Stony Brook (6-22, 3-13 AE) is the No. 8 seed in next week’s America East tournament and will take on No. 9 Maine in the opening round on Thursday at Chase Arena at 6:05 p.m. The winner will take on top-seeded UMBC in the quarterfinal round on Friday at 6:05 p.m.
Cochran added eight rebounds for the Seawolves, who held the Bearcats (18-11, 11-5 AE) without a field goal for 12 minutes in the second half. The 37 points was the fewest allowed by Stony Brook since a 46-37 win over Albany last season. Sophomore Sam Landers (Springfield, Va.) added 13 points while junior Tamiel Murray (Teaneck, N.J.) had a career-high 14 rebounds and six assists.
The game was close early with the Seawolves leading by just one midway through the first half. But Cochran then scored an inside hoop and Landers followed with a three to push the SBU lead to six.
Stony Brook led 28-19 following a three-point play from sophomore Gerda Gatling (Woodbridge, Va.) with 43 seconds left before a Jackie Ward lay-up cut the Seawolves lead to 28-21 at the break. Cochran’s 11 first half points matched her career-high as she went 4-for-8 from the field and 3-for-5 from the foul line.
The Seawolves took control of the game at the start of the second half, scoring the first seven points of the period to take a 35-21 lead. The Bearcats got within nine on a Ward jumper with 15:52 to go but Stony Brook then held Binghamton without a field goal for the next 12 minutes.
Without Binghamton struggling to score, the Seawolves slowly pulled away. The SBU lead grew to as many as 19 on a lay-up from sophomore Taylor Burner (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) with 4:15 left before a three from Ward finally ended the Bearcat drought.
Cochran finished the game 7-for-14 from the field and 8-for-14 from the line. The Seawolves America East Player of the Game, she also had two blocks and steal in her 32 minutes.
Binghamton scored just 16 second-half points and shot 29.2 percent for the game. Ward went 4-for-8 from three and was named the Bearcats America East Player of the Game
