STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook University women's basketball team (12-2, 3-1 America East) returned to Island Federal Arena and picked up a gritty win over Vermont (7-7, 1-2 America East), 65-59, on Wednesday night. The Seawolves were paced by four student-athletes who scored in double figures to lead the team to their league leading 12
th win of the season.
With the victory, Stony Brook extended its winning streak to three games in a row and are winners of five out of their last six games. Senior guard
Anastasia Warren led the Seawolves in scoring as she poured in 16 points en route to the win.
Warren was joined by graduate forward
Leighah-Amori Wool, graduate forward
India Pagan, and senior guard
Earlette Scott, who all scored in double-digits. Wool finished with 12 points, while Pagan and Scott each chipped in 11 points apiece.
The Seawolves took a 30-29 lead into the halftime break as they outscored Vermont, 12-9, in the second quarter to take a narrow one-point advantage. Warren led Stony Brook with eight points in the first half and converted her 100
th career three-pointer with 8:14 to play in the first quarter.
Stony Brook was able to build its lead in the second half and a 7-0 scoring run down the stretch helped seal the game for the hosts. The Seawolves' lead grew to as large as 11 points with 2:43 to play in the game. The Catamounts were able to cut Stony Brook's advantage to as little as two points, 59-57, with 33 seconds to play.
Timely free-throw shooting was able to seal the win for the Seawolves. Stony Brook went 6-of-6 from the free-throw line over the final 22 seconds to close out the game. Senior forward
Nairimar Vargas-Reyes converted four of those free-throws and came up with a crucial offensive rebound to help Stony Brook clinch the victory.
STATS AND NOTES
- Warren led the team with 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field and went 4-of-6 from three-point range. The guard knocked down the 100th three-pointer of her career. Warren is one of nine Stony Brook student-athletes to convert 100 or more threes in her career and currently sits in eighth-place with 103 made triples.
- Wool finished the game with a near double-double as she totaled 12 points and eight rebounds in 26 minutes of action. She has scored in double figures in each of the Seawolves' last four games.
- Pagan recorded 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field, pulled down seven rebounds, and swiped a season-high three steals. Pagan has scored at least 11 points and corralled at least seven rebounds in each of the last three games.
- Vargas-Reyes was a spark plug off the bench for Stony Brook as she scored eight points and grabbed seven rebounds in 17 minutes of play. She was perfect from the free-throw line as she converted 6-of-6 from the stripe.
- Scott appeared in her 100th career game tonight (played 67 games at Providence and 33 games at Stony Brook). She finished with 11 points, six rebounds, and two steals.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
NEXT UP
Stony Brook is back on the court when it travels to Durham, N.H. to face New Hampshire on Sunday, January 16, at 1 p.m. The Seawolves and Wildcats split the season series last season with UNH coming away with a 52-49 win on January 16, 2021. Stony Brook bounced back to knock off New Hampshire, 64-41, the very next day on January 17.
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