Rutgers University
Stony Brook
Women's Hoops Welcomes Stony Brook at Noon on Friday
Nov 08 | Women's Basketball
Scarlet Knights Host Seawolves in Afternoon Matinee
WELCOME BACK
It's game two of the Rutgers women's basketball 2018-19 season as the Scarlet Knights welcome the Stony Brook Seawolves for a noon tipoff on Friday.
ON THE AIRWAVES
Friday's game will air on WCTC AM (1450am) with Ralph Bednarczyk and Mark Peterson.
HOW TO WATCH
Friday's game will be streamed live on BTN Plus with Lou Brogno and Dom Savino
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PROMOTIONS
- Giveaway: Schedule Magnet & Poster
MATINEE WITH THE SEAWOLVES
The Rutgers women's basketball teams hosts Stony Brook at noon on Tuesday coming off a 96-52 season opening victory over the NEC champion St. Francis (Pa.) Red Flash on Election Night.
Six Scarlet Knights poured in double figures while three landed double-doubles on the night. RU was led by senior forward Caitlin Jenkins and freshman guard Noga Peleg Pelc with 15 points each, while sophomore forward Mael Gilles hauled in a career-high 16 rebounds.
All together, Rutgers hauled in 73 total rebounds setting a school, Big Ten and RAC record.
The Scarlet Knights jumped out to a 10-4 lead on the Red Flash and led 20-10 by the end of the first quarter. The gap widened further in the second half for St. Francis as RU carried a 51-24 advantage into the intermission.
ABOUT STONY BROOK
Stony Brook opens its 2018-19 season on Friday afternoon with the Scarlet Knights.
Last year, the Seawolves went 18-12 overall and 10-6 in America East play powering to the postseason winning 10 of their final 13 regular season contests and five-straight league games. Stony Brook, however, would fall in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament in a 71-54 setback to New Hampshire.
Stony Brook's top three scorers return to the hardwood.
Leading scorer, senior guard Shania Johnson, returns after putting up 16.0 points, 5.6 assists and 4.2 rebounds a year ago enroute to First Team All-America East honors.
Senior guard Jerell Matthews, a Third Team All-America East honoree in 2017-18, recorded 14.0 points and 3.6 rebounds last season for the Seawolves, while senior Cheyenne Clark added in 7.8 points per game to along with a team-leading 9.4 rebounds per contest.
STRINGER MILESTONE NUMBERS TO REMEMBER
Rutgers head coach Stringer has compiled a 998-402 career record entering her the 48th season of coaching and is two wins away from joining the elite 1,000 career victory club in women's basketball.
In 2013, Stringer became just the seventh coach - men's or women's - to reach the 900-win mark.
Stringer's 35 20-win seasons are second-best in women's basketball history. Former Tennessee head coach Pat Summit leads all coaches with 36 20-win seasons.
Stringer is the fifth active winningest Division I coach and sixth all-time in career wins in NCAA women's basketball history.
PROTECTING HOMECOURT
Since the 2002-03 season, the Scarlet Knights have gone 193-46 (.807) at the RAC.
ALREADY RIPPING UP THE RECORD BOOK
The 73 rebounds by Rutgers in the 2018-19 opener are a Big Ten, Rutgers and RAC record.
The previous RAC record was 65 Rutgers vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on Dec. 2, 1980.
The previous school record was 68 on four occasions in contests with Rhode Island on Jan. 11, 1979, Long Island, on Jan. 27, 1979 68, William Paterson on Jan. 17, 1980 and West Virginia on Jan. 9, 1994.
The previous Big Ten standard was 69 boards set by Wisconsin at UIC on Dec. 13, 1993 and tied by Iowa against Northern Iowa on Nov. 26, 2002.
TRIPLE DOUBLE-DOUBLE TROUBLE
Three Scarlet Knights finished with double-doubles in the season opening win over St. Francis (Pa.) on Nov. 6.
RU last had two Scarlet Knights with double-doubles last season in Caitlin Jenkins poured in 10 points and 11 rebounds and classmate Victoria Harris collected 10 points and 10 rebounds in the nonconference finale with Houston on Dec. 16, 2017.
It was new career marks for Mael Gilles with her first Rutgers double-double. Her previous scoring high was six points at Charlotte on Nov. 16, 2017 and her former rebound record was seven against FDU on Dec. 10, 2017.
For Jenkins, it was her 19th career double-double. For Carey, she posted her 18th career double-double.
COUNT THIS ON TWO HANDS
Six Scarlet Knights logged double figure scoring in the season opening victory over the Red Flash.
Mael Gilles led the Scarlet Knights in scoring for the first time in her career with her first career double digit scoring effort.
Meanwhile in RU debuts, freshmen guard Noga Peleg Pelc added in 15 points, fellow classmate and guard Zipporah Broughton contributed 11, while Texas Tech transfer Arella Guirantes chipped in 14.
Last time Rutgers had at least five Scarlet Knights in double figures was against Penn State on Feb. 7, 2016 with Kahleah Copper (20), Tyler Scaife (15), Rachel Hollivay (13), Briyona Canty (11) and Khadaizha Sanders (11).
MORE ON THE SCORE
Rutgers held a 50-24 halftime advantage on the Red Flash in game one of the 2018-19 campaign.
RU's 50 points at the half were the most since the Scarlet Knights netted 51 at the intermission against FDU on Dec. 20, 2017. In that game, Rutgers went on to reach the 100 point mark for only the third-time under head coach C. Vivian Stringer.
UP NEXTFollowing the Friday afternoon contest, the Scarlet Knights wrapped out their season opening homestand with Central Connecticut State on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on BTN with Mike Monaco and Julianne Vianni on the call.
