Feb. 17, 2002

Final Stats

Boston, Mass. - Sherry Jordan scored 14 of her game-high 26 points in the second half to lead Stony Brook to a come-from-behind 68-58 victory over Northeastern in an America East women's basketball game Sunday afternoon at Solomon Court. The Huskies have now lost four straight and fell to 5-20, 3-11 in conference play. Stony Brook improved to 13-10, 6-6 in league play with the win.

Melissa Kowalski, Aisha Williams and Joi Jefferson each had 14 points to lead Northeastern. Theresa LoParrino netted 17 in the contest for the Seawolves, 13 coming in the second half, as Stony Brook came back from a deficit as large as 14 in the first half and 10 at intermission.

The Huskies led 49-43 at the 7:49 mark in the second half, but Stony Brook scored nine unanswered points to take a 52-49 lead with 4:42 remaining in the game. Jordan had six points in the decisive run and LoParrino added a three-pointer. NU got within one at 52-51 on a pair of Jefferson free throws with 4:18 remaining. The Seawolves answered with eight straight points to push the lead to nine, 60-51, with only 1:59 to go. In all it was a back-breaking 17-2 run by the Seawolves over a span of 4:50 with eight points from Jordan and seven from LoParrino. Williams netted a three-pointer that sparked a 5-0 Husky surge and brought NU back within four at 60-56 with 1:22 showing. But that was as close as the Huskies would get the rest of the way.

Stony Brook led 11-9 with 13:05 left in the first half when the Huskies went on a 16-0 run to open up a 25-11 edge with 7:18 to go before the break. Kowalski had a pair of three-pointers in the surge. The Seawolves came back with an 8-2 spurt, highlighted by a pair of Jordan jumpers, to cut the deficit to eight, 27-19, with 3:23 left. The Huskies led by seven in the closing seconds of the first half when Williams was fouled throwing up a shot from close to midcourt as the first-half buzzer sounded. She connected on all three free throws to push the NU lead to 10 points, 34-24, at the intermission.

Theresa LoParrino came of the bench to score 17 points for the Seawolves who snapped a three-game losing streak. Erika Shipley and Sarah Burkett each chipped in with nine points.