2025–26 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team

2025–26 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball
2025–26 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball
Conference	Coastal Athletic Association
Record	18–15 (12–6 CAA)
Head coach	Joy McCorvey (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Anjalé Barrett; Kiah Gillespie; Evan Turkish;
Home arena	Stony Brook Arena
	Seasons ← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team represented Stony Brook University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Seawolves, led by second-year head coach Joy McCorvey, played their home games at Stony Brook Arena in Stony Brook, New York as members of the Coastal Athletic Association.

2025–26 CAA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Charleston †	16	–	2	.889	27	–	6	.818
Campbell	13	–	5	.722	20	–	12	.625
Drexel	13	–	5	.722	21	–	11	.656
Stony Brook	12	–	6	.667	18	–	15	.545
Monmouth	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Elon	10	–	8	.556	16	–	16	.500
Towson	10	–	8	.556	17	–	14	.548
William & Mary	9	–	9	.500	17	–	14	.548
North Carolina A&T	7	–	11	.389	12	–	18	.400
Hofstra	6	–	12	.333	11	–	22	.333
Hampton	4	–	14	.222	10	–	21	.323
Northeastern	3	–	15	.167	7	–	22	.241
UNC Wilmington	2	–	16	.111	7	–	24	.226

† 2026 CAA tournament winner

Previous season

The Seawolves finished the 2024–25 season 12–18, 7–11 in CAA play, to finish in 12th place.^[1] They were defeated by Hampton in the first round of the CAA tournament.^[2]

Preseason

On October 2, 2025, the Coastal Athletic Association released their preseason poll. Stony Brook was picked to finish 12th in the conference.^[3]

Preseason rankings

CAA Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Charleston	139 (8)
2	Drexel	125 (2)
3	North Carolina A&T	124 (3)
4	Campbell	112
5	Elon	87
6	William & Mary	83
7	Towson	79
8	Monmouth	71
9	Hofstra	67
10	UNC Wilmington	39
11	Hampton	37
12	Stony Brook	33
13	Northeastern	18
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[3]

Preseason All-CAA Teams

No players were named to the First or Second All-CAA Teams.^[3]

Roster

2025–26 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Nal'La Bennett	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Friends' Central School	Sicklerville, New Jersey
G	3	Janay Brantley	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Catskill High School	Catskill, New York
G	4	Ioanna Giannopoulou	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	So	Townsend Harris High School	Queens, New York
G	5	Ebere Egbirika	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Odessa College	London, England
F	8	Johanna Potter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Wesleyan School	Stockbridge, Georgia
G	9	Chloe Oliver	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Davidson	Montreal, Quebec
G	10	Diaka Berete	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Jackson State	Toronto, Ontario
F	12	Alonna Sellers	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Central Connecticut	Hampton, Virginia
F	13	Alex Brown	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Osbourn Park High School	Manassas, Virginia
F	15	Melissa Mwanza	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Louisiana Tech	Harare, Zimbabwe
G	20	Sandra Frau Garcia	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	UIC	Pego, Spain
F	21	Caitlin Frost	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	St. Bonaventure	Les Coteaux, Quebec
G	22	Delaney Cooper	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Woodward Academy	Atlanta, Georgia
F	23	Lauren Filien	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	The Winchendon School	Cohoes, New York
G	30	Khalis Whiting	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Abington High School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Head coach

Joy McCorvey (St. John's)

Assistant coach(es)

Anjalé Barrett (Maryland)
Kiah Gillespie (Florida State)
Evan Turkish (American)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 12, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2025* 6:31 pm		Queens (NY)	W 85–43	–	Stony Brook Arena (138) Stony Brook, NY
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2025* 7:00 pm, ACCNX		at Syracuse	L 50–74	0–1	JMA Wireless Dome (2,052) Syracuse, NY
November 7, 2025* 6:31 pm, FloCollege		Molloy	W 91–59	1–1	Stony Brook Arena (684) Stony Brook, NY
November 9, 2025* 2:00 pm, B1G+		at Rutgers	W 71–54	2–1	Jersey Mike's Arena (1,623) Piscataway, NJ
November 12, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Fordham	L 52–58	2–2	Rose Hill Gymnasium (392) Bronx, NY
November 19, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Marist	L 51–55	2–3	McCann Arena (752) Poughkeepsie, NY
November 24, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Georgia State Georgia State Thanksgiving Classic	L 61−62	2−4	GSU Convocation Center (1,154) Atlanta, GA
November 25, 2025* 2:30 pm		vs. Central Arkansas Georgia State Thanksgiving Classic	L 42−70	2−5	GSU Convocation Center (1,207) Atlanta, GA
November 26, 2025* 2:30 pm		vs. Samford Georgia State Thanksgiving Classic	L 48–58	2–6	GSU Convocation Center (1,130) Atlanta, GA
December 1, 2025* 6:31 pm, SNY/FloCollege		NJCU	W 85–38	3–6	Stony Brook Arena (347) Stony Brook, NY
December 5, 2025* 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Harvard	L 33–67	3–7	Lavietes Pavilion (1,147) Cambridge, MA
December 10, 2025* 7:00 pm, SNY/FloCollege		St. John's	L 42–73	3–8	Stony Brook Arena (500) Stony Brook, NY
December 14, 2025* 1:00 pm, FloCollege		Duquesne	W 52–39	4–8	Stony Brook Arena (292) Stony Brook, NY
December 17, 2025* 11:00 am, SNY/FloCollege		Georgian Court	W 75−50	5−8	Stony Brook Arena (1,004) Stony Brook, NY
CAA regular season
January 2, 2026 7:00 pm, FloCollege		at Hampton	L 54–63	5–9 (0–1)	Hampton Convocation Center (516) Hampton, VA
January 4, 2026 1:00 pm, FloCollege		at William & Mary	W 73–57 ^OT	6–9 (1–1)	Kaplan Arena (1,114) Williamsburg, VA
January 9, 2026 6:31 pm, FloCollege		Drexel	W 57–53	7–9 (2–1)	Stony Brook Arena (552) Stony Brook, NY
January 11, 2026 1:00 pm, SNY/FloCollege		North Carolina A&T	W 56–51	8–9 (3–1)	Stony Brook Arena (454) Stony Brook, NY
January 16, 2026 6:00 pm, FloCollege/MSGSN		at Hofstra Battle of Long Island	W 61–44	9–9 (4–1)	Mack Sports Complex (466) Hempstead, NY
January 18, 2026 12:00 pm, SNY/FloCollege		Towson	W 55–43	10–9 (5–1)	Stony Brook Arena (553) Stony Brook, NY
January 23, 2026 6:00 pm, FloCollege		at Drexel	L 41–49	10–10 (5–2)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (703) Philadelphia, PA
January 30, 2026 6:31 pm, SNY/FloCollege		Hofstra Battle of Long Island	W 52–49	11–10 (6–2)	Stony Brook Arena (688) Stony Brook, NY
February 1, 2026 1:00 pm, SNY/FloCollege		Monmouth	W 61–51	12–10 (7–2)	Stony Brook Arena (845) Stony Brook, NY
February 6, 2026 6:31 pm, SNY/FloCollege		Northeastern	W 64–55	13–10 (8–2)	Stony Brook Arena (630) Stony Brook, NY
February 13, 2026 7:00 pm, SNY/FloCollege		at Monmouth	W 68–60	14–10 (9–2)	OceanFirst Bank Center (648) West Long Branch, NJ
February 15, 2026 1:00 pm, FloCollege		at Northeastern	L 60–73	14–11 (9–3)	Cabot Center (243) Boston, MA
February 20, 2026 6:31 pm, SNY/FloCollege		UNC Wilmington	W 60–55	15–11 (10–3)	Stony Brook Arena (844) Stony Brook, NY
February 22, 2026 1:00 pm, FloCollege		at Towson	L 68–73	15–12 (10–4)	SECU Arena (1,001) Towson, MD
February 27, 2026 6:31 pm, SNY/FloCollege		Hampton	W 67–58	16–12 (11–4)	Stony Brook Arena (451) Stony Brook, NY
March 1, 2026 1:00 pm, FloCollege		Elon	W 62–58	17–12 (12–4)	Stony Brook Arena (717) Stony Brook, NY
March 5, 2026 7:00 pm, FloCollege		at Charleston	L 43–66	17–13 (12–5)	TD Arena (410) Charleston, SC
March 7, 2026 2:00 pm, FloCollege		at Campbell	L 41–55	17–14 (12–6)	Gore Arena (1,063) Buies Creek, NC
CAA tournament
March 13, 2026 2:30 pm, FloCollege	(4)	vs. (5) Monmouth Quarterfinals	W 51–45	18–14	CareFirst Arena (1,300) Washington, D.C.
March 14, 2026 2:00 pm, FloCollege	(4)	vs. (1) Charleston Semifinals	L 49–79	18–15	CareFirst Arena Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Coastal Athletic Association (CAA Sports). Retrieved May 12, 2026.
↑ "Bench Strength Lifts Women's Basketball Over Stony Brook In CAA Tournament Opener". Hampton University Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
1 2 3 "Barbot Goes Back-To-Back As CAA Preseason Player of the Year; Charleston Headlines Coaches Poll". Coastal Athletic Association (CAA Sports). Retrieved May 12, 2026.
↑ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Stony Brook University Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
↑ "Stony Brook Seawolves 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved May 12, 2026.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Coastal Athletic Association (CAA Sports). Retrieved May 12, 2026.

[2] "Bench Strength Lifts Women's Basketball Over Stony Brook In CAA Tournament Opener". Hampton University Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2026.

[poll-3] 1 2 3 "Barbot Goes Back-To-Back As CAA Preseason Player of the Year; Charleston Headlines Coaches Poll". Coastal Athletic Association (CAA Sports). Retrieved May 12, 2026.

[4] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Stony Brook University Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2026.

[5] "Stony Brook Seawolves 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved May 12, 2026.

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