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Vestal, N.Y. — After trumping Albany in its home finale, the Stony Brook women’s basketball will look to lock up the third seed for the America East Championship with a win at Binghamton Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Last Time Out

Senior Sabre Proctor scored 17 of her game-high 21 points in the second half to lift Stony Brook (16-11, 9-5 America East) to a 68-64 win over Albany Sunday. The loss was the first for Albany to a conference opponent on the road since Feb. 26, 2011 at UMBC, a span of 30 games. Junior Brittany Snow scored 17 points, and sophomore Kori Bayne-Walker added 14 points, five assists and five steals. 

Scouting the Bearcats       

Binghamton (4-23, 2-12) fell to Maine, 70-56, at home Saturday. Jasmine Sina is the Bearcats’s leading scorer (14.9 PPG). 

Series History vs. the Bearcats      

Stony Brook outrebounded Binghamton, 46-21, in a 67-54 home triumph Jan. 25. The Seawolves have taken the last five meetings from Binghamton and are 17-20 in the all-time series.

The New House

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 travels to Hartford Sunday for its final game of the regular season. Tip-off is 2 p.m.