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HOFSTRA
Record: 6-5
Last Game: L, 96-73, vs. Kentucky 12/11
Listen/Watch:
Hofstra video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hofstra/
Stony Brook radio: http://www.whli.com/listen-live.aspx
Hofstra radio: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hofstra/
Notables:
6-4/190 fr G Eli Pemberton 14.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, .489 FG%, .827 FT%, .490 3-pt FG%
6-2/195 sr G Brian Bernardi 13.5 ppg, .816 FT%, .366 3-pt FG%
6-0/170 sr G Deron Powers 13.0 ppg, 4.5 apg, .803 FT%
6-9/260 jr C Rokas Gustys 9.6 ppg, 13.0 rpg, 1.4 spg, 1.0 bpg, .521 FG%
6-0/185 so G Justin Wright-Foreman 9.3 ppg, .833 FT%
6-6/210 jr F Ty Greer 9.1 ppg, 5.2 rpg

Let's go and get this one, boys. Winnable game.

Hofstra's been riding its guards. Pemberton, Bernardi and Powers are the top three scorers as you see and each averages more than 30 minutes a night. Gustys averages 28. Only Woodhouse is over 30 for us, and our starters are all 25 and under. These are college kids so I don't worry too much about them having their legs under them, but it just shows how much shorter their rotation is than ours. Their modest depth took another hit when Desure Buie tore his ACL in their win over Columbia.

Hofstra's going to live and die with the three like we do. They're in the top 50 in the country in three-point makes, and they hit 11 against us a year ago. Bernardi led the way among returnees with 22, hitting four of six from deep.

Check out this: Hofstra ranks 330th out of 347 teams in defending the three. We're 340th. Bombs away!

Hofstra's another team that gets to the line. 192 makes to the opposition's 196 attempts. Send Gustys to the stripe. He's 8 for 42 on the season! 19 percent! Hack a Lithuanian!

I'd love to know what the local D-Is thought of Hunter Sabety a few years ago. He averaged 22, 17 and 8 blocks as a senior at Oceanside HS and started his collegiate career at Division III Tufts. He had a couple good seasons for the Jumbos before transferring to Hofstra. From the video I saw from his HS days, he looks like a pretty good athlete too! He and Gustys go 6-9/290 and 6-9/260 respectively #gulp

I envision we see plenty of Petras on Tuesday too. Gustys leads the COUNTRY in rebounding at 13 per game – which is what he had along with eight points in last year's game against us. He held his own against Kentucky as well without a lot of help.

I think this is a game Nyama and Yeboah can really make some hay. Their length could give their guards issues.

We should expect a relatively quiet atmosphere on the road. Hofstra is averaging just 1,202 fans a game, and I'm assuming that's accounting for those who have paid as opposed to who's shown up.

Thank you Checkmate for another good preview. Keep it up!

Should be a great game. After all, bragging rights to the best team on Long Island at stake. I hope SBU fans swarm their arena. I heard Hofstra giving out extra free tickets to the season ticket holders to increase the attendance for the game. I still feel bitter about them blocking us from joining CAA as full member, which now seem like was a blessing in disguise. CAA basketball has lost its shine and no different than AE now.

" I still feel bitter about them blocking us from joining CAA as full member"  Are they still blocked? I thought all of that hard feelings bologna stuff was over when Fiore got the boot and we started playing Hofstra in all sports again!

I am not insider so don't know the whole story. May be they just hated Fiore. And I know blocking happens a lot in college sports landscape.. For example BC blocking Uconn. But at the time I thought it was dirty of them. Oh well. The most important issue was a good home for football and they couldn't block that. And everything worked out for us. I don't think Stony Brook has any plan to join CAA now so it doesn't matter if whether Hofstra still blocking us.

No insider knowledge of any discussions taking place (if there are any). However, I'd love to see SBU as part of the A-10. The conference is already 14 teams so I doubt they're looking to add but I would basically want the same setup as URI and Richmond – CAA for football, A-10 for everything else. Just dreaming over here.

The A-10  would be a good upgrade for us . Plenty of good basketball programs in that league.

I would love to see SB play BB in the A-10. We wont see that in our lifetime...

I would love to have been able to make tonight's game. However I am currently off the grid with medical issues.
Should be a tough one. Each of the last two years have been tight. Both teams are reloading but have some talent. Gustys is a beast on the boards, Bernardi can hit from downtown and Pemberton looks solid as a freshman. SBU needs to bring the same energy as they did Saturday. I doubt they shoot as well so compete on the boards and play some some solid "D".
We are nowhere near ready to compete in the A10 night in and night out. I too would like to see it someday.

I am happy to see Campbell getting more playing time than Petras.

Well, that was a mess. Too many open looks for Hofstra and poor shooting by SBU. Let's win the 2nd half as the deficit may be tough to overcome. I missed the beginning. Any word on why Sekunda is sidelined ?

SBU's [parting of the] Red Sea defense not very effective...

On the plus side, great online feed from Hofstra!