CAA Men’s Basketball Recap – Feb. 16, 2026
Dylan Smith
Stony Brook 72, Drexel 69
Box Score
A late frenzy over the final 75 seconds saw Stony Brook (16-11, 8-6 CAA) come out on top with a 72-69 victory over Drexel (13-14, 7-7 CAA), thanks to a putback finish from Erik Pratt and a late steal by Andrej Shoshkikj. Pratt led all scorers with 21 points, eight boards and five assists. Shoshkikj notched 14 points and three total steals in the winning effort. Richard Goods rounded out those in double figures with 17 points. The Dragons’ Shane Blakeney led with 19 points and four boards.
The Dragons found themselves ahead by double digits, 18-8, in the opening 7:37 following early triples from Kevon Vanderhorst, Victor Panov, Villiam Garcia Adsten and Shane Blakeney. After two teams traded brief scoring runs that put Drexel up by 11, Stony Brook caught fire from behind the arc. Goods started Stony Brook’s 12-0 run with the first five points, including a triple, before Rob Brown III connected from distance. The trifectas continued to rain down as Simmon and Brown both hit from deep to finish off the larger 20-5 run that gave the Seawolves a four-point edge. The Dragons’ Panov sank a triple with four seconds left to slash the visitors’ deficit down to one, 36-35, at the break.
Stony Brook surged out to a 9-2 run to start the second stanza, taking a 45-37 lead just three minutes in. The Dragons flipped the script with a 14-4 spree of their own, capped off by back-to-back finishing in the paint by Garfield Turner to take a 49-47 edge with 13:10 to play. Neither team led by more than one possession over the next 10 minutes. Trailing by four with 75 seconds to play, Stony Brook’s Richard Good sank a pair of free throws before Simmon went to work. The senior guard forced a turnover and then hit a triple in transition to give Stony Brook a one-point edge, 68-67, with 52 seconds remaining. The furious finish ensued as Blakeney broke out the other way with a quick finish at the rim to reclaim the one-point Drexel lead. Pratt grinded out his counter bucket at the opposite end after corralling the offensive board and sinking the putback through traffic to take a 70-69 edge with 31 seconds to play. Drexel had a chance to take the lead, but Shoshkikj picked Eli Beard’s pocket with 15 seconds remaining before putting the game away at the charity stripe with a pair of makes.