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       #Post#: 46625--------------------------------------------------
       Game 26 @ Towson: 2/12 at 7:00PM on FloSports and Monumental Spo
       rts Network
       By: Oakes Date: February 10, 2026, 10:48 am
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       Towson: 13-12 overall, and 8-3 at home (5-7 in CAA Play)
       Non Conference Wins: Liberty, Rhode Island, Cornell
       Notable CAA Wins: vs Charleston, vs Drexel, @ Elon
       Notable CAA Losses: @William & Mary. @ Hampton, vs Monmouth,
       vs/@ Hofstra, @ NCA&T, vs UNCW
       Stony Brook heads into Towson's house for their 1st regular
       season face off. Towson was the #1 seed in the 2025 CAA
       Tournament before they were upset by John Camden and Delaware in
       the CAA Semifinals. They entered the 25-26 season as the #1 team
       in the Preseason CAA Coaches Poll with their top two leading
       scorers from last season in 25-26 CAA Player of the Year Tyler
       Tejada and Dylan Williamson. While they opened the season strong
       with a huge upset over a very strong Liberty team in
       non-conference play, they have been the most underperforming
       team in CAA play this year having lost to bottom feeding CAA
       programs like Hampton and NCA&T. They are also coming off their
       2nd of two regular season losses to Hofstra as they welcome
       Stony Brook to their arena while donning an ugly 5-7 CAA record.
       But having just endured an embarrassing 22-point loss at
       Hofstra, where Tejada was the only player to score in double
       figures, I suspect they will come out very strong vs Stony Brook
       now that they are back home and in the building they hold a a
       8-3 record in.
       Their early conference play struggles is likely attributed to
       the team's lack of offensive weapons behind Tejada and
       Williamson, as they currently rank 12th in the CAA in team PPG,
       team FG% and team 3PT%. Towson also ranks 11th in team FT%.
       Tejada will look to put the team on his back in hopes of
       bouncing back strong after the bad loss @Hofstra. He will
       undoubtedly get his points inside in this game, but maybe Quinn
       Gorman could make it tough for him as he has quietly become
       somewhat of a defensive specialist inside on a Stony Brook
       roster with a weak interior defense. Tejada has really struggled
       from outside this season -- he was shooting 33% from outside
       when he won the CAA POY Award last season, but is only sporting
       a 26% clip so far this year. However, much of his shooting woes
       can be attributed to his 1st six games of the season in which he
       shot 14% from three on 28 attempts. He has hit 2 threes in 5 of
       his last 9 games-- including going 2/2 vs Hofstra.
       Williamson is his right hand man on offense and is the one who
       brings the ball up. He is averaging 14 pts, 2 rb and 3 ast while
       knocking down a team high 58 threes on 33% from deep as their
       PG. Towson is just 1-6 in CAA play when he is held below 15 pts
       this year. Williamson is coming off one of his ugliest
       performances this season -- shooting 0/8 from the field vs
       Hofstra. He scores 11 pts and 17 pts in his two games vs Stony
       Brook last season. If both he and Tejada have a strong showings
       offensively -- coupled with a typical tough defensive effort --
       this team is going to be difficult to defeat.
       Their SF Jack Doumbia stands as the team's top producing
       transfer portal addition -- averaging 11 pts, 5 rb, 2 ast and 1
       stl. He spent two seasons on Norfolk State's bench before
       averaging 12 pts, 6 rb and 2 ast for Wright State last year and
       brings serious size and physicality to the three position for
       Towson. He almost solely represents the offensive cavalry behind
       Tejada and Williamson as arguably the only other player on the
       team who can score with regularity. He lives inside the arc and
       will surely keep Pratt busy on both ends of the court as he has
       become Towson's go-to defender on the perimeter.
       Despite their lack of weapons on offensive, they have been
       sported one of the most dominant defenses in the CAA this year.
       Towson currently ranks 2nd in the CAA in opponents PPG, 4th in
       opponents 3PT%. They also rank 2nd in the CAA in rebounds per
       game and 1st in offensive rebounds. Towson's bigs Mor Seck and
       Caleb Embeya have quietly been the anchors of this team's
       defense, offering serious rim protection to help drag teams down
       to give Towson's less than versatile offense a better chance to
       win games. They held Charleston's bigs to 3/12 (25%) from the
       field in their win over them on January 15th. They also helped
       hold Hampton's top CAA rebounder Xavier Long to just 2/9 from
       the field on Jan 31.
       In an interesting note -- former St.Peters and Seton Hall
       standout KC Ndefo's little brother, Chike Ndefo, is playing off
       of Towson's bench as a freshman this year. He's shown some
       toughness and ability to rebound, but isn't a real threat
       offensively yet. He may be more of a factor in a few years, but
       its just neat to see younger brothers of local stars embark on
       their own NCAA journeys.
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       Stony Brook: 15-10 overall, 4-6 on the road (7-5 (3rd) in CAA
       play)
       Notable CAA wins: vs Hofstra, vs Charleston, @ Campbell, @ Elon
       Notable CAA losses: @ Drexel, vs UNCW, vs Monmouth
       Pratt is going to need to get more active offensively in this
       game then we saw in the much lighter Northeastern matchup. I
       hope we can see more assists and kick outs from him in this
       game. Pratt has only 3 assists in the last two games after
       collecting a combined 32 assists in the previous four games.
       Stony Brook is 5-1 in CAA play when he tallies 4 or more
       assists. Pratt was able to get past Charleston's towering bigs
       with ease in January, but whether he can get past Seck and
       Embeya at the rim is going to be something to watch for. He will
       likely see lots of Doumbia, but it will be interesting to see if
       he moves onto Williamson at all.
       Andrej Shoshkikj finally cooled off from outside vs
       Northeastern, going only 1/5 from three. But he has still score
       in double figured for 7 straight games now after all the
       heartache caused by his inconsistency in the few games after he
       replaced O'Connor. While Andrej is not the most physically
       imposing PG, his ability to force turnovers and wrack up steals
       has been impressive and has gone under the radar with all the
       fanfare about his scoring. He has collected 12 steals in the
       last 5 games alone, including 4 vs Northeastern. I suspect we
       will see a mix of Andrej and Brown guarding Williamson in this
       one --  but seeing which heavyweight CAA PG will score more in
       this game will be something to monitor.
       Goods may struggle to get going at the rim in this one vs
       Towson's bigs, which will make his 3PT shooting ability that
       much more valuable in this game. Its been a few games since we
       saw him get hot from three now, and this Towson game would
       surely be a good time to do so. He has had issues fouling early
       in games lately, which has led to him being pulled by Geno Ford
       early and have led to some horrific minutes from Oleg Kojonets
       of late. These minutes from Oleg have increasingly become some
       kind of a witching hour(few minutes) filled with turnovers and a
       serious lack of rebounding. Stony Brook fans everywhere
       collectively hold their breath when he has been out there
       lately. If he can just keep his hands up and rebound for a few
       minutes like we saw at times early in the season, that is
       enough. But whenever he is passed the ball in the last few weeks
       he just cant seem to grab it or keep it from becoming a
       turnover. Perhaps just commit to using him for those two
       purposes and and stop passing him the ball altogether in the few
       minutes he is awarded. Geno might be wise to experiment more
       with Gorman and Valentiny in the lineup at the same time when
       Goods finds himself in foul trouble, if Oleg continues to play
       like this.
       Brown has not looked good offensively lately. He went 1/10 from
       the floor vs Monmouth and 1/6 from the floor vs Northeastern --
       to go with a combined 1/12 from outside. His shots have been
       looking rushed lately and he really needs to consider the extra
       pass along the perimeter until he gets out of this funk. But the
       6 rebounds in back to back games has been a plus.
       It is possible Ethan Simmon could see some more minutes if
       Brown's shot doesnt start falling. Simmon remains red hot --
       having connected on 16/26 (61%) from outside in the last six
       games. If he gets hot, I'd like to see Geno let him keep it
       flying from three in one of these games and get his shot
       attempts up. He plays with confidence and I would really like to
       see more of he and/or Butler down the stretch of games if Brown
       is having an off night. It will be good experience for them if
       they are going to be joining the starting lineup next season.
       Here is the mandatory Jonah Butler paragraph. Man is this kid
       tough and he is increasingly seeing minutes guarding the
       opposing team's fours. I think its a matter of time before
       Butler catches fire from three in a game to help match his
       defensive intensity. He is only getting more and more
       confident-- and there is a real reassurance among fans when he
       is seen on the court in crunch time.
       Stony Brook has quietly moved up to 4th in the CAA in Opponents
       FG% behind only Hofstra, UNCW and Drexel. Their defense really
       isn't terrible. I think Gorman, Butler and Andrej have impressed
       me the most on that side of the ball lately. Plus we know what
       Brown, Pratt and Valentiny are capable of at times.
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       A seasoned team like Towson that has just been embarrassed is
       sure to come out swinging in their home arena. Record aside,
       this team still has one of the best defenses in the conference
       and will be very difficult to beat in their building.
       Like Monmouth, they too beat a weaker Stony Brook team twice
       last season and while our roster is very different -- they may
       play with extra confidence with that in mind. Stony Brook needs
       to start strong in this game and show Towson they are the best
       3PT shooting team in the CAA (which Stony Brook has been at this
       point in the season) if they want to pull off a big road win
       here. Tejada will get his 15-20 pts I am sure -- but the primary
       defensive goal for Stony Brook must be to limit the offensive
       production of Williamson to make Tejada beat Stony Brook
       (almost) by himself.
       Go Seawolves.
       #Post#: 46626--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 26 @ Towson: 2/12 at 7:00PM on FloSports and Monumental
        Sports Network
       By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 10, 2026, 4:01 pm
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       [quote]Geno might be wise to experiment with Gorman and
       Valentiny in the lineup at the same time when Goods finds
       himself in foul trouble, if Oleg continues to play like
       this.[/quote]
       exactly what i was thinking.  maybe a few boards and blocks here
       and there can cover up some bad plays elsewhere...
       #Post#: 46627--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 26 @ Towson: 2/12 at 7:00PM on FloSports and Monumental
        Sports Network
       By: Oakes Date: February 10, 2026, 5:32 pm
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       [quote author=Chairman of the Board
       link=topic=1224.msg46626#msg46626 date=1770760901]
       [quote]Geno might be wise to experiment with Gorman and
       Valentiny in the lineup at the same time when Goods finds
       himself in foul trouble, if Oleg continues to play like
       this.[/quote]
       exactly what i was thinking.  maybe a few boards and blocks here
       and there can cover up some bad plays elsewhere...
       [/quote]
       Yea I think the days where we drew up plays for Oleg need to be
       over. Time to tighten up. If he must get minutes, he should only
       focus on keeping his hands up and grab boards. No more touching
       the ball on offense.
       And yes, would love to see more Gorman/Valentiny lineups when
       Goods is in trouble instead.
       #Post#: 46629--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 26 @ Towson: 2/12 at 7:00PM on FloSports and Monumental
        Sports Network
       By: Checkmate Date: February 11, 2026, 2:31 pm
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       Towson has made its hay under Skerry on the offensive glass.
       We've surprisingly held our own on the boards after some
       concerning numbers early in the season (i.e. a draw on the glass
       against Farmingdale). I give the guards credit for chipping in.
       It's wild to me that we've made 60 more threes in conference
       play than Towson. Also, under no circumstance did I think we'd
       enter this game with, clearly, the best player on the floor.
       Tejada and Williamson have been very very ordinary. The latter
       went 6 for 9 and 5 for 8 from three in a couple games, but
       otherwise, he's 14 for 58. Not good.
       To go in and beat Towson, which is fighting for their lives,
       would be impressive.
       #Post#: 46630--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 26 @ Towson: 2/12 at 7:00PM on FloSports and Monumental
        Sports Network
       By: OldSeawolf Date: February 12, 2026, 6:28 am
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       Definitely agree that Gorman/Valentiniy tandem should be the
       Goods backup the rest of the way.  Oleg should be considered
       only if we get in serious foul trouble, IMO.
       This road game, IMO, will determine if we can legitimately
       secure a 3 or a 4, or if we fall back into the "middle" of the
       pack.
       #Post#: 46633--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 26 @ Towson: 2/12 at 7:00PM on FloSports and Monumental
        Sports Network
       By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 12, 2026, 7:08 pm
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       not a great half, shooting very cold.
       #Post#: 46690--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 26 @ Towson: 2/12 at 7:00PM on FloSports and Monumental
        Sports Network
       By: sbu1991 Date: February 21, 2026, 5:53 pm
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       That one was closer than it needed to be. Gotta take two out of
       the next three.
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