STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (February 20, 2025) – The Stonehill College men's basketball fell on the road at the Spiro Sports Center in a Northeast Conference contest against Wagner College, 63-57, Thursday night.

LEADERS

• Junior Ethan Meuser (Shavertown, Pa.) led the Skyhawks, scoring 14 points for the second straight game, making five of his eight shot attempts, including all four of his three-pointers. Meuser also had four rebounds, three blocks, two assists, and one steal.
• Sophomore Todd Brogna (Southborough, Mass.) recorded his second consecutive double-double, the fourth of his career and this season, with 10 points, 12 rebounds, three assists, and one steal.
• Wagner's Zae Blake led all scorers with 17 points, shooting 77.7% (7-9) from the field, making three of his four three-point attempts.

FIRST HALF

• Stonehill made four of its first five three-point attempts to take a 14-8 lead six minutes into the game.
• Meuser hit his second three of the game to keep Stonehill ahead by five, 19-14, but the Seahawks finished the half on a 16-10 run, giving Wagner a 30-29 lead at the break.
• Blake went 4-4 with 10 points for the Seahawks off the bench, while Meuser led Stonehill with eight points at the break.

SECOND HALF

• Wagner pushed its lead to six in the opening minutes of the second half, 37-31, and continued to keep the Skyhawks from going on any sort of run to trim the deficit.
• The Seahawks would go up by as much as eight points, 51-43, but after a three-pointer from senior Nathan McGill (Dillsburg, Pa.) made it a one-possession game, 55-52, freshman Hermann Koffi (Quebec City, Quebec) tied the score at 55-55 with a three-pointer of his own with 1:40 remaining in the game.
• Back-to-back scores for the Seahawks made it a four-point game, 59-55, with 24 seconds left. Wagner made four straight free throws to close out the game, defeating Stonehill 63-57.

NOTEWORTHY

• Stonehill falls to 3-3 all-time against Wagner, with the home team winning every game in the series as the Skyhawks are 0-3 in Staten Island after Thursday's game.
• Meuser scored at least 14 points for the third straight game as he's shooting 69.6% (16-23) from the field and 76.9% (10-13) from three-point range over that stretch. The junior is averaging 15.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.3 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game during this run.
• Brogna remains the lone NCAA Division I basketball player, averaging 50/40/90 shooting splits, as he now sits at 51.9/42.1/91.3 despite going 4-12 from the field and 1-3 from long range tonight.
• Brogna has now scored in double figures in nine of the past 11 games while recording at least six rebounds in 11 of the last 13 games.
• The Skyhawks matched a season-high with six blocks, led by Meuser's three and junior Chas Stinson (Charlotte, N.C.), who had two as well as three steals.
• Stinson ranks fifth in the NEC in both blocks and steals per game this season, averaging 1.8 steals and 0.9 blocks.
• Stonehill shot 36.5% (19-52) from the field on Thursday, its lowest shooting clip since NEC play started and lowest since the Skyhawks' 67-66 win over Bryant on Nov. 21 (36.4%; 24-66).

UP NEXT

• Stonehill men's basketball (14-14, 6-7 NEC) continues its three-game road trip at Central Connecticut State (20-6, 11-2 NEC) on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. as the Skyhawks play the Blue Devils at Detrick Gymnasium in New Britain, Conn.

 
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