In the 2022-23 season, the Seawolves hope to learn from last year’s mistakes by playing a new brand of basketball that allows their star players to flourish on both sides of the ball.
No matter what stage she is playing on, forward Nairimar Vargas-Reyes is living her dream. The six-foot graduate student is now in her fifth and final year of college basketball and is poised to play a much bigger role for the 2022 Stony Brook women’s basketball team.
In a battle between two defensively-minded opponents, the Stony Brook women’s basketball team took a lead and maintained it through both transition opportunities and strong post play.
It was difficult to imagine Stony Brook falling after defeating two Power Five schools and a member of the Big East, but the Seawolves were unable to hold on.
The Stony Brook women’s basketball team was in control with only nine minutes remaining in its matchup against the Albany Great Danes, but a fourth-quarter breakdown will likely cause the Seawolves to fall short of their end goal for the season.
An inbound pass with six seconds left in a tie game found its way to River Hawks guard Kaylen Banwareesingh, who sank a game-winning layup to put the nail in the coffin for the Seawolves (23-4, 14-3 AE) on Senior Day at Island Federal Arena.
The Stony Brook women’s basketball team reached a season-high 95 points in a blowout victory (95-69) over Hartford on Saturday, Feb. 19. The Seawolves came up only one point short of tying the program’s record for total points in a Division I game.
The Stony Brook women’s basketball team triumphs against UMBC Retrievers for its league-leading 22nd win on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Despite a rough start, the team was able to produce some offensive momentum for the team for the lead and eventual win.
The Stony Brook women’s basketball team celebrated Valentine’s Day with a huge 64-48 victory over the UMBC Retrievers in Baltimore, as the Seawolves used a strong third quarter to pull away after a competitive first half.
A brutal first quarter and the inability to knock down close shots in the fourth were all it took for the Stony Brook women’s basketball team to see its 11-game winning streak snapped by Maine on Saturday, Feb. 12.
