The Stony Brook Seawolves will travel to Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game starts at 9:00 pm ET on Tuesday, Dec. 8 and can be seen on ESU and ES3.
The Fighting Irish beat Illinois 84-79 in their last game. Demetrius Jackson had 21 points, four assists, and two rebounds for Notre Dame. The Seawolves, meanwhile, are coming off a 91-77 win against Princeton in their last outing. Jameel Warney played well and claimed his sixth double-double of the season, registering 26 points and 15 rebounds.
Notre Dame, a nine-point favorite, will look to capitalize at home against Stony Brook. The Over/Under (O/U) for the matchup is sitting at 140 points. The Fighting Irish enter the game with records of 5-2 Straight Up (SU) and 2-3 Against The Spread (ATS). The Fighting Irish, sporting the 38th-best assist-to-turnover ratio in Division I (1.48), have proven themselves to be an extremely efficient offensive team.
Offensively, they average 83.2 points per game, which is good for 42nd in the country. The Seawolves have controlled the glass with a Division I-best 48.8 rebounds per game. The Seawolves rarely make costly errors handling the ball. They have the 22nd-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the country at 1.58. Switching gears to the Stony Brook defense, the Seawolves allow just 60.0 points per game, ranking them 17th in the nation. Stony Brook’s three-point defense is one of the top in the country, with opponents making only 5.0 shots from the three-point line per game.
Notre Dame and Stony Brook will be facing off for their first head-to-head game in recent seasons.
Predictions: SU Winner – StnyBr, ATS Winner – StnyBr, O/U – Under
Notes
Notre Dame is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home.
Stony Brook averages 83.2 points per game (ranked 42nd). Notre Dame, on the other hand, allows 68.0 points per game (ranked 115th).
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish rank 18th for their offensive rating of 119.7. The Stony Brook Seawolves have a defensive rating of 85.8 (ranked ninth).
The Stony Brook Seawolves average 69.8 possessions per game and 1.191 points per possession. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish earn fewer possessions with 65.5, but they score more points with 1.197.
Stony Brook has an average effective field goal percentage of 53.4%. Notre Dame is an even 1-1 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish average 22.0 three point attempts per game, and the Stony Brook Seawolves attempt 23.0 per game. When going for at least 20 three pointers in a game this season, both teams have winning records; Notre Dame is 4-1 and Stony Brook is 3-1.
The 22nd-ranked team in the category, Stony Brook has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.58 this season. Notre Dame ranks 38th with an A/TO of 1.48.
The Stony Brook Seawolves are the best rebounding team in the nation with 48.8 rebounds per game. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish rank 120th, rebounding 38.9 times per game.
When it comes to offensive rebounds, Stony Brook ranks sixth. Notre Dame ranks 115th in defensive rebounds.
On average, Notre Dame forces a turnover rate of 14.6%. When Stony Brook turns over the ball at a similar or higher rate, the team has a winning 2-1 record.
