Stony Brook’s women’s basketball team took on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Retrievers on Wednesday, Feb. 13, and lost by a score of 62-49. The Seawolves had the upper-hand in the first half, but the Retrievers took the win after outscoring Stony Brook by a score of 38-19 in the second half. The defeat was the seventh straight loss for the Seawolves.

After a couple of lead changes, the Seawolves went on a 9-2 run in the final 3:30 minutes to end the first half with a 30-24 lead. Freshman Kirsten Jeter led the way in points for the Seawolves with 11, off 5-10 shooting, while senior Dana Ferraro had 10 points, off 4-5 shooting, and nine rebounds. The Seawolves shot 46.4 percent from the field, while holding the Retrievers to 34.5 percent shooting, and the Seawolves out-rebounded the Retrievers 17-19.

In the second half, the Seawolves lead faded fast and within three minutes, the Retrievers had the lead back, and controlled the rest of the game. The difference was the shooting, where Stony Brook shot 7-32 (21.9 percent) from the field, while UMBC shot 13-27 (48.1 percent). UMBC also out-rebounded the Seawolves by a count of 23-19. Jeter and Ferraro only scored a combined seven points off 2-9 shooting, and Ferraro only grabbed four rebounds.

Ferraro recorded her 25th career double-double on Wednesday, and with her 13 rebounds, moved herself only 11 rebounds away from a career total of 1,000. She would be only the second Lady Seawolf to reach that mark.

Although she moved closer to an impressive mark, Ferraro is still disappointed with her teams performance. “I hate losing,” she said. “Shooting has killed us. We work so hard in practice, but during the game we can’t seem to hit our shots.”

On Saturday, Feb. 16th, the women’s basketball team played the Maine Black Bears, and lost by a score of 55-53 in a game that was decided in the last 30 seconds. Maine’s Amanda Tewksbury broke a 51-51 tie with 29 seconds remaining in the game, and Maine held on to give the Seawolves’ their eighth straight loss.

The Seawolves shot well from the field, shooting 47.6% from the field. However, they only shot 42 shots, compared to the Black Bears’ 56, and the Seawolves’s were out-rebounded 27-35. Leading scorer’s for the Seawolves’ were sophomore Kairsten Nunn who had 13 points, and Kirsten Jeter who had 12 points.

The Seawolves now have a record of 6-18, 1-10 in the conference. Their next game is against Albany on Saturday, Feb. 23rd at home.