No. 4 Stony Brook (18-11, 10-6 AE) vs. No. 5 New Hampshire (18-11, 9-7 AE)
LOCATION	Cross Insurance Arena | Portland, Maine
DATE | TIME	Saturday, March 24, 2018 | 2:15 p.m.
COVERAGE	Live Stats | Live Video (ESPN 3)
GAME NOTES	Stony Brook
SOCIAL	@StonyBrookWBB

PORTLAND, M.E. – Stony Brook women's basketball travels to Portland, Maine, this weekend to begin postseason play in the America East Championship. The No. 4 Seawolves will square off with No. 5 New Hampshire on Saturday, March 3 at 2:15 p.m. – the second-straight year the two programs have met in the America East quarterfinal round.
 
2017-18 Season
• Stony Brook finished the 2017-18 regular season winning 10 of its last 13 contests, posting an overall record of 18-11 (10-6 AE) to earn the No. 4 seed in the postseason conference tournament.
• The Seawolves earned 18 total wins during the regular season, the most under head coach Caroline McCombs since she took over as head coach of the program prior to the start of the 2014-15 season.
 
Scouting New Hampshire
• No. 5 New Hampshire finished the regular season with an 18-11 (9-7 AE) overall record, winning three of its last four contests.
• The Wildcats feature two of the top 10 scorers in the America East this season. Carlie Pogue has posted 15.1 points per game so far, while Olivia Healy has scored 12.7 points per contest. Pogue is one of just three players in program history to score at least 1,500 points and have 700 rebounds in her career.
• Stony Brook and New Hampshire split the season series this year. The Wildcats won the first matchup between the two programs (51-50) on Jan. 21 at Island Federal Credit Union Arena, then the Seawolves earned the win (62-56) on Feb. 17 in Durham.
• The Seawolves are 16-24 all-time vs. UNH (Division I era) heading into Saturday's contest. The Wildcats have won four of the last five meetings, including last year's America East Quarterfinal matchup (58-49) on March 4, 2017.
• After Saturday's contest, Stony Brook and UNH will have met in four of the last six postseasons.
 
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 18 victories so far in the 2017-18 season, McCombs has now won 64 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.
 
Chasing the Program's 3-Point Record
• The Seawolves have sunk 184 3-point field goals so far in 2017-18, needing just two more to break the program's all-time single-season record (185), which was set in 2016-17.
 
Controlling the Boards
• Stony Brook is 14-0 so far in 2017-18 when out-rebounding its opponent.
• The Seawolves rank No. 1 in the America East in rebound margin (+3.8)
 
3-Point Offense/Defense
• The Seawolves are shooting 32.6 percent from distance, which ranks No. 2 in the conference to date.
• The Seawolves have forced opponents to shoot just 27.0 percent from 3-point distance so far this season, which ranks No. 1 in the conference and No. 9 nationally. Stony Brook featured a top-40 scoring defense in 2016-17, as the program stifled opponents from beyond the arc, allowing the third-fewest three-pointers in the nation.
 
Success from the Charity Stripe
• Stony Brook has knocked down 64-of-81 free throws over its last six contests (79.0 percent).
 
Shania Johnson
• Shania Johnson (Frederick, MD.) has drained 90 3-point field goals so far for the Seawolves, which ranks No. 1 in the America East and No. 15 nationally.
• Johnson's 90 3-point­ers made so far this year sets a new single-season program record, surpassing Julie Szabo's total of 76 shots from distance in 1999-2000.
• Johnson has scored double-digit point totals in 23 of 29 games this year, and ranks fifth in the conference in scoring (15.7 points per game).
 
Jerell Matthews
• Jerell Matthews (Chicago, Ill.) has recorded double-digit point totals in 22 of 29 games so far this year for the Seawolves.
• Matthews has shot 38.6 percent from distance this year, which currently ranks best in the conference.
 
Cheyenne Clark
• Junior transfer Cheyenne Clark (Deptford, N.J.) has grabbed 9.4 rebound per game so far this season, which ranks No. 2 in the America East behind Binghamton's Alyssa James (10.0 rebounds per contest).
• Clark grabbed 23 rebounds on Dec. 6 vs. Yale, which ties the Seawolves' single-game program record. She then recorded 11 offensive rebounds on Dec. 17 vs. CCSU.
 
Next Up
• The winner of the Stony Brook-New Hampshire matchup will advance to the AE Semifinals, which will take place on Sunday, March 4 at Cross Insurance Arena.