 pm
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Holding Northeastern to 19 pts in the first half is good
#Post#: 46607--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 25 vs. Northeastern: 2/7 @ 4:00PM on SNY + FloSports
By: ecasadoSBU Date: February 7, 2026, 4:50 pm
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Exactly the kind of outing we need. Big bounceback. Keeps us on
track for top 4 (or at least top 8. ) in the CAA!
LFG!!!
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Re: Game 25 vs. Northeastern: 2/7 @ 4:00PM on SNY + FloSports
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 7, 2026, 5:01 pm
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nice bounceback win guys. 15 assists, cleared the bench, built
a lead and hung on to it. goods with two alley-oop dunks.
let's keep our major contributors out of foul trouble. it hasnt
been an issue yet- but we dont need this to come up in march.
PS- we didnt get much help around the league so i think we stay
tied for third but technically in fourth behind drexel.
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Re: Game 25 vs. Northeastern: 2/7 @ 4:00PM on SNY + FloSports
By: Moveitfred Date: February 7, 2026, 6:01 pm
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Looking ahead feels like every one of the last six games is
critical. How important will it be to fight for a 3 or 4 seed
and those bye games vs perhaps easing back a bit, resting guys,
and just taking a mid-pack slot for the tournament?
15 wins with six to go and whatever else. Ford's got a shot at a
20 win season.
Minor piece, but really feel like the team needs more like 8
min, a few rebounds, and no turnovers from Kojenets. He has not
looked good the last couple of games.
Good win, nice crowd (and putt into that little hole!), now they
need to dial it in for March.
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Re: Game 25 vs. Northeastern: 2/7 @ 4:00PM on SNY + FloSports
By: sbu1991 Date: February 8, 2026, 2:54 am
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[quote author=Moveitfred link=topic=1223.msg46612#msg46612
date=1770508905]
Looking ahead feels like every one of the last six games is
critical. How important will it be to fight for a 3 or 4 seed
and those bye games vs perhaps easing back a bit, resting guys,
and just taking a mid-pack slot for the tournament?
15 wins with six to go and whatever else. Ford's got a shot at a
20 win season.
Minor piece, but really feel like the team needs more like 8
min, a few rebounds, and no turnovers from Kojenets. He has not
looked good the last couple of games.
Good win, nice crowd (and putt into that little hole!), now they
need to dial it in for March.
[/quote]
I think Geno is giving Kojenets every chance to prove himself,
but you'd think at a certain point just tighten the rotation to
eight.
I also agree that every game feels "must win" to secure that
coveted 3 or 4 spot (or better ;D)
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