STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Playing without two of its top scorers, a shorthanded Northeastern men's basketball team (8-15, 3-7) gave Stony Brook (12-11, 5-5) everything it could handle on Saturday at Island Federal Arena, but a late 13-2 Seawolves run proved to be the difference, 59-55.
 
The Huskies, who were without Chris Doherty and Luka Sakota in the game, overcame a 10-point first half deficit to lead by six late in the second half before Stony Brook closed the game hitting four its final seven shots to secure the win.
 
Jared Turner had a team-high 15 points on 5-of-10 from deep off the bench for Northeastern, which shot 34% (19-of-56) on the night and 6-of-27 from long range. He was joined in double figures by Harold Woods (13 points, eight rebounds), while Masai Troutman added nine points and six boards.
 
Stony Brook, meanwhile, got 14 points apiece from Aaron Clarke and Dean Noll, while Keenan Fitzmorris had 12 points for a Seawolves squad that was 23-of-58 overall and 5-of-15 from three.
 
The Huskies recovered from a slow start to the first half in which the Seawolves bolted out to a 10-point lead in the opening 7:30 to score 11 of the half's final 15 points to head into the locker deadlocked at 22.
 
Northeastern shot 32% as a team, but did the work on the defensive end to hold Stony Brook to 37% from the field, including a 3-of-12 showing over the final eight minutes of the half. Woods led NU with six points while Troutman added four points and five rebounds, including a thunderous dunk in the final minute to help the Huskies continued to claw back into it.
 
The teams went punch-for-punch throughout the second half, with neither team leading by more than six points the rest of the way. Northeastern used a 10-2 run to take its first lead of the night with 16:04 left on a triple from Turner before another from long range gave the visitors their largest lead of the night at 37-31 with 14 minutes remaining.
 
After Stony Brook chipped away to tie the game at 40 with 8:31 to go, Northeastern continued to grind and go up by six again following a bucket from Collin Metcalf (seven points, six rebounds, three blocks) with 3:56 left, 52-46.
 
That's when the Seawolves went to work, though, going on the 11-0 run to take the lead for good and ice it with free throws from Fitzmorris in the final seconds.
 
The Huskies will be back in action on Thursday night when Northeastern travels to Buies Creek, N.C. for a date with Campbell. Tip-off at Gore Arena is set for 7 p.m. on FloHoops.