WEST HARTFORD, Conn.--
The Stony Brook women kicked off the America East Men’s and Women’s
Basketball Championship presented by Newman’s Own, dominating throughout the
game in a 76-55 rout of the Maine Black Bears in the first round game.
Senior
Kirsten Jeter led all scorers with 26 points, adding eight boards, four assists
and five steals to lead the eight-seed Seawolves (7-22, 4-13) past the
nine-seed Black Bears (4-25, 2-15). She
scored 20 or more points in all three games against Maine this season.
Fellow
Seawolf Sam Landers contributed 13 points on 3-5 shooting from behind the
arc.
"I think we
are all feeling it. We are ready to go,"
said Landers on her team's road ahead in the tournament. "We know our team and now we just have to
keep going."
Stony Brook
led by 15 at halftime and opened the second period on a 9-0 run, extending the
lead to as much as 33 points.
Brittany
Williams' 13 points led all Maine players, who turned the ball over 22 times in
the contest.
"I thought
that they were aggressive from the get-go," said Maine Head Coach Cindy
Blodgett of the Seawolves' defense. "Our
turnovers obviously hurt us from the very beginning."
The Black
Bears' lone senior Tanna Ross recorded seven points and four rebounds in her
final collegiate game.
Stony Brook
will take on top-ranked UMBC (19-10, 13-3) on Friday at 6:05 p.m. at the Reich
Family Pavilion in Hartford. The
Retrievers swept Stony Brook in the regular season, both games by 10 points or
more.