STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook women's basketball team (14-9, 8-4 CAA) returned to Island Federal Arena this afternoon and celebrated the Play4Kay - Kay Yow Cancer Fund game with a 70-60 victory over Hofstra University (9-14, 3-9 CAA). This victory gave the Seawolves a season sweep in the Battle of Long Island and they have now won their last six matchups against the Pride.
For just the second time this season, Stony Brook was led by five student-athletes who scored in double figures and tallied 68 of the 70 points for the Seawolves. Leading the way for the squad was graduate guard
Anastasia Warren who scored a team-best 19 points, 14 coming in the first half.
After Stony Brook fell behind, 22-14, at the beginning of the second quarter, their largest deficit, the squad sparked a 17-3 spurt that was capped off by Warren cashing in on a three-pointer, forcing a Hofstra timeout with 2:10 remaining in the half. The Georgia native knocked down three of her five total three-pointers from deep during this spurt.
Senior
Gigi Gonzalez would score four more points at the end of the half to give the Seawolves a 35-29 advantage. In the first 20 minutes of play, Stony Brook dominated the glass by out-rebounding Hofstra 18-12, including 8-3 on the offensive end that led to 11 second-chance points for the Seawolves.
Stony Brook was in control for most of the game and since it trailed, 22-14, in the second quarter, it outscored the Pride, 37-20, over the next period and a half to give themselves a 55-42 lead with one quarter remaining. The squad got contributions from all five starters, as each student-athlete recorded multiple points in the frame.
The Seawolves jumped out to their biggest lead, 62-49, with 7:18 remaining after graduate guard
Daishai Almond captured back-to-back buckets from a driving layup and a forced turnover that led to another layup. Following a run by Hofstra that cut the deficit to two points with 2:49 left, Stony Brook held the Pride scoreless for the remainder of the game as the squad went on an 8-0 run to secure the victory in the Battle of Long Island.
STATS AND NOTES
- Warren finished with a team-best 19 points, 14 of those coming in the first-half, after shooting 7-of-14 from the field, including 5-of-9 from deep. The Georgia native is one three-pointer away from becoming the first player in Stony Brook history to reach 200 career three-point field goals.
- Sophomore Sherese Pittman recorded her sixth double-double of the season and second in as many days after dropping 13 points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds. Pittman has grabbed at least eight rebounds in her last seven games and tallied double-figures in six of the last seven games.
- Gonzalez was a perfect 8-of-8 from the line tonight and dropped 14 total points. The Floridian had a team-high six assists and is second in the CAA by averaging 4.4 per game.
- Almond was 5-of-10 from the field, scoring multiple points in each court and finished with 12 points. The guard also tallied four assists and three rebounds.
- Junior Shamarla King tallied 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds. It was the seventh time in the last game that King captured eight rebounds and fourth time in the last five that she tallied double figures.
- Stony Brook moves to 9-0 this season when they score 70 or more points.
- The Seawolves are 2-0 this season when five or more student athletes reach double figures
- Stony Brook forced 19 turnovers, which led to 22 points off the turnovers compared to the Pride's 11 points off turnovers.
- The starters scored 68 of the 70 points.
- Stony Brook finished with 12 assists, while Hofstra only finished with six.
- This is a season sweep for the Seawolves as they defeated the Pride on New Year's Day, 67-55, in Hempstead, N.Y.
- The Seawolves move to 7-6 all-time against the Pride.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
UP NEXT
The Seawolves will return to the court on Friday night, February 17, to take on the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. It marks the second meeting between the two teams this season, as Stony Brook took the first game on Jan. 26, 80-76. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. and the game will broadcast live on FloHoops.
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