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The Game
Stonehill is on the road for the first of two in Brooklyn over the next week to wrap up its road schedule in its inaugural NCAA Division I season as it visits Saint Francis College of Brooklyn for a Northeast Conference matchup - the second against the Terriers over the last seven days. The Skyhawks are looking to finish strong, having dropped its last four after Thursday night's 78-71 setback to Merrimack College in Easton, Mass., while the Terriers have won three-straight and five of six after a 70-61 win at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain on Thursday.  

Play 4 Kay
Stonehill is joining women's basketball programs at every level nationwide in supporting the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's (WBCA) Play 4 Kay Week, February 10-20. The Skyhawks will be wearing pink uniforms through the remainder of the month of February. Play4Kay is the largest fundraising initiative of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and the vision of its founder Olympic gold medal-winning and Naismith Hall of Fame Coach Kay Yow. For Coach Yow it was simple, to unite people through sport in the fight against cancer. Join the fight, choose a game on your schedule to Play4Kay, fundraise for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, and help deliver Coach Yow's vision of a future without cancer. Through Play4Kay, the Kay Yow Cancer Fund has national impact, extending hope to survivors, raising money to aid in the fight against all cancers affecting women and serving the under-served. As a result of Play4Kay and your participation, the Kay Yow Cancer Fund has been able to award $7.88M toward this fight. Stonehill will host its annual Play4Kay game on Saturday, February 18, against Central Connecticut State at 2 p.m.

Media Information
This afternoon's game will be broadcast live on NEC Front Row with Jon Perez (play-by-play) calling the action for St. Francis Brooklyn. The broadcast can be accessed via stonehillskyhawks.com through its NEC Front Row portal (necfrontrow.com/schools/SC) or through Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku via the NEC On the Run App.

Last Time Out
Merrimack turned back several Stonehill challenges down the stretch to secure a 78-71 victory at Merkert Gymnasium. Junior Amaya Staton led a balanced Merrimack effort with 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting with seven rebounds, an assist, steal and blocked shot. Senior Marissa Hamilton added 13 points, all in the first half, on 6-of-14 shooting, with seven rebounds, while senior Jayme DeCesare totaled 13 points, aided by 6-of-6 shooting at the free-throw line, four assists and three boards. Senior Kaylee Thomas rounded out the trio of 13-point scorers for the Warriors and chipped in two rebounds and two assists. Postgrad Maddie Loder (Independence, Minn.) scored 12 of her game-high 16 points in the first half to lead Stonehill, finishing 6-for-12 from the floor, including 3-for-8 from three-point distance. Fifth-year Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) netted ten of her 13 points in the second half, with a career-high matching eight assists, five rebounds and two steals, while freshman Melissa Whitmore (Hanover, N.H.) scored a season-high 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting, with two rebounds.

Against the Terriers
This afternoon marks the second meeting all-time between St. Francis Brooklyn and Stonehill - both having come within the last week. The Terriers won the inaugural meeting between the two in Easton, Mass., last Saturday with a 61-48 decision. Stonehill head coach Trisha Brown is 0-1 in her career against St. Francis Brooklyn, but Terriers head coach Linda Cimino is now 2-5 in her career after last week's win, including six prior encounters with Stonehill during her eight seasons at Caldwell University.

Last Time They Met
Saint Francis Brooklyn shot 54-percent from the floor in the fourth quarter to pull away and notch a 61-48 victory over Stonehill at Merkert Gym just one week ago. Fifth-year Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) led Stonehill with nine points, including the 1,000th of her career, to go with three assists and two rebounds. Tyra Myers scored 15 of her game-high 21 points in the second half, including eight of St. Francis Brooklyn's 12 third quarter points, as she finished shooting 8-of-19 from the floor, including 3-for-7 from three-point distance in the win. Classmate Angena Belloso added 14 points, eight rebounds, three assists, two steals and a blocked shot.

Prime Performer
Fifth-year Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) earned Northeast Conference Prime Performer status for a team-leading eighth time this season on Monday. She led all scorers at Sacred Heart on Saturday in Stonehill's lone game of the week, with 25 points, including 14 in the second half to fuel a Skyhawks comeback effort from a 14-point third quarter deficit, on 7-of-14 shooting, including 5-for-11 from three-point distance, with two rebounds, two assists and a steal. Bramanti, who has collected all eight of her Prime Performer selection, as well as a pair of NEC Player of the Week honors, over the last nine weeks, is one of four Skyhawks to be named an NEC Prime Performer in Stonehill's first season in the Conference. She has been joined by postgrad Maddie Loder (Independence, Minn.), fifth-year Sophie Glidden (Scarborough, Maine) and senior Mia Kelly (South Hadley, Mass.) in earning the recognition with two selections apiece.

NEC Prime performers:
Nov. 14: Maddie Loder
Nov. 28: Sophie Glidden
Dec. 5: Emily Bramanti & Mia Kelly
Dec. 12: Emily Bramanti
Dec. 19: Emily Bramanti
Dec. 26: Emily Bramanti & Mia Kelly
Jan. 3: Emily Bramanti & Sophie Glidden
Jan. 9: Emily Bramanti
Jan. 18: Maddie Loder
Jan. 23: Emily Bramanti
Jan. 30: Emily Bramanti

Dimes Only
Stonehill dished out a season-high 25 assists on 29 field goals against Merrimack on Thursday - matching the highest total in the NEC this season and marking the most in the Conference in league play. Fifth-year Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) matched her career-high with a season-best eight assists, while classmate Sophie Glidden (Scarborough, Maine) added a career-high seven helpers. Seven different players recorded assists in the game, with four posting multiple dimes as sophomore Maureen Stapleton (Spring Lake Heights, N.J.) matched her career best as well, with three. 

In Transition
Stonehill announced it had accepted an invitation to join the Northeast Conference and commence a four-year transition to full NCAA Division I membership on April 5. The Skyhawks started their four-year transition on July 1 and will earn full NCAA Division I membership in 2026-27. At the June NEC meetings, the Conference presidents announced a shift in the waiting period for automatic qualifier sports from competing for NEC postseason championships from four to two years, making Stonehill eligible to compete in the NEC postseason starting in 2024-25.

Getting Social
Fans and media members of Stonehill athletics have multiple social media outlets to get updates on all 21 varsity programs. The department's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/stonehillskyhawks, and you can also follow @GoStonehill on Twitter and @stonehillskyhawks via Instagram!  Stonehill women's basketball is also on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/StonehillCollegeWomensBasketball, Twitter and Instagram by following @stonehillwbb. You can even follow head coach Trisha Brown on Twitter via @CoachTB_SC.

Up Next
Stonehill returns to action on Thursday when it returns to Brooklyn to face LIU for its final road game of the season at 7 p.m. The Skyhawks next home game is next Saturday, February 18, when it hosts Central Connecticut State for its WBCA Play for Kay Game at Merkert Gymnasium at 2 p.m.