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The Game
Stonehill returns to Brooklyn for the second time in five days as it wraps up the road portion of its inaugural NCAA Division I and Northeast Conference schedule at Long Island University for an NEC matchup at the Steinberg Wellness Center tonight. The Skyhawks are looking to make it a Brooklyn sweep after posting a 69-61 victory down the street at Pratt Institute against St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday, while the Sharks are looking to build off a 78-68 win over Wagner here at Steinberg on Saturday.

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 against Central Connecticut State at 2 p.m. Fans wearing pink to Saturday's game will be admitted free of charge, with donation locations in the ticket area to benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Media Information
Tonight's game will be broadcast live on NEC Front Row with Pat Boyle calling the action for LIU. 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
Stonehill shot over 45-percent from the floor and battled its way to a second Northeast Conference road win with a 69-61 triumph over St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday. Postgrad Maddie Loder (Independence, Minn.) led four from Stonehill in double-figures, scoring 11 of her 16 points in the first half to help the Skyhawks stake out a ten-point lead (22-12) after a quarter of play, as she finished 7-of-14 from the field and added three assists and two rebounds. Fifth-year Sophie Glidden (Scarborough, Maine) totaled 14 points on 7-of-15 shooting, with six rebounds and two assists, while senior Mia Kelly (South Hadley, Mass.) contributed 11 points, converting 5-of-6 free-throws while making 3-of-5 shots from the floor, with six rebounds and a career-high five assists. Alyssa Fisher led St. Francis Brooklyn with a game-high 17 points, with two rebounds and two assists.

Against the Sharks
Tonight marks the second meeting all-time between Stonehill and LIU. The Skyhawks took a 1-0 advantage in the series with a 56-49 victory at Merkert Gymnasium in Easton, Massachusetts, on January 21. Stonehill claimed a win in The Borough at St. Francis Brooklyn just five days ago at Pratt Institute on Saturday. Stonehill head coach Trisha Brown is 1-0 in her career against LIU, while Sharks head coach Rene Haynes is 0-1 against the Skyhawks.

Last Time They Met
Stonehill used a second quarter surge to grab a nine-point halftime lead and made it stand in notching a 56-49 victory over LIU at Merkert Gym on January 21. Fifth-year Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) drained six of Stonehill's ten three-pointers in the contest, including 4-of-6 in scoring 12 of the Skyhawks 23 second quarter points, on her way to a double-double performance of 21 points and a season-high ten rebounds, while adding two assists and two steals to her first double-double of the season (third career). Shyan Mwai was the lone LIU player in double-figures with 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting, three rebounds, four steals, three blocked shots and an assist.

Pioneer History
While this afternoon marks Stonehill's second ever encounter with LIU (Brooklyn), Stonehill did have a series history with LIU Post/C.W. Post, which merged its athletic department with the flagship LIU in Brooklyn prior to the 2019-20 academic year. Stonehill posted a 6-1 record in seven all-time meetings with the then Pioneers, including a 66-47 win in Brookville, N.Y., the last time they played on November 25, 2018.

Prime Performer
Postgrad Maddie Loder (Independence, Minn.) was named a Northeast Conference Prime Performer for the third time this season on Monday. Loder averaged 16.0 points on 50-percent (13-for-26) shooting, with 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in a 1-1 week for Stonehill. She posted back-to-back 16 point games, adding three assists and two rebounds in Saturday's 69-61 win at St. Francis Brooklyn in which she made 7-of-14 shots from the floor, including a pair of three-pointers. Loder also netted 16 points against Merrimack on Thursday on 6-of-12 shooting (3-8 three-pointers), with two boards. Fifth-year Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) has collected all nine of her team-leading Prime Performer selections, as well as a pair of NEC Player of the Week honors, in the last 11 weeks. Loder and Bramanti are among four Skyhawks to be named an NEC Prime Performer in Stonehill's first season in the Conference, along with fifth-year Sophie Glidden (Scarborough, Maine) and senior Mia Kelly (South Hadley, Mass.) 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
Feb. 6: Emily Bramanti
Feb. 13: Maddie Loder

It's Been a Good Day
Stonehill has won its last four games played on February 16, including a 72-51 win over Saint Michael's College at Merkert Gym in Easton, Mass.

Ten Things
Stonehill first-year assistant coach Jhay Fletcher has been featured in a "10 Things to Know..." article by the College's website this week, where she talks about juggling her new role on campus and shares her many talents. The feature can be accessed here.

300 dishes
Fifth-year guard Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) delivered her 300th career assist in Saturday's win at St. Francis Brooklyn. She dished out 14 assists over Stonehill's two games last week, including a career-high matching eight against Merrimack on Thurday, before adding six against the Terriers on Saturday. Bramanti has an assist in seven-straight games, averaging 3.7 assists per game during that stretch.

Helping Hands
Stonehill has dished out 20-plus assists in each of its last two games, including a season-high 25 assists on 29 field goals against Merrimack last 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.  

Movin' On Up!
Fifth-year guard Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) moved into 33rd place on Stonehill's career scoring list with 1,028 points after her nine against St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday, moving past Courtney Walsh, '18 (1,023). Bramanti enters tonight's game ten points behind Paige Marshall, '16 (1,038) for 32nd, while her 150 career three-point field goals ranks ninth in Stonehill history - five behind Esther King '96 (155) for eighth all-time. Amy Pelletier, '15 buried a school-record 267 three-pointers over her four-year career at Stonehill.

Move The Ball
Stonehill ranks second among NEC leaders with its 13.3 assists per game, averaging 14.3 per game since November, compared to 10.7 per game over the first month of the season. The Skyhawks are collecting assists on 61.7-percent of its field goals this season, including 63.7% since December 1 after dishing out 97 assists on 129 field goals over the last six games. The Skyhawks are second among NEC leaders with 14.4 assists per game in NEC play.

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 is right back in action on Saturday, when it returns home to open a season-ending three-game homestand, hosting Central Connecticut State for its WBCA Play for Kay Game at Merkert Gymnasium at 2 p.m.