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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Two-time defending America East champion Stony Brook dominated on the glass and overpowered Cornell 76-54 on Sunday evening at Pritchard Gymnasium. The Seawolves improved to 9-4, matching its best 13-game start in program history. The Big Red slipped to 0-11.

Junior Devin Cherry and freshman Darryl Smith each had 11 points, with Smith setting a new career high with his team-best seven rebounds. Stony Brook controlled the backboards in the win with a 47-32 edge, including 17-9 on the offensive end. Cherry added four rebounds, three assists and three steals and Nolan Cressler had eight points, five boards, three assists and two steals. The Big Red shot 35 percent from the floor and struggled to a 6-of-31 night from 3-point range.

Stony Brook had four players in double figures, with Dave Coley leading the way with 15 points, including the 1,000th of his career. Jameel Warney had 14 points and seven rebounds, while Carson Puriefoy notched 13 points. Ahmad Walker chipped in 12 and Eric McAlister had nine points and a game-best 11 rebounds for the home team.

Stony Brook scored the game's first eight points and controlled the first six minutes, building its lead to 15-3 before the Big Red got back in it. A pair of Cherry driving layups sandwiched a 3-pointer by Darryl Smith and it was back to 15-10 by the under-12 minute timeout. The Cornell run extended to 13-2 by the time Cressler drove the lane and finished to make it 17-16. The Big Red got all the way back to tie the game at 18-18 after Scelfo banked in a runner at the end of the shot clock with 7:07 left.

The Seawolves answered the Cornell run with one of its own, and in the process all but put the game away.

The Big Red scored on a nice feed from Devin Cherry to Ned Tomic at the buzzer, but it only cut the halftime deficit to 14 (38-24) at the break.

Smith had a strong first half, as the freshman had seven points and four rebounds, the latter setting a new career high. Tomic also had four points at the break, just one basket off his career-best. The Big Red shot 36 percent from the floor and the home team controlled the backboards (23-15), especially on the offensive glass (8-3). Dave Coley had nine points to lead a balanced offense that saw seven players reach the scoring column. Warney had an efficient six points and six rebounds, while Carson Puriefoy notched seven points for the Seawolves.

Stony Brook led by as many as 30 points in the second half, though Cornell's starters played their best four minutes of energy basketball late in the game. Dwight Tarwater had a pair of offensive rebounds, Cherry had a steal and two fastbreak layups and David Onuorah had a vicious block, an offensive board and four points to chip away at what was an insurmountable lead.

The Big Red returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 28 when it faces Saint Peter's at 2 p.m. in Jersey City, N.J. The Peacocks won the first-ever meeting between the teams a year ago with a 68-64 win a year ago in Newman Arena.