The Seawolves open the conference schedule on Monday, Jan. 3, hosting UMBC Retrievers at Pritchard Gymnasium. Stony Brook swept the season series from the Retrievers last season.
SBU then begins a three-game road trip with a match-up against the Binghamton Bearcats (Jan. 6). The Seawolves defeated the Bearcats, 71-60, in the America East tournament quarterfinals last season. Stony Brook then heads to Burlington to face two-time defending tournament champion Vermont (Jan. 12) before wrapping up the road trip against New Hampshire on Jan. 15.
Stony Brook then hosts a mid-week matchup with reigning regular season champion Boston University on January 13 before traveling to Orono, Maine on January 16 to take on the Black Bears. A tilt against Albany on January 19 is the Seawolves final home game of the first half of the schedule as they finish up on the road with games against Vermont on January 24 and UMBC on January 28. Rounding out a busy January, SBU will host Hartford on January 30 as part of a doubleheader with the men's team which will face Boston University.
The Seawolves return home to face Albany (Jan. 18) before hosting preseason favorite Boston University on Jan. 20. Stony Brook then begins another three-game road trip on Jan. 23, heading to Orono to face off against the Black Bears.
Following a contest against 2010 regular season champion Hartford (Jan. 26), the Seawolves begin the second half of conference season at UMBC on Jan. 29. SBU will play five of its final seven regular season games at home beginning with Vermont on Feb. 5
New Hampshire and Maine then visit Pritchard Gymnasium on Feb. 9 and 12, respectively, before the Seawolves hit the road to take on Albany (Feb. 17). SBU plays its final road contest of the 2010-11 season on Feb. 20, traveling to Massachusetts on Feb. 20 to take on Boston University.
Hartford will then pay a visit to Stony Brook on Feb. 23. The Hawks were picked season in the America East preseason coaches poll. The Seawolves wrap up the regular season on Saturday, Feb. 26 against visiting Binghamton.
The 2011 America East tournament will be held at the University of Hartford's Chase Family Arena on March 3-6. For the second straight season, the conference's men's and women's basketball championships will be held in a combined format.
All women's basketball season ticket packages and are now open to the general public and can be purchased at the Stony Brook University ticket office, by phone at 631-632-WOLF or online at www.goseawolves.org.
The athletic ticket office is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and is located in Stony Brook Arena. Fans can also reach the ticket office by email at SeawolvesTickets@StonyBrook.edu.
