DURHAM, N.H. – The Stony Brook women's basketball team kept things rolling in conference play, topping New Hampshire, 82-63, at Lundholm Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. The Seawolves now improve to 14-3 on the season and 3-1 in America East play.
 
Redshirt sophomore F Oksana Gouchie-Provencher (Montreal, Canada) had herself quite the birthday, recording a career-high 29 points to lead all players on the court. Sophomore F India Pagan (New London, Conn.) was just one point shy of her career high, adding in 19 and senior G Shania Johnson (Frederick, Md.) earned her seventh double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 assists.
 
McCOMBS REACTION
"I thought we were very good offensively tonight as we had four players in double figures. We also shared the ball well with 25 assists. I thought we attacked the basket better than we have been and got to the free throw line, which was very important in our game plan."
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Stony Brook only trailed New Hampshire for one minute and 26 seconds before tying things up 12-12 in the first quarter following a jumper by Gouchie-Provencher.
• The Seawolves stole the lead for good right after as Johnson sank a three at the midway point of the period en route to a 19-17 lead at the first break.
• The second quarter saw the team run out to a 27-17 lead following an 8-0 spurt – capped off by a three from Gouchie-Provencher – that forced the Wildcats to take a timeout.
• Heading into halftime with a 40-29 advantage, Gouchie-Provencher had already matched her previous career high in points (14) while Johnson tallied seven assists.
• Gouchie-Provencher was unstoppable on the floor in the third quarter as she collected nine points from 80 percent shooting.
• She notched a new career high just 46 seconds into the third after receiving a pass from freshman G Anastasia Warren (Atlanta, Ga.) and went on to make two more baskets in a row to increase Stony Brook's lead to 13.
• The Seawolves' biggest lead was by 24 (76-52) with 5:14 remaining in the contest as Johnson connected with Gouchie-Provencher.
• Johnson got her double-double at the 6:35 mark of the fourth quarter after dishing out her 10th assist to sophomore G/F Jonae Cox (Portsmouth, Va.), who put in a three to garner a season-high 10 points.
• The team had its best shooting of the season, hitting 53.6 percent from the floor including 53.8 percent from long range.

NOTES

• Along with her career high in points, Gouchie-Provencher was just one rebound away from tying her career's best in rebounds (10).
• Cox had career highs in rebounds (7) and assists (5) in addition to her season's best in points (10).
• Stony Brook kept New Hampshire well below its rebounding average (31.8) as the Wildcats were only able to haul in 22 boards on the day.
• The Seawolves scored 36 in the paint, 17 off of second chance opportunities and 15 from turnovers.
• Johnson, the national leader in assists, now ranks fifth in program history in both career assists (308) and single-season assists (139).

UP NEXT
Stony Brook is back on its home court next Saturday, Jan. 19, hosting Maine for a 2 p.m. meeting at the Island Federal Arena.