FARMVILLE, Va. – The Stony Brook University women's basketball team (2-0) picked up where it left off on opening night as it earned an 82-63 victory at Longwood (0-2) on Friday afternoon. The Seawolves received 49 combined points from senior guard
Anastasia Warren and junior guard
Gigi Gonzalez. Warren poured in a game-high 29 points, while Gonzalez scored a career-high 20 points.
After a back and forth first quarter, the Seawolves built a lead in the second. Gonzalez did a bulk of her scoring in the first half as 14 of her 20 points came over the first 20 minutes of play. The Seawolves shot at a high percentage in the first half as they shot 52.0 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from three. Stony Brook carried a 39-32 lead into the second half of the contest.
Stony Brook took control of the game in the second half behind Warren, who scored 20 of her 29 points over the final 20 minutes of the ball game. Longwood stayed within striking distance in the third quarter by cutting Stony Brook's lead to as little as two points, 47-45, with 5:10 to play in the frame. From that point forward, the Seawolves went on to outscore the Lancers, 35-18, en route to its first road win of the season.
The Seawolves shot at a high-percentage all day long. For the game, Stony Brook shot 45.0 percent from the field (27-of-60), 42.1 percent from three (8-of-19), and 87.0 percent from the free-throw line (20-of-23). As a team, the Seawolves dished out 16 assists and scored 23 points off turnovers. Stony Brook won the battle for the boards, 48-30.
STATS AND NOTES
- Head coach Ashley Langford becomes the second Stony Brook women's basketball head coach to start their career (2-0) at the helm. Langford joins Stony Brook Hall of Famer Dec McMullen who also started his career (2-0) in 1982.
- It was the first time scoring 80 or more points in back-to-back games since November 2018. It was the fourth time in Stony Brook's Division I era that it has done so.
- Warren scored a game-high 29 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the floor and 5-of-8 from three-point range. She shot a perfect 8-of-8 from the free-throw line. Her five made threes tied a career-high and her eight made free-throws were a new career-high. 20 of her 29 points came in the second half. The guard added six rebounds and three assists in 33 minutes of action.
- Gonzalez scored a career-high 20 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field. The guard dished out four assists, grabbed three rebounds, and swiped a pair of steals. She shot 8-of-9 from the free-throw line. Her five made field goals and eight made free-throws were both career-highs.
- Senior guard Earlette Scott tallied 10 points, seven rebounds, and three assists. Scott was matched up with Longwood's leading scorer and helped limit her to seven points on 3-of-17 shooting.
- Graduate forward McKenzie Bushee scored nine points on 4-of-6 shooting and pulled down eight rebounds.
- Graduate forward India Pagan scored eight points and recorded four rebounds. Pagan now has 1,119 points in her career and is tied with Agnes Ferro for 14th-place on the all-time scoring list. Pagan made her 94th start, which ties her for eighth all-time at Stony Brook.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I was pleased with our performance today. We talked a lot about mental focus will win games on the road and we were able to do that today.
I'm also proud of the way we stepped up as a whole team. Leighah was in foul trouble but Kelis, Nairi, and Kenzie did a good job keeping up the intensity at that position. Also, Annie and Gigi were outstanding and really showed great poise and confidence.
Earlette was solid as usual and does so many little things for us including guarding McMakin who is a talented wing. We were able to hold a good Longwood team to 34 percent shooting and won the boards; two areas we know we needed to control in order to win," said coach Langford.
NEXT UP
Stony Brook returns to the Island Federal Arena on Sunday, November 14, when it faces St. John's at 2 p.m. The game is set to air on
ESPN+ with
Sam Neidermann (play-by-play) and Rob Pavinelli (analyst) on the call. Be sure to
purchase your tickets now to be a part of the action!
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