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Stony Brook, N.Y. — The Stony Brook women’s basketball team returns to Island Federal Credit Union Arena to take on Maine Saturday at 2 p.m. The game will air live nationally on ESPN3. 

Promotions

• The first 500 fans to enter will receive a voucher for a mini-basketball courtesy of Petro Home Services. Fans can redeem these vouchers upon exiting the game.
• Stony Brook will host Arena Transformation Day to recognize the hard work of the Island Federal Credit Union Arena construction crew. All Phase I crew members will receive two free tickets to the game and can purchase additional tickets for a discounted rate of $4. 

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Proctor Joins 1,000-Point Club

The Seawolves will honor Sabre Proctor for scoring her 1,000th career point prior to tip-off. Proctor became the 14th player in school history to record 1,000 career points at Stony Brook when she went 2-for-2 from the line in the first half vs. New Hampshire. Proctor is the first Seawolf to score her 1,000th career point since Kirsten Jeter in 2010-11 and the seventh to hit the milestone in three seasons. She tallied her 1,000th collegiate point during a 12-point performance at Duke (139 points came during the 2010-11 season when she was at North Carolina A&T).

Last Time Out

Senior Sabre Proctor posted her third double-double of the year on 20 points and 10 rebounds as the Stony Brook women’s basketball team downed UMBC, 66-50, Wednesday at the RAC Arena. Junior Brittany Snow and sophomore Kori Bayne-Walker added 16 points apiece. The Seawolves led, 29-26, at the break and outscored UMBC, 37-24, in the second half. 

Scouting the Black Bears      

Liz Wood posted a triple-double (11 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists) to lift Maine (10-6, 2-1) to a 68-54 home win vs. UMass Lowell Wednesday. She leads the league in steals at 3.1 per game, and the Bearcats rank first in the conference in scoring defense at 55.9 points allowed per game. 

Series History vs. the Black Bears    

Stony Brook has won the last three meetings, including both last season, and holds a 17-13 lead in the all-time series. 

The New House

Photo Narrative of Opening Night

The 2014-15 Seawolves are making history as the first team to play in Island FCU Arena, Long Island’s newest destination for sports and entertainment. The new facility holds just over 4,000 fans, who will be able to enjoy chairback seating, scoreboards and videoboards, expanded bathrooms and concession areas and new luxury suites. Island Federal Credit Union will serve as the title sponsor as part of a 10-year, $7 million corporate advertising partnership that reaches across multiple areas of the University community including athletics, arts, academics, Veteran’s Home and alumni relations. 

Meet the New Boss

Stony Brook is now in the capable hands of Caroline McCombs, who comes to town after helping 11 of 15 teams reach the NCAA Tournament or WNIT as an assistant coach. Named the head coach by Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron on June 5, 2014, McCombs most recently spent two seasons as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Auburn, where she helped the Tigers to back-to-back WNIT berths. Her 2012 recruiting class ranked 16th nationally. During her five-year tenure as an assistant coach at Pittsburgh (2005-10), McCombs mentored the Panthers to five straight national postseason berths, including three Big Dances and two Sweet 16s. She also served stints as an assistant at Northwestern (2010-12) and Valparaiso (1999-05). McCombs is responsible for the development of two Associated Press All-Americans (Amy Jaeschke, Northwestern and Shavonte Zellous, Pittsburgh) and three WNBA players (Jaeschke, Zellous and Marlous Nieuwveen, Valparaiso). An accomplished collegiate player, the former guard led Youngstown State to the NCAA Tournament in 1998 and was inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. 

Up Next

Stony Brook visits Albany for a rematch of the 2014 America East championship game Monday at 7 p.m.