After winning the tip, turning the ball over and allowing a Stony Brook basket to open the game, the Rams answered with a pair of three-pointers from Arielle Collins and Abigail Corning to lead 6-4 over the first for minutes.
After the 16-minute media timeout, both teams went cold shooting until Charlotte Stoddart hit an open jumper, at 12:23, to give the Rams an 8-5 lead. The SeaWolves then had nearly a six minute stretch between a pair of Gerda Gatling free throws. After that drought ended the Rams scored a Liz Milner jumper at the 8:14 mark to make the score 11-6 Fordham.
A pair of Becky Peters foul shots gave the Rams a 13-7 lead until Whitney Davis scored back to back buckets for Stony Brook to get them within 13-11 at 3:23. Collins then grabbed a steal and went coast to coast for the layup to make it 15-11 and on the next possession Charlotte Stoddart drew a foul down low and made one of two foul shots.
Fordham led at the break 17-11, the 11 points were the fewest Fordham has allowed in the half since they allowed 13 against Holy Cross on November 20, 2010.
The Rams came out of halftime and opened up a 10 point led, 24-14, at 15:57, on a 7-3 run that included five points from Stoddart.
After the media timeout at 15:57, Stony Brook scored consecutive layups from Jessica Previlon to bring them within six, but a Stoddart layup at 14:15 gave the Rams a 26-18 lead.
From there, the SeaWolves use a 4-0 run to pull within four, 26-22, at 13:05, forcing Fordham to use a timeout. The Rams then executed a backdoor play for a bucket as Stoddart found a cutting Corning for an open layup, making the score 28-22 for Fordham.
Out of the media timeout at 10:57, Fordham ripped off five straight points to extend their lead to 11, at 33-22, on a three-pointer from Stoddart and a pull-up jumper from Peters. The 11 point advantage was their largest lead of the game.
Stony Brook then used an 11-2 run to bring the score to 35-33 until a foul on Dani Klupenger with 0:40 remaining put Emily Tapio on the line for a one-in-one. Tapio calmly drilled both foul shots to make the score 37-33 for Fordham.
After Whitney Davis hit a short jumper to bring Stony Brook within two, at 37-35, with 0:14 remaining, the SeaWolves fouled to stop the clock the rest of the way. Collins hit four free throws in the final 12 seconds to ice the game for Fordham as they held on for the 41-37 win.
Fordham was led by Stoddart and Collins, who each finished with 10 points. Stoddart nearly had a double-double as she grabbed nine rebounds, seven of them defensive.
With the win, Fordham improves to 6-4 while Stony Brook falls to 1-8. The Rams return to action against Winthrop, on December 17 at 2:00 PM in the Rose Hill Gym.
Notes: Tapio scored her first career points making a foul line jumper and a pair of free throws…This was the sixth time in the last 16 years the team held an opponent under 40 points and the first time since Holy Cross on November 20, 2010, a game Fordham won 67-36…The 41 points was lowest winning score for Fordham in the shot clock era.
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