BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Stony Brook women's basketball team was held off by Vermont, 53-43, Saturday afternoon at Patrick Gymnasium. In the defeat, the Seawolves drop to 9-12 and 2-6 in the America East, while the Catamounts improve to 6-14 and 3-5 in conference play.
 
Turning Point
After a 6-0 Catamounts run to open the contest, Stony Brook was neck-and-neck with Vermont all the way to the fourth-quarter media timeout, trailing 43-42 with four minutes to go. Vermont would close out the game on a 10-1 run for the 10-point victory.
 
By the Numbers
- Senior Elizabeth Manner (Vienna, Va.) led the Seawolves with 14 points, with 10 coming in the second half.
- Senior Kori Bayne-Walker (Rochester, N.Y.) and sophomore Davion Wingate (Atlanta, Ga.) each chipped in nine points.
- Wingate and senior Christa Scognamiglio (Orangeburg, N.Y.) each had three steals in the contest.
- Stony Brook was limited to a season-low 25.9-percent shooting from the field.
 
Notes
- Stony Brook matched a season-best by committing just nine turnovers.
- Manner was in double figures in scoring for the eighth time this season.
- Bayne-Walker's nine points bring her to 922 for her career.
- The Seawolves fall to 14-18 all-time against Vermont.
 
Up Next
The Seawolves return home to host New Hampshire Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the first game of a Stony Brook-New Hampshire doubleheader. Tickets for the single-admission doubleheader are available by clicking HERE.