Stony Brook, NY - Senior Justin Wright-Foreman scored a game-high 25 points, graduate student Jacquil Taylor tallied his first Hofstra double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds and junior Tareq Coburn added 16 points and eight rebounds to lead the Hofstra Men's Basketball team to a 71-64 victory over Stony Brook on Wednesday evening in "The Long Island Rivalry", presented by The Greene Turtle at Island Federal Credit Union Arena. 

Hofstra won its sixth straight game as the Pride improved to 9-3 this season, while Stony Brook sees its two-game win streak come to an end as they fall to 10-3. The six-game win streak is Hofstra's longest since an eight-game streak in 2015-16. 

The Pride trailed 19-16 with less than eight minutes remaining in the first half before using a 17-5 run to turn the three-point deficit into a 33-24 advantage with just over a minute left before intermission. Coburn had eight points during the run and Wright-Foreman added seven. Miles Latimer of Stony Brook hit a three-pointer at the first half buzzer to account for the six-point Pride lead at the break. 

Hofstra pushed its lead to 13 points early in the second stanza, the last time at 44-31 with 16:45 left in regulation, before Stony Brook battled back. The Seawolves slowly chipped away at the deficit and a three-pointer from Jaron Cornish with 8:37 to play made it a two-point game at 49-47 in favor of the Pride. Wright-Foreman stepped up once again and hit back-to-back three-pointers to answer for Hofstra immediately after and the lead was back up to eight, 55-47, with 7:34 remaining. That proved to be the difference as Hofstra would keep their Long Island neighbors at bay the rest of the game in earning the seven-point victory. The Pride was a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line in the final two minutes to seal the win. 

Senior Desure Buie added 12 points, four rebounds and three assists to the Pride totals, while Taylor posted four blocked shots. Hofstra outrebounded Stony Brook, 43-37, in the and had a season-high seven blocked shots. 

Latimer led Stony Brook with 22 points and added six rebounds. Akwasi Yeboah posted 15 points and seven rebounds for the Seawolves. 

Hofstra is back in action on Saturday when it hosts Rosemont at 1 p.m. For ticket information visit HofstraTickets.com, call (516) HOF-TIXX or stop by the Hofstra Athletics Ticket Office in the lobby of the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex.  

NOTES
- Hofstra is 22-5 all-time against Stony Brook. The Pride has won five of the last six meetings dating back to the 2008-09 season. 
- The win streak is now the 10th longest in program history and is the 57th streak of at least five games in school history. 
- Wright-Foreman moved into ninth place all-time at Hofstra in scoring. He now has 1,687 points and passed Norman Richardson, who tallied 1,677 points from 1997-2001. Junior Eli Pemberton scored four points before an injury ended his night and is now tied for 34th place all-time in scoring with 1,045 career points. He is tied with Percy Johnson (1950-53). 
- Wright-Foreman scored in double figures for the 65th straight game. It ranks as the second-longest streak in the nation.