STONY BROOK, N.Y. — For the second straight day, the Stony Brook women's basketball team trailed Binghamton by a point at halftime on Sunday.

And for the second straight day, the Seawolves flexed their muscles after halftime.

Stony Brook rallied for a 55-47 win against Binghamton to sweep the consecutive games at Island Federal Arena to open America East play.

"We talk about our strength being in our numbers and I believe that was important in these back-to-back games," said head coach Caroline McCombs. "It took us a while to get in a flow, but we were able to raise our intensity in spurts. Our focus is going to be putting together a complete game which is what we need to do in these early conference games."

Stony Brook (4-2, 2-0 AE) missed its first six field goals of the game, until Asiah Dingle converted with 4 minutes, 23 seconds remaining in the first quarter. However, Binghamton failed to take advantage and the score was still tied at 4 at that point.

The Bearcats nonetheless built as much as a 10-point lead in the second quarter. Yet Stony Brook only trailed by a point at halftime thanks to an 11-2 run to close the period.

Earlette Scott sparked the streak when she drained a three-pointer out of a timeout. Nairimar Vargas-Reyes' layup with 10 seconds remaining before intermission pulled Stony Brook within 27-26.

The Seawolves then produced an 9-0 run to open the third quarter — with seven  of the points coming from India Pagan — and led the rest of the way.

Dingle, Vargas-Reyes and Pagan all scored in double-figures.

Stony Brook similarly used a 23-11 third quarter on Saturday to defeat Binghamton in the conference opener, 61-52.

Stony Brook next hits the road for consecutive games against UMass Lowell next Sunday and Monday.