CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Stony Brook women's basketball dropped its 2017-18 non-conference finale at Harvard, 60-53, on Sunday afternoon at Lavietes Pavilion. With the loss, the Seawolves fall to 8-5 so far this season.

Quoting Head Coach Caroline McCombs
"Give credit to Harvard who is an excellent team. I thought we went head to head with them the entire game, with both teams making respective runs. In the fourth quarter they just made one more run that we didn't answer. We have to play for all 40 minutes and continue focusing on ourselves."

Highlights

• Stony Brook shot 19-of-50 (38.0 percent) from the floor in the loss, going 5-of-20 from 3-point distance.
• The Seawolves defense forced 20 turnovers, tied for their third-highest amount of turnovers forced this season.
• Shania Johnson (Frederick, MD.) led the way with 14 points, seven assists and three rebounds. The junior shot 6-of-17 from the floor, nailing two 3-pointers.
• Jerell Matthews (Chicago, Ill.) added 12 points for the Seawolves. She's now recorded double-digit point totals in seven of the last eight contests.
• Cheyenne Clark (Deptford, N.J) scored six points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.  

Notes

• After heading into halftime trailing 27-23, the Seawolves opened up the second half on a 9-0 run over the first 4:06 to take the lead. Matthews scored Stony Brook's first seven points of the third quarter.     
• Stony Brook went 10-of-14 from the line (71.4 percent), sinking 10 or more shots from the foul line for the eighth time in 2017-18.

Next Up
Stony Brook begins America East action on Wednesday, Jan. 3, traveling to Maine for a 7 p.m. tip-off in Bangor.

The Seawolves return to Island Federal Credit Union Arena on Jan. 6, hosting Hartford in America East play. To purchase tickets to all 2017-18 Stony Brook women's basketball home games, CLICK HERE.