Stony Brook, N.Y. - The Stony Brook women's basketball team plays its first home game of America East play when the Seawolves host Maine Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Island Federal Credit Union Arena.

Game 16  //  Maine (8-9, 2-1 AE) at Stony Brook (7-8, 0-2 AE)
Date & Time Saturday, Jan. 14  //  1 p.m.
Location Island Federal Credit Union Arena  //  Stony Brook, N.Y.  //  Tickets
Game Coverage ESPN3 (PxP: Carl Reuter; Color: Curt Hylton) //  90.1 WUSB (PxP: Cam Boon; Color: Joe Caccavale)  //  Live Stats
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Notes Stony Brook  //  Maine
 

Scouting the Black Bears
Maine evened its record to 9-9 with a 65-44 victory over UMass Lowell Wednesday in Lowell. The Black Bears are 2-1 in America East play with wins over UMBC and UMass Lowell following a loss at Vermont in their conference opener.

Sigi Koizar leads Maine with 14.0 points per game but has missed the last three games. Freshman Laia Sole has chipped in a pair of 20-point outings in Koizar's absence.

All-Time vs. Maine
Stony Brook and Maine have played 35 times in the Seawolves' Division I history with the Black Bears holding an 18-17 edge. Maine won all three meetings a year ago, including in the America East semis.

Seawolves Outlasted at Albany
Stony Brook went 23-of-25 from the free-throw line, but Albany pulled away late for a 64-54 victory over the Seawolves Jan. 7. Christa Scognamiglio and Aaliyah Worley each had 13 points.

Bayne-Walker Approaches Program Assist Record
Senior Kori Bayne-Walker ranks second in program history with 411 career assists. The Seawolves point guard enters Saturday six assists shy of Mykeema Ford's all-time record of 417 set in 2007. Bayne-Walker is also the Seawolves' active scoring leader with 868 points.

Bayne-Walker's 411 career assists are the second-most among active America East players, trailing only the 415 from UMBC's Taylor McCarley.

The senior point guard's 4.7 assists per game this season rank second in the America East.

1, 2, 3, 4... Pressure
Stony Brook is 5-2 this year in games decided by five points or less. The Seawolves have three wins decided by two points or less.

Start Me Up
Sophomore Davion Wingate is averaging 14.6 points per game in eight contests since joining the starting lineup for the Dec. 11 win at Central Connecticut.

Wingate has been in double figures in six of the eight games, which includes a pair of 20-point performances at the Florida Sunshine Classic against Florida A&M and Indiana. 

Wingate has led the Seawolves in scoring in five of the last seven games.

Wingate Among Nation's Best from the Line
Sophomore Davion Wingate is 11th in the nation through Wednesday with a 91.1-percent mark from the free-throw line. Wingate is 41-for-45 from the charity stripe this year and made her first 31 free throws of the season.

Capitalizing from the Line in the State Capital
Stony Brook was 23-of-25 from the free-throw line Jan. 7 at Albany. The 92-percent mark was fifth in the nation this year among teams that attempted at least 25 free throws in a single game.

Three Stats on Christa's Threes
Senior Christa Scognamiglio passed Kelly Watson (2003-07) Jan. 7 for third in program history with 124 made three-pointers.

Scognamiglio's six threes at Central Connecticut (Dec. 11) were tied for the fourth-most in a single-game in program history, and the most since Mykeema Ford hit a program-record seven three-pointers at Boston University, Jan. 28, 2004.

Scognamiglio's 124 three-pointers rank third behind Ford, who hit 181 from 2003-07 and Donna Fennessy, who made 170 from 1994-98.

Next Up: UMass Lowell
Stony Brook will play a Martin Luther King Day matinee vs. UMass Lowell Monday at 2 p.m.