Indiana University
4-0
Stony Brook (2K Sports Classic)
3-1
Hoosiers Subdue Stony Brook, 90-74
11/17/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 17, 2013
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Sophomore Kevin Yogi Ferrell scored 24 points and freshman Noah Vonleh had his fourth straight double-double Sunday to help Indiana pull away from Stony Brook 90-74.
"This will come back as being an outstanding victory for us for a couple reasons," said IU Coach Tom Crean. "Number one, that's an outstanding team, and they've won their league three out of four times. I certainly wouldn't bet against them this year."
Ferrell turned up the tempo in the second half as the Hoosiers improved to 4-0.
"When you have the ball in your hands like he does, and I think that he's really enjoying, but he's gaining a lot from it is we're moving him around a lot," said Crean. "But he's also playing defense at an extremely high level, extremely high."
Vonleh had 18 points and 15 rebounds - producing the most consecutive double-doubles for a Hoosier since D.J. White (five straight) in 2007-08.
He's (Voinleh) learning," said Crean. "He's learning the offense. He's learning what we want to get after timeouts. He's learning what happens next."
Stony Brook (3-1) was led by Carson Puriefoy with 22 points and Jameel Warney had 19, but the Seawolves were called for 31 fouls and sent Indiana to the free throw line 49 times.
Indiana opened the second half on a 12-6 run, extending a six-point halftime lead to 53-41 with 15:23 to play and sealed the win with a late 12-4 spurt.
"I thought that Collin Hartman, late in the first half, came in and gave us a real lift with his energy," noted Crean. "When we started the second half, we put Luke Fischer in with that group because they had scored seven out of eight times in the first half and I liked what they did."
Stony Brook was hoping to improve to 4-0 for the first time in its Division I history. Instead it left Assembly Hall with a sixth consecutive loss to a Big Ten school on a night the Seawolves' top scorer, Anthony Jackson, was limited to just nine points. He came into the game averaging 21.
Eventually, the Hoosiers finally pulled out to a lead that stuck.
After watching a 17-10 lead trimmed to 19-16 and a 31-21 lead cut to 35-33 late in the first half, Indiana seized control.
The Hoosiers outscored Stony Brook 6-2 late in the first half to make it 41-35, and Ferrell and Vonleh delivered the big scoring punches early in the second half to spur the 12-6 run. Stony Brook continually tried to fight back, but couldn't get closer than 10 over the final 13 minutes. And Indiana wrapped it up with a late 12-4 flurry.
"Our coaches did a great job of preparing for this game," noted Ferrell. "We are not trying to force too much on offense and we are letting our defense give us energy."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
