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NEWARK, NJ – Jessica Previlon scored eight of her 15 points in a dominating first half, and she also grabbed 10 rebounds, leading Stony Brook past the NJIT women's basketball team, 59-34, Sunday afternoon at the Fleischer Athletic Center.
 
The loss dropped the Highlanders to 4-2 overall, while the Seawolves improved to 2-2 on the young season. It was the first home loss after three wins for the Highlanders and new first-year head coach Steve Lanpher and it was the lowest scoring total of the season for the Highlanders.

The Highlanders were held to just 15 points in the first 20 minutes, shooting 26 percent from the field and just 2-of-10 from 3-point range.
 
“It was disappointing,” Lanpher said. “They brought more energy than us and executed better than we did. Some days, you're not going to make shots and today was one of those days.”
 
The Highlanders held the early lead, 2-0, on a jumper from senior guard Kimberly Dweck, but then Stony Brook steamrolled past NJIT over the next 10 minutes, outscoring the Highlanders, 22-4, to take a commanding 22-6 lead on a jumper from Previlon.
 
Stony Brook received eight points from Previlon at halftime, followed by six from Brittany Snow, who hit a corner jumper to give Stony Brook the dominating 14-point spread at the half, leading 29-15.
 
The Highlanders had a span of 10:49, from 15:09 to 4:50 remaining, when sophomore center Nicole Maticka nailed a 3-pointer, where they didn't score a single point.
 
Both teams went scoreless over the final two minutes, but Stony Brook still held a powerful 14-point halftime lead.
 
The Seawolves then withstood a mini-run by NJIT, cutting the lead to 32-22 in the early stages of the second half.
 
“We just dug too big of a hole in the first half to come back,” Lanpher said. “We're not going to be able to come back from a double-digit deficit too often. It takes too much energy to come back. We made a little bit of a run and then they coasted the rest of the way.”
 
The Highlanders could never get on track offensively, shooting just 26 percent from the floor (11-of-42) and 29 percent from 3-point range (five of 17), way below season averages.
 
“They did a good job of doubling, trying to shut down Rayven (Johnson),” Lanpher said. “We didn't do a good job of interior defense. They really beat us down low. They got too many second and third shots.
 
The Seawolves saw 11 of their 12 players in uniform score at least two points. Other than Previlon, Stony Brook received eight points each from Snow and Teasha Harris.
 
No Highlander player reached double figures. Johnson had six (13 fewer than her season average) and Sarah Olson chipped in with six points. Johnson had seven rebounds for NJIT, who return to action on the road Wednesday night to face Albany at 7 p.m.
 
“We'll learn a valuable lesson from this one and move forward,” Lanpher said.
 
Write-up courtesy James Hague