STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook women's basketball team kept its winning ways up on Tuesday night, topping Molloy by a score of 66-49 at the Island Federal Arena.
 
Graduate student G Kaela Hilaire (Queens, N.Y.) produced 17 points along with nine assists, three rebounds and one steal to pace the team offensively. Graduate student F Cheyenne Clark (Deptford, N.J.) pulled down five defensive rebounds (eight total), notched two steals and blocked one shot to lead the defensive efforts.

The Seawolves have now won four in a row to improve to 7-1 on the season and remain perfect (4-0) on its home court.

McCOMBS REACTION
"I thought we came out strong tonight and threw the first punch but Molloy didn't back down, punched right back, and made their run. When we locked-in defensively, good things happened for our team today."

HIGHLIGHTS

• Stony Brook ran out the gates in the first quarter, outscoring Molloy 24-10 from 44.4 percent shooting while holding to Lions to just 13.3 percent.
• The Seawolves knocked down four triples in that quarter, including back-to-back threes from sophomore G Anastasia Warren (Atlanta, Ga.).
• Molloy crawled back into the game in the second quarter, cutting its deficit to just one at one point as Stony Brook made just three field goals.
• Coming back from the locker room with a 31-25 advantage at the half, Stony Brook turned it back on in the third quarter, going on a 15-point run to pull away.
• Hilaire put up seven points in that period while junior G Hailey Zeise (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and junior F India Pagan (New London, Conn.) each chipped in three points to get the team back on track.
• The squad got up by as much as 24 in the final quarter after junior G Victoria Johnson (Camden, Miss.) swished through two free throws.
• Pagan (11) and Warren (10) hit double-digits in scoring along with Hilaire.

NOTES

• Stony Brook forced 18 Molloy turnovers and earned 19 points from them.
• The Seawolves also had strong contributions from the bench, notching 20 points from the reserves.
• The home team shot 39.3 percent from beyond the arc and was 11-12 from the free throw line.
• Junior G Jonae Cox (Portsmouth, Va.) tied her season high in scoring (9) from three 3-pointers.
• Sophomore G Courtney Furr (Elkridge, Md.) knocked down a three in the fourth quarter to record her first points of the season.
• Hilaire has now scored double-figures in seven games this season, including four with 15 or more.
• Redshirt junior Oksana Gouchie-Provencher (Montreal, Canada) is just one block away from cracking into the program's top-10 list in career blocks.

UP NEXT
Stony Brook hits the road for Pittsburgh this weekend, facing Pitt for a 2 p.m. matchup this Sunday, Dec. 8.

Don't miss your chance to see the Seawolves take on Bucknell when they return home to the Island Federal Arena on Sunday, Dec. 29 for a double-header with the men's team. All of the action is set to begin at 2 p.m.