{"id":3408,"date":"2016-03-12T22:41:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T03:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsnsports.net\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2016-03-12T22:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T03:41:04","slug":"mens-hoop-second-half-rally-sends-stony-brook-past-vermont-in-america-east-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsnsports.net\/blog\/article\/mens-hoop-second-half-rally-sends-stony-brook-past-vermont-in-america-east-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Hoop: Second Half Rally Sends Stony Brook Past Vermont in America East Final"},"content":{"rendered":"
Courtesy Vermont Sports Information<\/p>\n
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STONY BROOK, N.Y.<\/strong> \u2013 Jameel Warney scored 43 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Stony Brook past Vermont in the America East Championship game Saturday morning on Long Island, 80-74.<\/p>\n Vermont slips to\u00a021-13 \u00a0\u2013 an eighth straight season with at least 20 wins \u2013 while Stony Brook awaits its NCAA Tournament fate with a 26-6 record.<\/p>\n Trae Bell-Haynes<\/a><\/dfn> scored a team-high 17 points to pace three Catamounts in double figures. Bell-Haynes also dished out four assists in the loss. Ernie Duncan<\/a><\/dfn> scored 11 points and Cam Ward<\/a><\/dfn> added 10 off the bench. Darren Payen<\/a><\/dfn> and Drew Urquhart<\/a><\/dfn> both finished with nine points.<\/p>\n Warney and Carson Puriefoy combined for 66 of Stony Brook’s 80 points as Puriefoy finished with 23 to complement Warney’s 43. Only five players scored for the Seawolves and no other player had more than six points.<\/p>\n Stony Brook took a five-point lead about midway through the first half following a Puriefoy three-pointer but Vermont had an answer. Ethan O’Day<\/a><\/dfn> stemmed the tide with a jump hook off the glass and then Duncan tied the game at 15 with his first of three tirfectas at the 8:25 mark.<\/p>\n Those two UVM buckets were part of a 12-3 run that wrapped up with a pair of Payen free throws and a 24-18 Vermont lead. The Cats closed the first half on a 10-2 spurt highlighted by another Duncan triple and a Dre Wills<\/a><\/dfn> layup as time expired giving the visitors a 36-27 halftime lead.<\/p>\n