2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team

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]

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 March 8, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

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

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

Roster

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

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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.

See also

• 2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

References

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