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Albany beats Stony Brook 51-50 to win America East title
By JOHN KEKIS (AP Sports Writer)
7 minutes ago AP - Sports
Albany's Peter Hooley hoists his MVP trophy after Albany beat Stony Brook 51-50 in an NCAA college …
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- It couldn't have been scripted better for Peter Hooley and Albany. Hooley hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key on the final shot of the game, giving Albany a stunning 51-50 victory over Stony Brook on Saturday to win the America East tournament title for the third straight year.
The Great Danes (24-8) are 5-0 in the title game, including a 69-60 on the road last year over the Seawolves (23-11), who remained winless in four tries in the championship game.
Hooley missed eight games in the middle of the regular season to return to his native Australia to be with his dying mother. The team has worn ''SH'' patches on their left shoulders in honor of Sue Hooley, who died at 52 in late January after a valiant fight against colon cancer.
The star junior, named the tournament's most outstanding player, returned to the lineup a month ago and was coming off a season-high 21-point performance against New Hampshire in the semifinals.
Hooley averaged 15.5 points in nearly 35 minutes before leaving the team in mid-January. The Great Danes responded by winning all nine games he missed, including an emotional victory over the Seawolves in the first game without their co-captain.
Albany trailed the entire second half before Hooley's incredible shot, the only 3 the Great Danes made in 10 tries all game.
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Sam Rowley led Albany with 14 points, Evan Singletary had 11 before fouling out late, and Hooley finished with 10.
Carson Puriefoy paced Stony Brook with 23 points, and Jameel Warney had 20 points and 14 rebounds.
Stony Brook leaned hard on Warney to get them going. He delivered 12 points with an assortment of hooks in the paint and along the baseline to give the Seawolves to a 20-16 halftime lead.
The Seawolves finished the half 8 of 25 (32 percent) to Albany's 6-for-29 (20.7 percent) performance as leading scorer Sam Rowley missed all seven shots he attempted and had just two points, and third-leading scorer Singletary failed to score.
Guarded closely by 6-foot-11, 275-pound Richard Peters, Warney shrugged off some serious bumping early in the second half and hit two straight baskets as the Seawolves maintained a 28-22 lead. But he failed to hit another shot in the final 16 minutes and Albany rallied late when Puriefoy turned from hero to vanquished loser.
Puriefoy more than picked up the slack with his long-range game. He hit a 3 with 6:08 left to give Stony Brook an eight-point lead, the largest of the game, and when Albany rallied to within 41-38 with 5:13 to go after consecutive driving layups by Singletary, Puriefoy drained a 3 from the top of the key.
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Albany's Peter Hooley, Jr., left, deflects the ball away from Stony Brook's Jameel Warney, J …
Puriefoy's third 3 in the closing minutes gave Stony Brook a 47-40 lead with 2:38 left.
Singletary responded with a runner in the lane and Sam Rowley hit a pretty hook high off the glass against Warney to move the Great Danes within 49-46 with 61 seconds left.
Two free throws by Mike Rowley narrowed the gap to a single point with 21.7 seconds to go as Puriefoy committed costly turnovers, losing the ball out of bounds twice in the final minute. And his missed free throw with 16.9 seconds left proved the costliest mistake of all.
Albany, which started the season 2-6, finished America East play at 15-1 to earn the top seed, its only conference loss coming at home to Stony Brook. The Great Danes had won the previous two meetings between the teams in the postseason.
The teams split the season series and both won on the road, Albany 64-47 and Stony Brook 59-56 a month ago, which snapped Albany's 13-game winning streak, all but one coming conference play.
The Seawolves, the third seed, entered the game on an eight-game winning streak, and their chances of making it nine fell squarely on the shoulders of the 6-foot-8, 255-pound Warney. He leads the country with 23 double-doubles and is the only player in the nation to lead his conference in points (16.4), rebounds (11.6) and blocks (51).
TIPINS
Stony Brook: Since losing 57-48 to the Vermont Catamounts in early February, Stony Brook had won eight straight, outscoring their opponents by 11.5 points per game. ... Warney is the third player in America East history to win player of the year and defensive player of the year in the same season.
Albany: The Great Danes held New Hampshire to 29 percent shooting in the second half of last Sunday's semifinals to escape with a 60-58 victory. ... In the previous five games, Hooley was shooting 54.5 percent (24 of 44) from the floor and 47.8 percent (11 of 23) from beyond the arc. ... Albany improved to 1-5 when scoring between 50 and 59 points.
UP NEXT
Stony Brook: Awaiting postseason selections.
Albany: NCAA Tournament.
By JOHN KEKIS (AP Sports Writer)
7 minutes ago AP - Sports
Albany's Peter Hooley hoists his MVP trophy after Albany beat Stony Brook 51-50 in an NCAA college …
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- It couldn't have been scripted better for Peter Hooley and Albany. Hooley hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key on the final shot of the game, giving Albany a stunning 51-50 victory over Stony Brook on Saturday to win the America East tournament title for the third straight year.
The Great Danes (24-8) are 5-0 in the title game, including a 69-60 on the road last year over the Seawolves (23-11), who remained winless in four tries in the championship game.
Hooley missed eight games in the middle of the regular season to return to his native Australia to be with his dying mother. The team has worn ''SH'' patches on their left shoulders in honor of Sue Hooley, who died at 52 in late January after a valiant fight against colon cancer.
The star junior, named the tournament's most outstanding player, returned to the lineup a month ago and was coming off a season-high 21-point performance against New Hampshire in the semifinals.
Hooley averaged 15.5 points in nearly 35 minutes before leaving the team in mid-January. The Great Danes responded by winning all nine games he missed, including an emotional victory over the Seawolves in the first game without their co-captain.
Albany trailed the entire second half before Hooley's incredible shot, the only 3 the Great Danes made in 10 tries all game.
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Albany holds off New Hampshire 60-58 in America East semi The Associated Press
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Stony Brook escapes Vermont 79-77 in America East semis The Associated Press
Albany women beat Hartford 84-75 for America East title The Associated Press
Sam Rowley led Albany with 14 points, Evan Singletary had 11 before fouling out late, and Hooley finished with 10.
Carson Puriefoy paced Stony Brook with 23 points, and Jameel Warney had 20 points and 14 rebounds.
Stony Brook leaned hard on Warney to get them going. He delivered 12 points with an assortment of hooks in the paint and along the baseline to give the Seawolves to a 20-16 halftime lead.
The Seawolves finished the half 8 of 25 (32 percent) to Albany's 6-for-29 (20.7 percent) performance as leading scorer Sam Rowley missed all seven shots he attempted and had just two points, and third-leading scorer Singletary failed to score.
Guarded closely by 6-foot-11, 275-pound Richard Peters, Warney shrugged off some serious bumping early in the second half and hit two straight baskets as the Seawolves maintained a 28-22 lead. But he failed to hit another shot in the final 16 minutes and Albany rallied late when Puriefoy turned from hero to vanquished loser.
Puriefoy more than picked up the slack with his long-range game. He hit a 3 with 6:08 left to give Stony Brook an eight-point lead, the largest of the game, and when Albany rallied to within 41-38 with 5:13 to go after consecutive driving layups by Singletary, Puriefoy drained a 3 from the top of the key.
View galleryAlbany beats Stony Brook 51-50 to win America East …
Albany's Peter Hooley, Jr., left, deflects the ball away from Stony Brook's Jameel Warney, J …
Puriefoy's third 3 in the closing minutes gave Stony Brook a 47-40 lead with 2:38 left.
Singletary responded with a runner in the lane and Sam Rowley hit a pretty hook high off the glass against Warney to move the Great Danes within 49-46 with 61 seconds left.
Two free throws by Mike Rowley narrowed the gap to a single point with 21.7 seconds to go as Puriefoy committed costly turnovers, losing the ball out of bounds twice in the final minute. And his missed free throw with 16.9 seconds left proved the costliest mistake of all.
Albany, which started the season 2-6, finished America East play at 15-1 to earn the top seed, its only conference loss coming at home to Stony Brook. The Great Danes had won the previous two meetings between the teams in the postseason.
The teams split the season series and both won on the road, Albany 64-47 and Stony Brook 59-56 a month ago, which snapped Albany's 13-game winning streak, all but one coming conference play.
The Seawolves, the third seed, entered the game on an eight-game winning streak, and their chances of making it nine fell squarely on the shoulders of the 6-foot-8, 255-pound Warney. He leads the country with 23 double-doubles and is the only player in the nation to lead his conference in points (16.4), rebounds (11.6) and blocks (51).
TIPINS
Stony Brook: Since losing 57-48 to the Vermont Catamounts in early February, Stony Brook had won eight straight, outscoring their opponents by 11.5 points per game. ... Warney is the third player in America East history to win player of the year and defensive player of the year in the same season.
Albany: The Great Danes held New Hampshire to 29 percent shooting in the second half of last Sunday's semifinals to escape with a 60-58 victory. ... In the previous five games, Hooley was shooting 54.5 percent (24 of 44) from the floor and 47.8 percent (11 of 23) from beyond the arc. ... Albany improved to 1-5 when scoring between 50 and 59 points.
UP NEXT
Stony Brook: Awaiting postseason selections.
Albany: NCAA Tournament.
good luck to all!