March 2, 2011

Stony Brook, N.Y. - The No. 8 Stony Brook University's women's basketball team will begin play in the 2011 America East tournament on Thursday at Chase Arena against No. 9 Maine. Game time is set for 6:05 p.m. The winner will take on top-seeded UMBC on Friday at 6:05 p.m. in the quarterfinal round.

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Last Time Out
Sophomore Juanita Cochran (Saginaw, Mich.) scored a career-high 22 points to lead the Stony Brook women's basketball team to a 54-37 win over Binghamton on Saturday at Pritchard Gym in the regular season finale for both teams. Cochran added eight rebounds for the Seawolves, who held the Bearcats (18-11, 11-5 AE) without a field goal for 12 minutes in the second half. The 37 points was the fewest allowed by Stony Brook since a 46-37 win over Albany last season. Sophomore Sam Landers (Springfield, Va.) added 13 points while junior Tamiel Murray (Teaneck, N.J.) had a career-high 14 rebounds and six assists.

Against Maine
Maine (4-24, 2-14 AE) is led by unanimous All-Rookie team selection Ashleigh Roberts who ranked 11th in the America East in scoring at 10.7 points per game. Roberts reached double-figures in points 20 times and averaged 15.5 points per game against the Seawolves this season.

The Black Bears have not won an America East tournament game since 2006 and have not advanced past the quarterfinal round since winning the America East title in 2004. This will be the fourth year straight year that the Black Bears are playing in the tournament's first round.

Jeter had two of the best scoring games of her career this season against Maine, scoring a career-high 28 points in Stony Brook''s 73-70 win over the Black Bears in Orono on Jan. 23. She then scored 26 points in SBU's 66-62 win on Feb. 12. Jeter shot 51.4 percent (18-for-35) from the field against Maine this season.

Maine averaged 28.5 turnovers per game against the Seawolves this season but did average 66 points on 41 percent shooting in the two games. The Black Bears were last in the America East in scoring offense (52.3 points per game) and FG% (.334) during conference play.

Tourney Tidbits
Stony Brook is trying to become the first No. 8 seed to ever win the America East tournament ... the only No. 8 seed to ever advance to the title game was Boston University in 2005 ... the Seawolves made their only appearance in the championship game in 2002, their first year in the America East ... SBU was the No. 7 seed ... this will be just the second America East tournament meeting between Stony Brook and Maine ... No. 9 Stony Brook defeated No. 8 Maine, 64-58, in 2008 ... Jeter had 21 points and 12 rebounds in that game ... this is the Seawolves first time as the No. 8 seed .