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       #Post#: 28521--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 10: vs. Brown, 12/7 7pm
   DIR By: OldSeawolf
       Date: December 7, 2019, 9:21 pm
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       I thought that Brown had 2 exceptional players: Choh and
       Anderson (who didn't shoot particularly well, but is extremely
       ellusive), but they didn't have enough fire power against our
       solid D.
       I've been holding back on praising Elijah this season, because
       he still takes some deep 3's out of rhythm, but seeing him live
       tonight, seeing how hard he works on the court, I can do nothing
       less than tip my cap to him.  He has really worked on his
       shooting, and has embraced his lead role on this team.  An
       awesome night for him, despite getting knocked around all night
       physically.
       I love what Geno is doing (so far) with his roster.  He gave
       meaningful minutes tonight to Chef, Mac, and TPP, all of whom
       played well.  The one thing that really turns me on about this
       team is DEPTH.  Any of 3 or 4 or 5 players can lead the team in
       scoring on any given night, and looks like we have 9 who will
       play regularly.  Geno is mixing it up nicely so far.
       3 stars tonight for Elijah, 2 for Makale and Garcia, and 2 for
       Mo, who I thought was an absolute defensive force tonight, and
       had 7 dimes, some of which were amazingly creative.
       I think this team is ready for its tough, upcoming road
       schedule.
       P.S. Almost 3,000 tonight at the arena.
       #Post#: 28522--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 10: vs. Brown, 12/7 7pm
   DIR By: OldSeawolf
       Date: December 7, 2019, 9:46 pm
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       Newsday article on game:
       Elijah Olaniyi's 30 points lift Stony Brook over Brown
       By Brian Heyman
       Special to Newsday
       Updated December 7, 2019 10:09 PM
       Saturday night’s game against Brown began like no other this
       season for Stony Brook. Elijah Olaniyi was parked on the bench.
       The Seawolves’ top scorer hadn’t practiced the previous two days
       because of a neck strain. He called his coach, Geno Ford, at
       around 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon and said he still couldn’t
       turn his neck but wanted to play. He soon texted Ford and said
       he was playing.
       Ford sent him in after three minutes of the game had passed, and
       Olaniyi turned in the best game of his college life.
       The 6-5 junior guard lit up Island Federal Arena, hitting six
       threes and scoring a career-high 30 points to power Stony Brook
       to a come-from-behind 79-63 win.
       “Coming into this game, I actually was a little defeated, just
       bad timing, upset with myself,” Olaniyi said. “But then when the
       trainers told me I had an opportunity to play, it was like half
       of it was mental. I just kept telling myself, ‘Hey, you’re good.
       You’re good. You’re good.’ ”
       He indeed is good. He averaged 12.3 points last season. Now he’s
       at 19.7 points. He has led the Seawolves to a 7-3 start. This
       time, he shot 11-for-15 overall and 6-for-8 from behind the arc.
       “He does a lot of things really well, but his best
       characteristic as a person is his toughness, and I love him to
       death,” Ford said. “And his other characteristic is
       stubbornness. He is mentally tough. He’s physically tough. He’s
       just a winner.”
       Olaniyi hit a three 22 seconds into the second half to give
       Stony Brook a 36-27 lead. Tamenang Choh, who paced the Bears
       with 19 points, countered with a three and a layup to get it
       down to four.
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       But Andrew Garcia responded with a three, and the Seawolves
       began to build the lead again, using a 10-2 run to go up 44-34.
       Stony Brook remained in control from there. When Olaniyi hit his
       sixth three, Stony Brook led by 14 at 58-44. When Miles Latimer
       hit a three, the margin was up to 17 at 66-49. When Makale
       Foreman hit a three, the cushion had inflated to 20 at 71-51.
       The Seawolves finished with 14 threes and 22 assists.
       They had been ineffective early in the game. Brown (5-4) grabbed
       a 20-10 lead, But Stony Brook took over at that point, going on
       a distance 23-7 run to close the half, good for a 33-27 lead.
       “This was an elite offensive performance for where we are in the
       season,” Ford said.
       Foreman chipped in with 17 points. Now the Seawolves have some
       tough road work ahead — against Hofstra, Providence and
       defending national champ Virginia.
       “I think it’s going to challenge us,” Foreman said. “We’ve got
       good team chemistry. I think going into this stretch will be
       good for us.”
       Olaniyi said it’s about something else as well.
       “I feel like this three-game away [stretch], we have a chance go
       and earn some respect right here,” Olaniyi said. “In years past,
       I don’t think anybody respects us. We know the talent we have in
       our locker room, but I don’t feel like other teams know that.
       This is a great opportunity to go show that.”
       #Post#: 28523--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 10: vs. Brown, 12/7 7pm
   DIR By: Chairman of the Board
       Date: December 7, 2019, 10:41 pm
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       anyone know where i can catch the replay?
       #Post#: 28524--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 10: vs. Brown, 12/7 7pm
   DIR By: SaltySeawolf
       Date: December 8, 2019, 8:36 am
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       --- Quote from: Chairman of the Board link ---
       >
       > anyone know where i can catch the replay?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I watched it on SNY but think it was also on ESPN+  - the replay
       should be up there.
       As an aside for anyone who watched the broadcast - was the
       sideline reporter as unprepared and unpolished as I felt she
       was?
       #Post#: 28527--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 10: vs. Brown, 12/7 7pm
   DIR By: Chairman of the Board
       Date: December 8, 2019, 2:22 pm
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       happened to catch the replay on SNY encore, almost over.
       PS- two weeks ago she said american east.
       #Post#: 28528--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 10: vs. Brown, 12/7 7pm
   DIR By: Chairman of the Board
       Date: December 8, 2019, 2:29 pm
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       why do we have the ncaa trophy on campus?
       #Post#: 28534--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 10: vs. Brown, 12/7 7pm
   DIR By: Checkmate
       Date: December 9, 2019, 9:16 am
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       --- Quote from: SaltySeawolf link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Chairman of the Board
       link=topic=814.msg28523#msg28523 date=1575780073]
       > anyone know where i can catch the replay?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I watched it on SNY but think it was also on ESPN+  - the replay
       should be up there.
       As an aside for anyone who watched the broadcast - was the
       sideline reporter as unprepared and unpolished as I felt she
       was?
       [/quote]
       Who was she? I'm not going to lie – at the game, it was kind of
       cool having a legit station covering one of our games. And she
       wasn't ugly – from 100 feet away anyway but a safe assumption as
       it's TV. I'm sure SNY just gets a bunch of kids just barely out
       of Syracuse to do these gigs.
       #Post#: 28535--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 10: vs. Brown, 12/7 7pm
   DIR By: Hammertime
       Date: December 9, 2019, 9:19 am
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       --- Quote from: Checkmate link ---
       >
       > [quote author=SaltySeawolf link=topic=814.msg28524#msg28524
       date=1575815775]
       > [quote author=Chairman of the Board
       link=topic=814.msg28523#msg28523 date=1575780073]
       > anyone know where i can catch the replay?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I watched it on SNY but think it was also on ESPN+  - the replay
       should be up there.
       As an aside for anyone who watched the broadcast - was the
       sideline reporter as unprepared and unpolished as I felt she
       was?
       [/quote]
       Who was she? I'm not going to lie – at the game, it was kind of
       cool having a legit station covering one of our games. And she
       wasn't ugly – from 100 feet away anyway but a safe assumption as
       it's TV. I'm sure SNY just gets a bunch of kids just barely out
       of Syracuse to do these gigs.
       [/quote]
       \
       I think she's cute. But I also think this is exactly what SB
       needs to get the name brand out. keep winning games, brag about
       it and let the nation know this program id for real!!!
       #Post#: 28536--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 10: vs. Brown, 12/7 7pm
   DIR By: OldSeawolf
       Date: December 9, 2019, 9:33 am
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       --- Quote from: Hammertime link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Checkmate link=topic=814.msg28534#msg28534
       date=1575904580]
       > [quote author=SaltySeawolf link=topic=814.msg28524#msg28524
       date=1575815775]
       > [quote author=Chairman of the Board
       link=topic=814.msg28523#msg28523 date=1575780073]
       > anyone know where i can catch the replay?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I watched it on SNY but think it was also on ESPN+  - the replay
       should be up there.
       As an aside for anyone who watched the broadcast - was the
       sideline reporter as unprepared and unpolished as I felt she
       was?
       [/quote]
       Who was she? I'm not going to lie – at the game, it was kind of
       cool having a legit station covering one of our games. And she
       wasn't ugly – from 100 feet away anyway but a safe assumption as
       it's TV. I'm sure SNY just gets a bunch of kids just barely out
       of Syracuse to do these gigs.
       [/quote]
       \
       I think she's cute. But I also think this is exactly what SB
       needs to get the name brand out. keep winning games, brag about
       it and let the nation know this program id for real!!!
       [/quote]
       I saw her at the game, and she was cute and very young.  At the
       risk of sounding sexist (and being banished for 5 years from
       this board by CoB), it appears more and more that TV sports
       programming is focusing on eye candy in football and basketball,
       at the expense of quality analysis.  There are certainly some
       really good female analysts out there, but I am seeing more that
       are just being hired for their good looks alone, IMO.
       #Post#: 28537--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Game 10: vs. Brown, 12/7 7pm
   DIR By: Hammertime
       Date: December 9, 2019, 9:39 am
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       --- Quote from: OldSeawolf link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Hammertime link=topic=814.msg28535#msg28535
       date=1575904786]
       > [quote author=Checkmate link=topic=814.msg28534#msg28534
       date=1575904580]
       > [quote author=SaltySeawolf link=topic=814.msg28524#msg28524
       date=1575815775]
       > [quote author=Chairman of the Board
       link=topic=814.msg28523#msg28523 date=1575780073]
       > anyone know where i can catch the replay?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I watched it on SNY but think it was also on ESPN+  - the replay
       should be up there.
       As an aside for anyone who watched the broadcast - was the
       sideline reporter as unprepared and unpolished as I felt she
       was?
       [/quote]
       Who was she? I'm not going to lie – at the game, it was kind of
       cool having a legit station covering one of our games. And she
       wasn't ugly – from 100 feet away anyway but a safe assumption as
       it's TV. I'm sure SNY just gets a bunch of kids just barely out
       of Syracuse to do these gigs.
       [/quote]
       \
       I think she's cute. But I also think this is exactly what SB
       needs to get the name brand out. keep winning games, brag about
       it and let the nation know this program id for real!!!
       [/quote]
       I saw her at the game, and she was cute and very young.  At the
       risk of sounding sexist (and being banished for 5 years from
       this board by CoB), it appears more and more that TV sports
       programming is focusing on eye candy in football and basketball,
       at the expense of quality analysis.  There are certainly some
       really good female analysts out there, but I am seeing more that
       are just being hired for their good looks alone, IMO.
       [/quote]
       Most definitely they are going for good looks, but why not? If
       she can appeal to the mainstream audience, manly man, and
       actually sounds like she knows what she is saying, i say go for
       it. Cant get in trouble if the female has all the tangibles for
       the job and assets!! lol.
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