Sophomore Amanda Corona (North Hollywood, Calif.) added a career-high 13 points for the Seawolves while sophomore Sam Landers (Springfield, Va.) chipped in with 11. Junior Destiny Jacobs (Glen Burnie, Md.) led the Seawolves with eight rebounds.
Hofstra jumped to an 8-0 lead before Landers hit a three from the right-wing for Stony Brook's first bucket of the game. An inside hoop from sophomore Talisha Bridges (Kalamazoo, Mich.) got Stony Brook within 10-5 but the Pride answered with back-to-back three-pointers to make it 16-5.
The Pride pushed their lead to 24-8 with 13 minutes to go in the first half but senior Misha Horsey (Wyncote, Pa.) then hit a jumper and Plikus followed with a three to make it 24-13. Junior Tamiel Murray (Teaneck, N.J.) hit two free throws with 8:27 left to get Stony Brook within nine and Plikus then nailed back-to-back threes to make it 26-23 with seven minutes left.
Hofstra answered with seven straight points though to push its lead back to 10 before Jacobs hit two free throws. Horsey then knocked down a baseline jumper to make it 33-27 with just less than three minutes remaining.
Stony Brook went into the break trailing 38-32 after Landers hit one of two free throws with 2.8 seconds left. Plikus led the Seawolves with nine first half points.
Hofstra scored the first five points of the second half before senior Kirsten Jeter (Elmont, N.Y.) scored on a driving lay-up. Landers followed with a short jumper and Jeter then answered a Hofstra hoop with a three-point play to make it 45-39.
An Evans put-back gave the Pride a 49-39 lead with 15 minutes to go and Capurso then completed a three-point play to give Hofstra a 13-point advantage.
The Pride built their lead to as many as 17 before Corona hit threes on three straight Stony Brook possessions to cut the Hofstra lead to 11. Jacobs then scored inside to trim the Seawolves deficit to nine and force a Hofstra timeout with 8:46 remaining.
Stony Brook still trailed by nine followed a put-back hoop from Jeter but Marie Malone then converted a three-point play to make it 72-60 with just over five minutes left. The Seawolves pulled within seven on a three from Landers with 53.8 seconds left but Aamira Terry hit two free throws on the other end.
Plikus then had her three-point attempt rattle in and out on the other end to seal the game for the Pride. Stony Brook forced 24 Hofstra turnovers but the Pride shot 42.1 percent from the field and 30-for-37 from the free throw line including 21-for-25 in the second half.
The Seawolves return to action next Wednesday, hosting Nicholls State at Pritchard Gymnasium. Game time is set for 4 p.m.
