BANGOR, Maine – Stony Brook women's basketball begins America East action on Wednesday evening, traveling to Maine for a 7 p.m. contest.
Last Time Out
- 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.
- 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.
Conference Play
- Stony Brook enters conference action with an 8-5 record, building both a five-game winning streak and three-game winning streak in non-conference action.
- The Seawolves went 5-11 in America East play last season, winning two of their final three regular season conference games.
Scouting Maine
- Maine is 7-6 so far in 2017-18, going 4-1 at home.
- The Black Bears topped Boston College, 61-40, its last time out on Dec. 28.
- The Seawolves are 18-19 all-time vs. Maine in the Division I era, falling 78-71 (OT) the last time the two programs met on Feb. 12, 2017 in Bangor.
Head Coach Caroline McCombs
- Caroline McCombs is in her fourth season as the head coach of the Stony Brook women's basketball team in 2017-18, as the Seawolves' head coach has risen among the winningest coaches in Stony Brook's Division I era.
- With eight victories to begin the 2017-18 season, McCombs has now won 54 games on Long Island – which ranks second among Stony Brook coaches in the Division I era. McCombs guided the Seawolves' program to 17 wins in 2014-15, 17 victories in 2015-16, and 12 wins in 2016-17.
Clark on the Glass
- Junior transfer Cheyenne Clark (Deptford, N.J.) has grabbed 129 rebounds (9.9 per game) in total so far this year, which ranks No. 30 nationally and No. 1 in the America East.
- Clark grabbed 23 rebounds on Dec. 6 vs. Yale, the third-highest single-game rebound total for any player in the country this season. She then recorded 11 offensive rebounds on Dec. 17 vs. CCSU, and now ranks No. 10 in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (5.0).
Johnson from Distance
Shania Johnson (Frederick, MD.) has drained 36 3-point field goals so far in 13 games (2.77 per game) for the Seawolves, which ranks No. 1 in the America East.
Daunting Defense
- Stony Brook has allowed just 55.2 points per contest, which ranks No. 20 in the nation and best in the America East.
- The program has forced opponents to shoot just 26.3 percent from beyond the arc, which checks in at No. 21 nationally and best in the America East.
- Opponents have shot just 37.4 percent from the floor vs. the Seawolves.
America East Weekly Awards
Seawolves' forward
India Pagan was named America East Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday, Dec. 18. The first-year forward tallied 19 points and 10 rebounds on 9-of-11 shooting in a pair of Stony Brook wins.
Stony Brook has earned three America East weekly award honors so far this year:
Preseason Poll
The Seawolves were selected to finish No. 8 in the 2017-18 America East Women's Basketball Coaches' Poll, as announced by the conference on Oct. 19, 2017. Stony Brook received 16 total votes in the poll. New Hampshire was voted as the unanimous league favorite, garnering 64 total votes.
Next Up
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,
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