On The Road Again

Hey loyal Big Green fans!

Sorry it's been a full week since our last post, I actually didn't realize it! We've been traveling through New York this week and sometimes we don't have the most reliable internet access.

Anyhow, we picked up a big win at Stony Brook on Friday night! We came out strong, moving the ball really well and forcing the Seawolves into turnovers left and right. We went up 18-3 and eventually led by 19 in the first half. Our halftime lead was 12, 39-27, which was our high for first-half points this season.

Stony Brook came out on fire in the second half. Give them credit for responding to the deficit - they also had two starters out with foul trouble in the first - so with those players back they made a big run. We had a nine point edge midway through the second half but the Seawolves wouldn't back down. Thankfully we hit some big shots when we needed to never let them tie or take a lead. Brittney Smith took the team on her back late, scoring eight points in a four minute stretch before fouling out with 2:24 left to play. The rest of the team stepped up and made some key defensive stands for us to take the 77-72 win, iced by a pair of Meghan McFee free throws.

Brittney finished with a full statline - 17 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and two blocks. We got awesome performances from sophomore forward Sasha Dosenko, with 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and freshman guard Faziah Steen, who scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds in just 24 minutes.

We spent the night on Long Island on Friday before driving over to Syracuse on Saturday morning. Team had a good practice at the Carrier Dome - see pictures below - and a good dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse. This morning we had shootaround, but not at the Carrier Dome, since the Syracuse men play at 1 p.m. today. Syracuse was nice enough to let us use their brand new practice facility, made possible and named after NBA star Carmelo Anthony, who led the Cuse men to the 2003 national title.

We tip-off against #25 Syracuse at 5 p.m. tonight - yup, the Orange, who are 8-0, cracked the top-25 this week. Game notes and livestat/video links are here.

We'll have some thoughts on the weekend from Coach Wielgus up tomorrow and some details on our upcoming trip to Californ-i-a this week!

-Dara