STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook University women's basketball team (5-5, 0-0 CAA) came out victorious in the clash of New York State teams, as the squad knocked of St. Francis Brooklyn (1-10, 0-0 NEC), 75-59, inside The Island.
The Seawolves' offense was paced by four different student-athletes finishing with over 10 points for the second time this season as graduate guard
Anastasia Warren, senior guard
Gigi Gonzalez, junior guard
Shamarla King and sophomore forward
Sherese Pittman combined for 57 of Stony Brook's 75 points on Saturday afternoon.
The tandem of Warren and Gonzalez gave the Seawolves their first 12 points of the game after Warren cashed in on her first two three point attempts and Gonzalez knocking down her next two three pointers. The squad would keep the momentum on their side following a layup by junior forward
Nyajuok Toang that gave Stony Brook an 11 point lead and capped off its 10-0 run with two minutes remaining in the first quarter. The Seawolves would head to the second quarter with a nine point lead as St Francis Brooklyn's junior forward Bella Green converted a driving layup to decrease the Terrier's deficit to seven before Gonzalez answered back with her own driving layup with 24 seconds left to play in the first quarter.
Stony Brook did not let up in the second quarter and took its biggest lead of the half from a three pointer by junior guard
Kelis Corley to give the squad a 30-15 hold with 4:30 left in the half. The Terriers did fight back and cut the lead to five points, but a buzzer-beater by Gonzalez gave the Seawolves a 36-29 lead heading into half.
After halftime, Stony Brook did not slow down as it outscored St. Francis Brooklyn by nine points and shot a blazing 15-of-28 from the field (53.6%) in the second half. Pittman was a wrecking force in the paint during the third quarter, scoring eight points to push the lead to 11 points with just 10 minutes remaining.
Warren took control in the fourth quarter, scoring seven of her team-high 21 points to lead the Seawolves to a 75-59 victory. Stony Brook's biggest lead came in the final 48 seconds of the contest when it increased the deficit to 17 after freshman guard
Khalis Whiting converted two free throws.
STATS AND NOTES
- Warren led the team with a 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field and went 5-of-7 from beyond the arc. It was the fourth time this season that the Georgia native tallied more than 20 points; she leads the team with 15.4 points per game. Warren also added three rebounds in 35 minutes of play.
- Gonzalez tallied 13 points on 5-of-12 shooting from the field and went 3-of-5 from the three point line. The guard also recorded a season-high seven assists and tied a career-high with seven rebounds. The senior is coming off a career-high 28 point performance on Wednesday against Columbia.
- King tied a career-high with 13 points this afternoon and was one rebound shy of her career high after finishing with eight.
- Pittman tallied her seventh game with at least 10 points, as the James Madison transfer scored 10 points and collected eight rebounds.
- Toang scored a season-high four points and three rebounds.
- The 10 steals by the squad was the second most this season for Stony Brook (11 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi).
- The Seawolves had a season-high in three pointers made (11) and three point percentage (.500).
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NEXT UP
Stony Brook returns to action when it takes on Maryland Eastern Shore at Island Federal Arena on Wednesday, December 21. Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. It will mark the second meeting in program history, as the Seawolves defeated the Hawks, 64-53, on February 10, 2000 in Maryland.
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