Jamie Smith and the Lady Bears visit Stony Brook tonight at 7 p.m.
Game Notes
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (Dec. 20, 2011)-Morgan State will conclude its nine-day four-game road trip this Wednesday night when it visits Stony Brook in a non-conference game at 7 p.m. at Pritchard Gymnasium. The game will mark the ninth of 16 straight road contests to start the season for Morgan State, which is coming off an 81-50 loss at Arkansas on Monday night.
BEAR CLAWS: Morgan State (2-6) enters Wednesday's contest against Stony Brook coming off their fourth consecutive loss and second straight 30-point defeat, following an 81-50 loss at Arkansas. Tracy Carrington came off the bench to lead the Lady Bears with 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Whitney Southerland and Omara Parker each added eight points in the loss.
A LOOK AT THE SEAWOLVES: Stony Brook (1-10) is currently on a seven-game losing skid entering the Morgan State game. The Seawolves dropped a 65-30 decision at Seton Hall on Dec. 17. Stony Brook was led by Destiny Jacobs, who finished with eight points and seven rebounds, while Whitney Davis added seven points.
MSU VS. STONY BROOK SERIES NOTES: This will be the third meeting between the two teams with Stony Brook holding a 2-0 series lead. The two teams last met Dec. 14, 2002 with the Seawolves claiming a 61-47 victory.
MORGAN VS. THE AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE: The Lady Bears are 4-17 all-time against members of the America East, including a 72-50 loss at UMBC (11/11) in the season opener. Here's how Morgan State has done against the America East: Albany (0-2), Binghampton (0-1), Boston (0-1), Harford (0-1), UMBC (4-9), New Hampshire (0-1), Stony Brook (0-2). Morgan State has never met Maine or Vermont.
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SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT: For the first 19-plus minutes of the first half of Morgan State's loss at Arkansas on Monday, the two teams played with a men's basketball. That might explain why both teams struggled shooting early on. After several player complaints about the feel of the ball, referees finally checked the ball and noticed it was not a women's sized basketball.
NINE-DAY WORLD TOUR COMES TO AN END: The Lady Bears who have been on the road since the morning of last Tuesday, Dec. 13, will finally return home to Baltimore following their contest against Stony Brook.
ALL TRAVEL LEADS TO DALLAS-FT. WORTH: The Morgan State women's basketball team has become familiar with the Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport during this current road trip. After taking on Northwestern (12/14) the Lady Bears flew from Chicago to Dallas to Springfield, Mo. for their contest against Missouri State (12/18). From there they took vans to Arkansas for their contest against the Razorbacks (12/19), before flying out of Arkansas Regional Airport only to return to Dallas to then fly to New York's LaGuardia Airport for Wednesday's contest against Stony Brook.
COARDES RECORDS CAREER-HIGH: Junior Briana Coardes came off the bench and scored a career-high eight points on 3-for-3 shooting, including 2-for-2 from three-point range in 18 minutes of play against Missouri State. Coardes also added two rebounds, an assist and a steal.
BEASLEY CLOSING IN ON 100: Seventh-year Morgan State head coach Donald Beasley is five wins shy of reaching the 100-wins plateau, after defeating Bucknell, 54-52 on Nov. 22, 2011. Last season he moved into second-place on the school's all-time career coaching victories list, after guiding the Lady Bears to a 51-44 victory over Delaware State. The victory was his 86th win, surpassing Anderson Powell (85-179 from 1986-94). Beasley, who has a career mark of 95-95, recorded his 80th career win, following a 53-48 victory over Northwestern State (11/27). LaRue Fields (122-60 from 1979-85) is the school's all-time leader.
