By Anthony Santigate and Mike Daniello
The Stony Brook’s women’s basketball team had a tough stretch over winter break, going 3-6 with three of those losses coming on its home court.
Overall, the Seawolves are 4-16 on the season with a 1-6 conference record.
First year coach Beth O’Boyle’s team has struggled specifically on the road, going 1-9. But SBU did rattle off a three-game winning streak from Dec. 21 to Jan. 2, beating Morgan State, Youngstown State and a big conference win at Vermont.
In their most recent game, the Seawolves fell to Maine 57-44 on Saturday.
For Stony Brook, junior Taylor Burner had 11 points and senior Whitney Davis added 10 points of her own with five rebounds. This loss was the Seawolves’ sixth in a row.
A highlight for the women’s team over break was the play of Kellie Krueger. At one time, she won the America East rookie of the week honor three times in a row.
In the win over Morgan State, Krueger posted a career-high 14 points to go along with six rebounds. She hit five of her eight shots from the field and went 4-4 on the foul line in the 65-48 win. The Seawolves trailed by one with 13:31 left in the game, but junior guard Sam Landers three-pointer started a 12-0 run.
Stony Brook won its next game 54-47 over Youngstown State. Junior Dani Klupenger led the team with 11 points and went 3-for-6 from behind the arc.
The team continued its winning streak with a 54-47 victory over Vermont, the first conference game for both teams. Klupenger had a career-high 18 points and went 4-for-6 from three.
The win streak was quickly snapped at three, with a 44-32 loss to conference rival Binghamton. This started the team’s decline over the break. SBU went on to lose its next five games, all against conference opponents. These included losses to Albany, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Boston University, New Hampshire and Maine.
In the 57-32 loss to Albany, senior Destiny Jacobs led the Seawolves with nine points. Ebone Henry led the Great Danes with 20 points and six rebounds.
Klupenger led the Seawolves with 17 points against UMBC, but the Retrievers prevailed with a 73-47 victory.
The junior went 6-for-10 from the field and 5-for-6 from beyond the arc for the Seawolves.
The losing streak continued at four after a 69-34 loss to Boston University. The Terriers shot a season-high 51.8 percent to outplay the Seawolves.
Landers had eight points for the Seawolves, and junior Jessica Previlon had a career-high 12 rebounds.
Stony Brook was able to cut a first -half deficit of 15 points, but New Hampshire was able to hold on for a 63-53 victory. Davis had a season- high 17 points for the Seawolves.