Box Score 1 Dec. 6, 2015

Final Stats

Syracuse, N.Y. - The Stony Brook women's basketball team (4-4) held a 25-23 halftime lead over No. 20/25 Syracuse, but were outscored 41-24 in the second half, falling 64-49.

Turning Point

The Seawolves opened the game on a 13-5 run then hung tough the rest of the first half, heading into halftime with a two-point lead. Syracuse only led 36-34 with 3:24 remaining in the third quarter, before rattling off a 9-1 run. The Seawolves got it back to 45-39 with 8:13 left in the fourth quarter before a 10-0 Syracuse run put the game away.

Inside the Numbers

• The Seawolves took away Syracuse's bread and butter, the three-point line, holding the Orange to a season-low 16.7% (3-18) from behind the arc.
• Stony Brook won the rebounding battle 43-38 behind nine rebounds each from freshman Ogechi Anyagaligbo (Miami, Fla.) and junior Kori Bayne-Walker (Rochester, N.Y.). The nine rebounds tied Bayne-Walker's career-high.
• Stony Brook shot a season-worst 35.3% from the field (18-51), making just 1-14 three-point tries (7.3%).

Notes

• Anyagaligbo led Stony Brook with 17 points, a new career-high.
• Senior Brittany Snow (Shamong, N.J.) scored 12 points. She has scored in double figures in all eight contests this season.
• The Seawolves have outrebounded their opponents in six of eight games this season, including the last four.
• Stony Brook is 3-1 when making at least three three-point field goals and 1-3 when held under that mark.

Up Next 

Stony Brook will use finals week to rejuvenate before a game at Yale on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m.