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The Wagner College Seahawks, one of the nation's youngest teams featuring seven freshmen, and the Stony Brook Seawolves will meet in Wagner's 2009-2010 home opener. The Seahawks are coming off an 81-72 loss at Lafayette last Friday night in a game in which Wagner led most of the way. The Seahawks were paced by freshman guard Ryan Conrad Freshman guard Ryan Conrad (Columbus, NC/ Providence Academy) who played like a wily veteran vs. someone playing his first collegiate game, pouring in 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting, including a 4-of-7 effort from three-point range. He was also a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line and added five rebounds and three assists in 33 minutes of action.The Seahawks won last year's meeting in Stony Brook 65-62.

THE COACHES...
Wagner head coach Mike Deane enters his 26th season as a head coach and his seventh as the head man of the Seahawks. He holds an overall coaching mark of 432-307. His 432 wins entering the season rank 24th among all active coaches. In his six seasons at Wagner, Deane is 90-88. Over the last two seasons, Wagner's 39 wins are the second-most in the NEC behind only Robert Morris. Steve Pikiell enters his fifth season as the head coach of Stony Brook and has an overall record of 38-81. The Seawolves were 16-14 and tied for fourth in America East Conference last season.

ALL-TIME SERIES...
Wagner Leads 4-1
1973-74 76-64 W
1974-75 108-59 W
2004-05 55-56 L
2005-06 67-54 W
2008-09 65-62 W

ALL-TIME VS. AMERICA EAST...
The Seahawks hold an all-time record of 18-15 vs. teams that are currently members of America East. The only America East teams that Wagner has never faced are Binghamton and Hartford.

Team Record Pct.
Albany 4-0 1.000
Binghamton - -
Boston University 4-2 .667
Hartford - -
Maine 1-0 1.000
UMBC 3-6 .333
New Hampshire 0-1 .000
Northeastern 2-2 .500
Stony Brook 4-1 .800
Vermont 1-3 .250
Total 19-15 .559