Women's Basketball Dominant in Win Over St. Francis (N.Y.) 71-40
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Behind a pair of double-doubles from senior Joia Daniels (Silver Spring, Md.) and sophomore Destiny Jacobs (Glen Burnie, Md.), Stony Brook University's women's basketball team toppled St. Francis (N.Y.), 71-40, on Sunday afternoon in Pritchard Gymnasium. Junior Kirsten Jeter(Elmont, N.Y.) led all scorers with 20. Stony Brook improves to 2-5 with the win while St. Francis drops to 0-7 (0-1 NEC).
"This victory is big for our confidence," said head coach Michele Cherry. "This was the closest we've come to playing a complete game all year and I'm proud of the energy we came with today."
Proof of the Seawolves' energy could be found in the way they attacked the offensive glass. Stony Brook grabbed a season-high 26 offensive rebounds and 57 total rebounds. Jacobs had a team-best 11 boards while Daniels, who was named the America East Player of the Game, finished with ten.
All the offensive rebounds gave the Seawolves extra chances to score, which they took advantage of to the tune of 27 second chance points. One of those buckets came during a 8-0 run by the Seawolves when Daniels grabbed a pair of offensive rebounds before scoring a layup to put SBU in front 14-7.
When Stony Brook wasn't using the offensive glass to score points they were capitalizing off mistakes made by St. Francis. The Seawolves forced the Terriers into 22 total turnovers, converting them into 29 points.
Leading by 12 at intermission, SBU used a 20-8 run to start the second half to pull away from the Terriers. Stony Brook's lead would grow to as many as 27 on a jumper by Daniels with 9:31 remaining before St. Francis made a run. Behind five points from Jacinda Williams, the Terriers rattled off eight unanswered points in just under two minutes to pull within 19 at 56-37. However, a baseline jumper from junior Misha Horsey (Wyncote, Pa.) would snap a four-minute scoreless streak from the Seawolves and return the lead to more than 20 points. Stony Brook's defense would close the game out as they held the Terriers without a field goal for the final 4:48 of the half.
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Stony Brook's starting backcourt of Horsey and freshman Sam Landers (Springfield, Va.) combined to score 16 points, grab seven boards and dish out five assists. Senior Crystal Rushin (Valley Stream, N.Y.) was solid for the Seawolves off the bench, recording eight points and seven rebounds.
SBU's next game will be a home contest against Fairfield on Wednesday night. Tip is set for 7:00 p.m. and tickets can be bought online at www.goseawolves.org.
