BROOKLYN, N.Y. (December 5, 2023) - Junior Jack Spellman set the program's career blocks record, while head coach Bobby Hurley reached 250 career wins as the Stevens Institute of Technology men's basketball team defeated Brooklyn College 75-62 Tuesday night.

Spellman passed Patrick Sabatino for the program record, doing so in just three seasons in Hoboken. Spellman has amassed 189 blocks during his time at Stevens so far. Hurley, already the winningest coach in program history, adds to his impressive total with his 250th career win. The Ducks have now won seven-straight games, improving to 7-1. Stevens is off to their best start since the 2019-2020 campaign, when they went 7-0 to open up the season. Stevens improves to 7-3 all-time against the Bulldogs, including winning the last five. Brooklyn falls to 1-8 with the loss.

The two teams fought hard in the first half as there wasn't much to split them. Down 3-2 early, graduate student Stephan Braunstein made a three to add to his impressive total this season to give the Ducks a 5-3 lead. He would make another at the 16:24 mark, putting Stevens up 12-9. On the other end, Spellman notched his first block of the night on the Bulldogs next possession. Later in the half, first-year Xander Sinh made a layup that gave Stevens the lead back, but it was quickly taken back by Brooklyn. Trailing 27-25 at the 4:18 mark, Spellman notched his third block of the game, which put him at 189 for his career. The Ducks finished the half on a 9-0 run, highlighted by a three from senior Mike Goodall and a jumper from Braunstein, as the Ducks maintained a 34-27 advantage at the break.

18 seconds into the second half, Braunstein hit another three that gave Stevens a double-digit advantage. On the next Duck possession, he made another triple as Stevens went up 40-27. A few minutes later, Goodall gave the Ducks back-to-back baskets as they went up 15. Senior Conor Coffey then got into the three-point action as he put the Ducks up 18. Stevens would keep up the pressure throughout the half and although Brooklyn made comeback attempts, the depth and the strength of the Ducks became too much, as Stevens rolled to a 25 point victory for Hurley's 250th career win. 

Top Performers

• Braunstein scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed two rebounds.
• Spellman scored six points and grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds. He also tallied three blocks.
• Graduate Conor Coffey had a game-high six assists.
• First-year Ritchie Machado scored a career-high seven points.
• First-year Jonathan Nsenkyire scored his first three career points.
• Stevens shot 42.4 percent (27-64) from the field and 37.0 percent (10-27) from three. The Ducks also went 11-15 (73.3%) from the line.

The Opponent

• Malik Dale had a team-high 15 points.
• Stephon McGill scored six points and added seven rebounds.
• Altin Kujak added 12 points and two blocks.
• Brooklyn shot 32.2 percent (19-59) from the field and 36.4 percent (4-11) from three. They also went 10-14 from the free throw line (71.4%).

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Up Next: The Ducks return home on Sunday as they host Middlebury to wrap up play in the first semester. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. The Ducks are 1-2 all-time against the Panthers, losing the last two contests in the series. Links for live stats and video are posted to stevensducks.com