PORTLAND, Maine – The Stony Brook women's basketball team gave top-seeded New Hampshire all it could handle in the 2017 America East quarterfinals, but a late UNH push lifted the Wildcats to a 58-49 victory over the No. 8-seed Seawolves Saturday at Cross Insurance Arena. In the defeat, the Seawolves close out the year at 12-18, while the Wildcats improve to 26-4.
Coach McCombs' Take
"Credit to New Hampshire … They're the No. 1 team in the league. Their go-to players really stepped up and were efficient. I feel that our team played hard possession-by-possession and gave us an opportunity to win the ballgame, but New Hampshire is the No. 1 team for a reason and they were able to close it out at the end."
Turning Point
The contest featured six ties and 11 lead changes before New Hampshire grabbed the lead for good in the final minute of the third quarter, taking a 40-38 lead into the final frame. The Wildcats would open up a seven-point advantage before senior
Christa Scognamiglio (Orangeburg, N.Y.) answered with a three-pointer to cut the deficit to 49-45 with 2:15 remaining. New Hampshire would put the game away from the free-throw line, scoring seven of their final nine points from the charity stripe for the nine-point victory.
By the Numbers
- Senior
Elizabeth Manner (Vienna, Va.) led the Seawolves with 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting.
- Sophomore
Davion Wingate (Atlanta, Ga.) added 13 points – with 12 coming in the first half – while senior
Kori Bayne-Walker (Rochester, N.Y.) chipped in 10 points and five assists.
- Scognamiglio tallied six points, nine rebounds and four steals.
- Junior
Aaliyah Worley (Philadelphia, Pa.) grabbed six rebounds.
- New Hampshire shot 50-percent from the field while holding Stony Brook to 37.3-percent.
- Stony Brook limited New Hampshire to 1-for-7 from beyond the arc.
Notes
- Stony Brook falls to 15-23 against New Hampshire in the Division I era. The Wildcats took all three meetings in 2016-17.
- Bayne-Walker finishes her Stony Brook career with 1,045 points and as the program's all-time leader in assists at 471, while placing fifth in program history with 116 games played.
- Bayne-Walker's 130 assists this season were tied for fourth in a single season in program history.
- Scognamiglio's 147 career made three-pointers rank third in program history. Her 47 makes this season rank sixth in a single season.
