Jacobs scored 11 of her 18 in the second half and also pulled down five rebounds. Senior Misha Horsey (Wyncote, Pa.) added 12 points for the Seawolves, who forced Troy into 25 turnovers. Sophomore Juanita Cochran (Saginaw, Mich.) recorded 11 points and a game-high eight rebounds.
"We're very pleased to get that first win against a tough Troy team," Stony Brook head coach Michele Cherry said. "It was a collective effort and Destiny had an outstanding game."
Stony Brook jumped to a 12-9 lead midway through the first half behind the strong play of Horsey and Jacobs. Each scored two early buckets with Horsey recording an assist as well. The Seawolves forced 10 Troy turnovers over the first nine minutes of the game.
Horsey gave the Seawolves a 17-11 lead with her first three of the game before the Trojans ran off five straight points to climb within one. But sophomore Talisha Bridges (Kalamazoo, Mich.) then scored on a follow hoop before getting inside for an easy lay-up to push the Stony Brook lead back to five.
A Jacobs jumper put Stony Brook up 26-21 with five minutes left in the half but the Trojans rallied to within one on a Ieva Nagy three. But senior Jodie Plikus (Waterford, Conn.) answered with a three of her own and the Seawolves took a 32-31 lead into the break.
The Seawolves forced 18 turnovers in the first half but the Trojans hit five threes and shot 45.8 percent from the field to stay in the game. Horsey led the Seawolves with nine first half points while Jacobs added seven.
Stony Brook jumped on the Trojans to start the second half, scoring nine of the first 11 points behind five from Plikus and four from Jacobs. Troy chopped the Seawolves lead to four on two free throws from DeAngela Sword but sophomore Amanda Corona (North Hollywood, Calif.) answered with a three and senior Kirsten Jeter (Elmont, N.Y.) followed with a jumper to push the Stony Brook lead to nine.
SBU led by just five with 11:30 remaining before Cochran scored four straight points and Jacobs then knocked down a jumper to give the Seawolves their largest lead, 11, of the game. Stony Brook still led by 11 with six and a half minutes left beforet a Jeter hoop kick started a 7-0 run that put the game away.
Jacobs capped the run with the first three-pointer of her career. The 77 points was the Seawolves most since scoring 78 against UMBC during the 2008-09 season.
"We made a great push to start the second half," Cherry said. "We got our transition game going and our rebounding was much better. We're going to need the same type effort tomorrow against a good Fordham team."
Stony Brook held Troy to 25.9 shooting in the second half while shooting 48.4 percent. Jeter finished the game with nine points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals for the Seawolves, who went 15-for-18 from the free throw line including 11-for-12 in the second half.
