2006-07 STONY BROOK WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Game 13 Stony Brook (4-8) vs. Hartford (7-6) January 4, 2007 Stony Brook University Arena • Stony Brook, N.Y. Probable Starters 2006-07 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS No. Name Pos. Ht. 2006-07 Stats 3 Dana Ferraro F 6-1 7.3 ppg, 7.7 rpg November 10 Mykeema Ford G 5-8 15.8 ppg, 4.6 apg, 3.3 rpg 10 at Marist L, 72-82 20 Kelly Watson G 5-9 7.1 ppg 17 vs. Illinois State^ L, 63-73 23 Aly Young F 6-0 4.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg 18 Yale^ W, 71-69 33 Jessica Smith F/C 6-0 16.9 ppg, 7.1 rpg 28 at Iona W, 76-55 December Key Reserves 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 55-68 No. Name Pos. Ht. Stats 6 at Temple L, 58-72 11 Farah Vasquez Jacobo F 6-1 3.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg 9 HOFSTRA L, 67-82 13 Leah Getz G 5-7 4.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.1 apg 13 at Dartmouth L, 59-71 22 Delicia Jernigan G 5-6 5.0 ppg 15 at Central Connecticut W, 74-55 23 QUINNIPIAC W, 87-79 28 at Sacred Heart L, 65-77 30 ST. JOHNʼS L, 74-85 COACHING COMPARISON January Stony Brook Maura McHugh Overall Record 258-193 4 HARTFORD* 7:00 PM Stony Brook Record 32-38 7 at UMBC* 4:00 PM 10 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 7:00 PM 13 at New Hampshire* 12:00 PM Hartford Jen Rizzotti Overall Record 126-93 17 at Maine* 7:30 PM Record at School Same 24 at Vermont* 7:00 PM 27 ALBANY* 2:00 PM 31 BINGHAMTON* 7:00 PM February STATISTICAL COMPARISON 4 at Hartford* 2:00 PM 7 UMBC* 7:00 PM Stony Brook Category Hartford 10 at Boston University* 1:00 PM 4-8 ................................................ Record .................................................7-6 14 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7:00 PM .396 .................................. Field Goal Percentage ....................................407 21 at Binghamton* 7:00 PM .459 ..............................Opp. Field Goal Percentage ................................373 24 VERMONT* 4:00 PM .325 ..............................3 Pt. Field Goal Percentage ................................258 28 at Albany* 7:00 PM .698 ................................. Free Throw Percentage ...................................633 36.5 ......................................Rebound Average .......................................37.5 March -3.7 ........................................Rebound Margin ........................................+0.2 3 MAINE* 4:00 PM 68.4 ...................................... Points Per Game .......................................57.5 8-11 at America East Tournament# TBA 72.3 ................................Points Allowed Per Game .................................54.6 Home games in BOLD CAPS -3.9 .........................................Scoring Margin .........................................+2.8 * America East Conference Game 13.1 ......................................Assists Per Game ....................................... 11.2 ^ DePaul Invitational; Chicago, Ill. 16.5 ................................... Turnovers Per Game ....................................16.5 # Events Center; Vestal, N.Y. 11.1 ...................................... Steals Per Game .........................................7.2 2.1 ........................................ Blocks Per Game .........................................3.5 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP drops Stony Brook to 4-8 while St. Johnʼs Stony Brook takes on the Hartford Hawks improves its record to 4-8. in the opening night of America East play. Stony Brook owns a 6-5 advantage over St. Johnʼs jumped out to an early 23-13 Hartford, splitting two games last year. lead after Monique McLean connected on Hartford beat Stony Brook, 82-64 before the a jumper in the paint with 8:58 remaining Seawolves gave the Hawks their only confer- in the fi rst half. The Seawolves fought back ence loss of the season with a 67-54 victory utilizing an 18-6 run to reclaim the lead at at the Indoor Sports Complex. Mykeema 31-29. Stony Brookʼs lead grew to as many Ford scored a game-high 28 points in the as fi ve and took a two-point advantage into win. the locker room at 34-32. SCOUTING THE HAWKS Both teams traded baskets early in the Senior Ikea Witt leads the team in scor- second half until the Red Storm started to ing at 11.2 ppg and assists at 2.6 per game pull away when Joy McCorvey connected Stony Brook and is second in rebounds at 4.8. Danielle on a layup with 4:46 left in the game, giving Athletic Communications Staff Hood is averaging 10.2 ppg. The Hawks are the Red Storm a seven-point advantage at coming off three straight losses to Michigan 67-60. n Mike Newhouse-Bailey State, Hofstra and UConn. Stony Brook pulled within four on a My- Assistant Director SEAWOLVES OPENING UP CONFER- keema Ford three-pointer with 2:24 remain- W. Basketball Contact ENCE PLAY ing in the game but St. Johnʼs held off the Offi ce Phone: (631) 632-7289 Since the Seawolves joined the America Stony Brook attack hitting on 6-6 from the Cell Phone: (618) 830-7353 East conference, they are a perfect 5-0 in free throw line to seal the game, 85-74. E-mail: conference openers including 3-0 at home. [email protected] In the fi ve games, Stony Brook won three Watson, the America East player of the by a margin of less than four. In last yearʼs game, led the Seawolves with a season- conference opener, Mykeema Ford and Jes- high 22 points. Smith added 21 points and n Brian Magoffi n sica Smith combined for 37 points in a 67-57 seven rebounds and Ford had 15 points in Assistant Director win over Vermont. the loss. Offi ce Phone: (631) 632-6328 LAST YEAR IN THE AMERICA EAST For the Red Storm, McLean had a career- n Adam Gutes Stony Brook went 12-4 in the conference, high 32 points, including 10-11 from the charity stripe. Kia Wright had 17 points and Assistant losing just once at home in eight games. The Seawolves won eight of their last nine fi ve rebounds off the bench in the win. Offi ce Phone: (631) 632-7125 conference games last year and didnʼt lose back-to-back conference games. FORD NAMED STONY BROOK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK LAST TIME OUT Mykeema Ford has been named Stony Kelly Watson and Jessica Smith combined Brook Athlete of the Week. This is the sec- for 43 points but it was not enough as the ond consecutive week the honor has gone Stony Brook womenʼs basketball team fell to a womenʼs basketball player. to St. Johnʼs, 85-74, in its fi nal non-confer- ence game of the season at the Stony Brook University Arena on Saturday night. The loss 2006-07 Stony Brook Womenʼs Basketball Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 1 Kairsten Nunn So. G 5-9 Bowie, Md./Coastal Carolina 3 Dana Ferraro Jr. F 6-1 Middlesex, N.J./Middlesex HS 5 Sabrina Thompson Sr. G 5-8 Roosevelt, N.Y./Roosevelt HS 10 Mykeema Ford Sr. G 5-8 Trenton, N.J./Cheshire Academy 11 Farah Vasquez-Jacobo Sr. F 6-1 Dominican Republic/Ariz. Western 13 Leah Getz Sr. G 5-7 Peninsula, Ohio/Southampton College 14 Sarah Kazadi Fr. F/C 6-2 Bronx, N.Y./Manhattan Center for Science & Math 15 Inbar Orion Sr. F 6-2 Jerusalem, Israel/Hebrew Univ. Secondary School 20 Kelly Watson Sr. G 5-9 Chatham, Ontario/John McGregor HS 22 Delicia Jernigan R-Jr. G 5-8 Hawthorne, Nev./College of S. Idaho 23 Aly Young Jr. F 6-0 Lodi, Calif./Salt Lake CC 24 Joia Daniels Fr. F 5-10 Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook HS 25 Milani Malik So. G 5-6 Brooklyn, N.Y./Palm Bay Senior High 30 Crystal Rushin Fr. F 6-0 Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream Central 31 Cheri Davis Jr. G/F 5-9 Islip Terrace, N.Y./East Islip HS 33 Jessica Smith Sr. F/C 6-0 Bloomingdale, N.J./Butler HS 34 Morgan Patrick Jr. F/C 6-2 Burlington, N.J./Burlington Township HS Head Coach: Maura McHugh (Old Dominion ʻ75, third season) Assistant Coach: Michele Cherry (Arizona State ʻ92, third season) Assistant Coach: Olivia Dardy (Wake Forest ʻ01, fi rst season) Assistant Coach: Danyelle Ingram (Stony Brook ʻ05, fi rst season) BUILT FORD TOUGH Longest Win Streak ................................. 8 Mykeema Ford has scored in double Smith led the Seawolves with 19 points (11/21/00-12/12/00) fi gures each game this season. In dating and 9 rebounds. Ford added 16 points, con- Double-Doubles back to her freshman year at Stony Brook, tinuing her streak of 11 double-digit games 2006-07 Career Ford has scored in double fi gures in 80 of this season. Kelly Watson had 9 points on CurrentJessica Streak Smith 2 28 95 games. 3-6 shooting from behind the arc and Dana Ferraro had six points and eight rebounds. Dana Ferraro 1 14 SMITH AND FORD APPROACHING For Sacred Heart, Pape led all four scorers Mykeema Ford 0 1 SCORING RECORDS in double fi gures with a game-high 26 points. Inbar Orion 0 1 Seniors Jessica Smith and Mykeema Kaitlin Sowinski had 19, Lisa Moray had four Ford are quickly climbing the list for most threes for 12 points and Kerri Burke had Double-Figures Scoring Games 10. career points in Stony Brook History. Ford 2006-07 Career is currently fi fth all-time with 1,465 points and Smith is sixth with 1,432 points. SMITH NAMED AMERICA EAST PLAYER Mykeema Ford 12 80 OF THE WEEK Jessica Smith 11 78 SEAWOLVES DEFEATED BY SACRED For the second time this season, Stony Kelly Watson 2 25 HEART, 77-65 Brookʼs Jessica Smith has been named Dana Ferraro 4 22 America East Player of the Week, the confer- Sacred Heart shot 50 percent from the fi eld Inbar Orion 0 12 including 7-17 from behind the arc as the ence announced today.