# 2020–21 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team represented Stony Brook University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Seawolves, led by seventh-year head coach Caroline McCombs, play their home games at the Island Federal Credit Union Arena and are members in the America East Conference.
Stony Brook finished in second place in the America East after going 11–3 during the conference regular season. The Seawolves beat UMass Lowell by 20 points in the semifinals to earn a rematch with Maine in the championship game after last season's was cancelled. As the underdog, Stony Brook beat Maine 64–60 to win its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth.
As a No. 14 seed, the Seawolves lost 79–44 to No. 3 seed Arizona in the first round.

## Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will be streamed on ESPN3 or ESPN+.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 25, 2020* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Fordham | L 58–62 | 0–1 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| November 29, 2020* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | No. 23 Syracuse | L 39–50 | 0–2 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| December 2, 2020* 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row | | at Sacred Heart | Canceled | Canceled | William H. Pitt Center Fairfield, CT |
| December 3, 2020* 2:00 pm | | Sacred Heart | Canceled | Canceled | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| December 8, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Manhattan | W 65–52 | 1–2 | Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, NY |
| December 14, 2020* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Hofstra | W 63–52 | 2–2 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| America East Conference regular season ||||||
| December 19, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Binghamton | W 61–52 | 3–2 (1–0) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| December 20, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Binghamton | W 55–47 | 4–2 (2–0) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| December 27, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMass Lowell | L 60–63 | 4–3 (2–1) | Tsongas Center Lowell, MA |
| December 28, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMass Lowell | W 60–44 | 5–3 (3–1) | Tsongas Center Lowell, MA |
| January 2, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMBC | Canceled | Canceled | UMBC Event Center Baltimore, MD |
| January 3, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMBC | Canceled | Canceled | UMBC Event Center Baltimore, MD |
| January 16, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | L 49–52 | 5–4 (3–2) | Lundholm Gym Durham, NH |
| January 17, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | W 64–41 | 6–4 (4–2) | Lundholm Gym Durham, NH |
| January 23, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | NJIT | W 63–51 | 7–4 (5–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| January 24, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | NJIT | W 73–41 | 8–4 (6–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| January 30, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Hartford | W 67–47 | 9–4 (7–2) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT |
| January 31, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Hartford | W 62–49 | 10–4 (8–2) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT |
| February 13, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Maine | W 59–54 | 11–4 (9–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| February 14, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Maine | L 49–54 | 11–5 (9–3) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| February 22, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Albany | W 58–46 | 12–5 (10–3) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| February 23, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Albany | W 62–42 | 13–5 (11–3) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| America East Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | (2) | (3) UMass Lowell Semifinals | W 75–55 | 14–5 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| March 12, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPNU | (2) | at (1) Maine Championship Game | W 60–56 | 15–5 | Memorial Gym Orono, ME |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 22, 2021* 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | (14 M) | vs. (3 M) Arizona First Round | L 44–79 | 15–6 | Alamodome San Antonio, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||