STONY BROOK, N.Y.  – Stony Brook women's basketball used a 25-5 second quarter to come away with a 72-43 victory over visiting Georgia Southern on Tuesday evening at the Island Federal Credit Union Arena in Stony Brook, N.Y.

The Seawolves (3-1) picked up their third straight win with the victory, building a 32-point halftime lead. The Eagles (1-4) played better in the second half, outscoring Stony Brook by a 31-28 margin, but the first-half deficit proved to be too steep to overcome.

Eagle of the Game
Alexis Brown was the only Eagle to reach double digit scoring on the day, doing so in her fifth straight game of the season. Brown made five field goals, including two three-pointers, and added two free throws for a team-best 14 points.

Key moment
Stony Brook opened the contest by outscoring the Eagles, 19-7, in the first quarter, but really stretched that lead out in the second quarter. After Tatum Barber made one of two free throws to open the period, the Seawolves embarked on a 14-0 run over the next five minutes to build an unassailable 33-8 lead.

Stat of the Game
Stony Brook forced 23 turnovers and committed just 12 on the evening. The Seawolves turned those into 26 points, while the Eagles were able to get jsut nine points off of turnovers.

Quotables from head coach Kip Drown
On the quick start to the game by the Seawolves
"It really started with turnovers. We turned the basketball over 23 times and probably four or five were in the first four minutes of the game. They were runouts and layups. We didn't give ourselves a chance between the turnovers and their 17 offensive rebounds. We outscored them in the second half 31-28, but in the first half, we didn't come ready to play."

On Stony Brook offensively
"We watched a lot of film on them, we knew they were very difficult to guard in the man. They have tremendous movement with off the ball things. We went to zone in the second half and we didn't play bad defensively with the zone, they were 6 of 23 on three-pointers, but it was the second shots that were killing us. It's got to be one and done, that gives us a chance to get out and go. Never got into an uptempo game offensively because we struggled to rebound the ball."

Next up
The Eagles return home to Hanner Fieldhouse on Sunday, November 25th, hosting Bethune-Cookman at 2 p.m.