FAIRFIELD, Conn.—The Sacred Heart University men's basketball team plays its third consecutive road game as the Pioneers travel to Stony Brook for the teams sixth meeting. The Pioneers are 5-6 on the season, while the Seawolves are 2-7. Game time is set for 6:30 PM at the Island Federal Arena.
 
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• This is the sixth meeting between SHU and Stony Brook. The Pioneers hold the advantage in the series, 3-2. In the last game between the two, the Seawolves won by three, 75-72, last season on November 22, 2021. Both Bryce Johnson and Nico Galette recorded double-doubles in the loss, Aaron Clarke, who now plays at Stony Brook, had 18 points for the Pioneers. The last time Sacred Heart beat Stony Brook was November 18, 2012, 64-62, on the road.
• Sacred Heart has lost its last three games.
• Junior Nico Galette has scored in double figures in every game this season, he leads the team with 16.4 points per game. Graduate transfer, Raheem Solomon (12.1), and senior Joey Reilly (11.3) are also averaging in double figures.
• Galette and Johnson have both recorded two double-doubles each this season.
• Johnson leads the team in rebounds, averaging 7.9 per game, Galette is second with 7.3.
• SHU is in the midst of a four-game road trip with stops at; Fairfield, the University of Pittsburgh, Stony Brook, and Saint Joseph's University.
• Head Coach Anthony Latina is in his 10th season as the head coach of Sacred Heart.
• Galette was named to the All-NEC preseason team.
• Sacred Heart was tabbed second in the NEC preseason poll.