The Stony Brook Seawolves and the West Virginia Mountaineers meet in college basketball action from the WVU Coliseum on Thursday night.
The Stony Brook Seawolves will be out to build on a 66-59 win over Army in their last game. Tyler Stephenson-Moore leads the Seawolves in scoring with 14.8 PPG along with 5.4 RPG and Frankie Policelli has 12 PPG with a team-high 9.8 RPG to lead Stony Brook in rebounding. Kenan Sarvan has 9.8 PPG with 3.7 RPG and Aaron Clarke has 10 PPT with 4 RPG through three games. As a team, Stony Brook is averaging 63.6 PPG on 41.4% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 70% from the foul line this season.
The West Virginia Mountaineers will try to build on a 96-78 win over Buffalo last time out. Erik Stevenson leads the Mountaineers in scoring with 14.4 PPG while Tre Mitchell has 13.3 PPG with 4.7 RPG and Joe Toussaint has 10.6PPG with a team-high 3.5 APG to lead the Mountaineers in assists and Emmitt Matthews Jr. has 10.8 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for WVU up to this point in the year. Jimmy Bell Jr. also leads the Mountaineers in rebounding with 6.1 RPG and Kedrian Johnson has 3.5 APG as well this season. As a team, West Virginia is averaging 81.9 PPG on 49.8% shooting from the field, 37.8% from three and 72.9% from the foul line this season.
Stony Brook is 2-8 ATS in their last 10 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following an ATS win. West Virginia is 7-3 ATS in their last 10 home games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 while the over is 22-7 in their last 29 games overall.
I get the case to be made for an underdog in spots, and this West Virginia team isn’t as feared as years past. However, WVU Coliseum is still a tough place to go on the road and compete let alone win a game, and I’m just not sure how the Seawolves compete here. I think Morgantown’s going to be rocking from the opening tip and I think West Virginia wins this one in a rout.