It is a game of two halves. That is the basketball saying for teams that start roughly, or teams that start really well in games. The former was true for coach Beth O’Boyle and her Seawolves Women’s Basketball team as they started very slow, but were able to bounce back for a 79-68 win at Tsongas Center on the campus of UMass Lowell.

Shannon Samuels hit a three-pointer with 5:48 to go in the first half for the River Hawks, putting them up 25-17, which would be the biggest lead of the game for UMass Lowell. Samuels finished with a game-high 35 points. After that, it was all Stony Brook as they won their third in a row after back to back losses, and eight wins out of their last 10 games.

Senior Chilkira Goodman scored a team-high 21 points and a career high in rebounds with 16.

Also, Junior guard Jessica Ogunnorin, from Greece, added a double-double as well, finishing with 10 points and 12 boards.

The UC Riverside transfer put the Seawolves up for good off a layup with 16:31 to go in the second half.

Stony Brook moves up to 9-3 in the America East, while improving to 18-7 overall on the season. The Seawolves have a tough finish to their season in the final four games, as they will take on Maine on the Feb. 22, and then finish their season with perennial conference power Albany.