2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team

2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball
2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball
America East regular season and tournament champions
Conference	America East Conference
Record	28–3 (14–2 America East)
Head coach	Caroline McCombs (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Jeff Williams; Bri Hutchen; Gabe Lazo;
Home arena	Island Federal Credit Union Arena
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Stony Brook	14	–	2	.875	28	–	3	.903
Maine	12	–	4	.750	16	–	14	.533
UMass Lowell	11	–	5	.688	15	–	14	.517
Binghamton	10	–	6	.625	21	–	8	.724
New Hampshire	7	–	9	.438	10	–	18	.357
Vermont	6	–	10	.375	12	–	17	.414
UMBC	6	–	10	.375	10	–	17	.370
Albany	5	–	11	.313	9	–	20	.310
Hartford	1	–	15	.063	1	–	28	.034


† 2020 America East tournament winner As of April 27, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team represent Stony Brook University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Seawolves, led by sixth-year head coach Caroline McCombs, play their home games at the Island Federal Credit Union Arena and are members in the America East Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The season saw Stony Brook break program records for longest win streak, most wins under McCombs and most wins in program history. Stony Brook won the America East regular season championship for the first time in program history.^[4] On February 8, 2020, the Seawolves took over the longest winning streak in the country with 20 games after Gonzaga lost.^[5] Stony Brook had the longest winning streak in the country at 22 games until they lost to Maine on February 23.^[6]

Stony Brook earned the No. 1 seed in the America East tournament for the first time. Stony Brook advanced to the America East Championship for the third time and was set to take on Maine, but the game was canceled as a result to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7] Stony Brook was named the America East tournament champion due to being the highest seed remaining.^[7]^[8]

Media[edit]

All non-televised home games and conference road games will be streamed on ESPN3 or ESPN+.

Roster[edit]

2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Gigi Gonzalez	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Nova	Miramar, FL
F	1	Courtney Furr	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Howard	Elkridge, MD
F	2	Cheyenne Clark	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Deptford Township Mohawk Valley CC	Deptford, NJ
F	3	Oksana Gouchie-Provencher	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Jr	Bill Crothers Secondary	Markham, ON
G	4	Anastasia Warren	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Westlake	Atlanta, GA
G/F	5	Jonae Cox	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Woodrow Wilson	Portsmouth, VA
G	10	Chantz Cherry	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Southwest DeKalb	Decatur, GA
F	12	Kina Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Urban Assembly School	Bronx, NY
G	14	Leah Burden	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Ferguson	Westbury, NY
G	15	Kaela Hilaire	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	GS	Seton Hall	Queens, NY
F	22	McKenzie Bushee	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Mt. Lebanon	Pittsburgh, PA
F	23	Aminata Zie	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Gaspard Monge	Paris, France
G/F	24	Hailey Zeise	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	North Allegheny	Pittsburgh, PA
F	30	Kyra Dixon	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Jr	Collins Hill	Lawrenceville, GA
F	33	India Pagán	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	New London	New London, CT

Head coach

Caroline McCombs (Youngstown State)

Assistant coach(es)

Jeff Williams (Howard)
Bri Hutchen (Alabama)
Dario Hernandez (Shaw)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[edit]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at St. Francis Brooklyn	W 86–73	1–0	Pope Physical Education Center (286) Brooklyn Heights, NY
November 8, 2019* 6:31 pm, ESPN3		Manhattan	W 59–54	2–0	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (719) Stony Brook, NY
November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloSports		at Hofstra	W 81–38	3–0	Mack Sports Complex (607) Hempstead, NY
November 17, 2019* 2:00 pm		at No. 23 Arkansas	L 58–88	3–1	Bud Walton Arena (2,045) Fayetteville, AR
November 21, 2019* 6:31 pm, ESPN+		Iona	W 59–40	4–1	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (661) Stony Brook, NY
November 24, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Sacred Heart	W 54–50	5–1	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (737) Stony Brook, NY
November 27, 2019* 1:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at LIU	W 80–49	6–1	Steinberg Wellness Center (113) Brooklyn, NY
December 3, 2019* 6:31 pm, ESPN3		Molloy	W 66–49	7–1	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (667) Stony Brook, NY
December 8, 2019* 2:00 pm, ACCN		at Pittsburgh	W 59–56	8–1	Petersen Events Center (1,149) Pittsburgh, PA
December 15, 2019* 1:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at Wagner	W 66–45	9–1	Spiro Sports Center (289) Staten Island, NY
December 20, 2019* 1:30 pm, FloSports		vs. Morgan State Puerto Rico Clasico	W 63–56	10–1	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez San Juan, Puerto Rico
December 22, 2019* 1:30 pm, FloSports		vs. Western Michigan Puerto Rico Clasico	W 50–47	11–1	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez San Juan, Puerto Rico
December 29, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Bucknell	W 78–73 ^2OT	12–1	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,488) Stony Brook, NY
America East Conference regular season
January 2, 2020 6:31 pm, ESPN+		UMBC	W 57–45	13–1 (1–0)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (609) Stony Brook, NY
January 5, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Maine	W 73–69	14–1 (2–0)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (764) Stony Brook, NY
January 8, 2020 6:31 pm, ESPN3		Vermont	W 67–49	15–1 (3–0)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (508) Stony Brook, NY
January 11, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at New Hampshire	W 53–44 ^OT	16–1 (4–0)	Lundholm Gym Durham, NH
January 15, 2020 6:31 pm, ESPN+		Hartford	W 66–55	17–1 (5–0)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (602) Stony Brook, NY
January 18, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Albany	W 73–53	18–1 (6–0)	SEFCU Arena (1,166) Albany, NY
January 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Binghamton	W 67–60	19–1 (7–0)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,332) Binghamton, NY
January 29, 2020 6:31 pm, ESPN+		UMass Lowell	W 60–41	20–1 (8–0)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (845) Stony Brook, NY
February 1, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at UMBC	W 66–49	21–1 (9–0)	UMBC Event Center (813) Baltimore, MD
February 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UMass Lowell	W 89–69	22–1 (10–0)	Tsongas Center (471) Lowell, MA
February 8, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		New Hampshire	W 52–50	23–1 (11–0)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,279) Stony Brook, NY
February 12, 2020 6:31 pm, ESPN+		Binghamton	W 58–54	24–1 (12–0)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,048) Stony Brook, NY
February 19, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Vermont	W 72–68	25–1 (13–0)	Patrick Gym (453) Burlington, VT
February 23, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Maine	L 62–64 ^OT	25–2 (13–1)	Cross Insurance Center (2,093) Bangor, ME
February 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Hartford	L 67–70	25–3 (13–2)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (598) West Hartford, CT
February 29, 2020 12:30 pm, SNY		Albany	W 53–44	26–3 (14–2)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,175) Stony Brook, NY
America East Women's Tournament
March 4, 2020 6:31 pm, ESPN+	(1)	(8) Albany Quarterfinals	W 54–49 ^OT	27–3	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (940) Stony Brook, NY
March 8, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+	(1)	(4) Binghamton Semifinals	W 57–42	28–3	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,142) Stony Brook, NY
March 13, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPNU	(1)	(2) Maine Championship Game	Canceled^[10]		Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

References[edit]

^ "Stony Brook Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Stony Brook University Athletics. June 28, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ "Stony Brook Seawolves Women's Basketball - Seawolves News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ "Stony Brook Seawolves on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ "CHAMPS! Women's Hoops Claims Program's First AE Title, No. 1 Seed in Conference Tourney". Stony Brook University Athletics. Burlington, Vt. February 19, 2020. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
^ "STILL ROLLING! Kaela Hilaire Steals Propel Women's Hoops to UNH Win, Longest Unbeaten Streak in Nation". Stony Brook University Athletics. Stony Brook, N.Y. February 8, 2020. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
^ "Women's Hoops' 22-Game Win Streak Halted at Maine Despite Furious Comeback". Stony Brook University Athletics. Bangor, Maine. February 23, 2020. Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Pavich, Ryan (March 12, 2020). "America East basketball championships canceled". The Statesman. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
^ "Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). America East Conference. November 20, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
^ "2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". Stony Brook University Athletics. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ Baumbach, Jim (March 13, 2020). "Cancellation of NCAA Tournament means Stony Brook women's season is over". Newsday. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2020.

[1] "Stony Brook Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Stony Brook University Athletics. June 28, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

[2] "Stony Brook Seawolves Women's Basketball - Seawolves News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

[3] "Stony Brook Seawolves on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

[4] "CHAMPS! Women's Hoops Claims Program's First AE Title, No. 1 Seed in Conference Tourney". Stony Brook University Athletics. Burlington, Vt. February 19, 2020. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

[5] "STILL ROLLING! Kaela Hilaire Steals Propel Women's Hoops to UNH Win, Longest Unbeaten Streak in Nation". Stony Brook University Athletics. Stony Brook, N.Y. February 8, 2020. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

[6] "Women's Hoops' 22-Game Win Streak Halted at Maine Despite Furious Comeback". Stony Brook University Athletics. Bangor, Maine. February 23, 2020. Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.

[:0-7] Pavich, Ryan (March 12, 2020). "America East basketball championships canceled". The Statesman. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.

[8] "Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). America East Conference. November 20, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2021.

[9] "2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". Stony Brook University Athletics. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

[10] Baumbach, Jim (March 13, 2020). "Cancellation of NCAA Tournament means Stony Brook women's season is over". Newsday. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2020.

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v t e Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball
Venues	Pritchard Gymnasium (1969–1989; 2008–2013) Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1990–2010; 2014–present)
Rivalries	Hofstra
Culture & lore	Wolfie the Seawolf
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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