RICHMOND, Va. – The Stony Brook women’s basketball team has been picked to finish second in the 2023-24 CAA Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll, as voted on by the league’s 14 head coaches.
After receiving All-CAA honors last season, junior forward Sherese Pittman was tabbed to the Preseason All-CAA First Team and graduate guard Gigi Gonzalez was picked to the Preseason All-CAA Second Team.
The Seawolves are coming off their inaugural season in the CAA, finishing 18-13 (11-7 CAA) last year to earn the No. 6 seed in the CAA Tournament. Stony Brook topped Elon in the first round to pick up their first-ever win in the league’s tournament. The team finished the season second in the conference in scoring average, averaging 67.9 points per game, and had three different student-athletes earn All-CAA honors (Annie Warren, Gonzalez, and Pittman).
Pittman, a native of Richmond, Va., made her presence felt on Long Island in her first season after transferring in from James Madison University, earning All-CAA Second Team recognition. The junior finished her first season with the Seawolves averaging 13.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. She dominated from the field, shooting 142-of-291 (48.8%) from the field, the second-best mark in the CAA. The forward was also a force on the glass last season, ranking second in the conference with 92 offensive rebounds, averaging 3.4 per game, while her 8.2 total rebounds per game was second-most in the league as well.
Entering her fifth season with the Seawolves, Gonzalez is coming off of a career year with the Seawolves that earned her All-CAA Third Team honors. The floor general for the Seawolves finished the season with a career-high 12.5 points per game, 15th-best in the conference. She tallied 20 or more points in eight games and registered at least five assists in 14 contests last season.
The Floridian stood out on both ends of the court, leading the Seawolves with 1.9 steals per game, seventh-most in the league. She also ended the year second in the conference in assists per game (4.3) and shot 84-of-101 (83.2%) from the free-throw line, the sixth-best percentage in the league.
Before kicking off the 2023-24 season, the squad hosts Adelphi in an exhibition on November 2 at 6:31 p.m. Stony Brook officially opens the 2023-24 campaign against Columbia, the WNIT Runner-Up a season ago, on November 6 at Island Federal Arena. The Seawolves embark on year two in the CAA begins on January 5 when Stony Brook welcomes new league member Campbell to Long Island for the CAA opener.
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The complete 2023-24 CAA Preseason Poll and Preseason All-Conference teams are listed below.
2023-24 CAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL
1. Towson (9) – 163
2. Stony Brook (2) – 139
3. Northeastern (2) – 138
4. Delaware – 123
5. Charleston (1) – 117
6. Monmouth – 115
7. Drexel – 104
8. North Carolina A&T – 103
9. William & Mary – 75
10. Campbell – 68
11. Elon – 56
12. Hofstra – 33
13. Hampton – 28
14. UNCW – 21
2023-24 CAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
| First Team | School | Height | Class | Pos. | Hometown / Highschool |
| Derin Erdogan | Northeastern | 5-6 | Sr. | G | Istanbul, Turkey / Istanbul Universitesi SK |
| Kylie Kornegay-Lucas | Towson | 5-10 | R-Sr. | G | Camden, Del. / New Hope Academy |
| Jada Logan | Charleston | 5-9 | Gr. | G | Rutherfordton, N.C. / R-S Central |
| Sherese Pittman | Stony Brook | 6-2 | Jr. | F | Richmond, Va. / The Steward School |
| Raven Preston | Elon | 5-11 | So. | G | Greensboro, N.C. / Southeast Guilford |
| Second Team | School | Height | Class | Pos. | Hometown / Highschool |
| Jenna Annecchiarico | Charleston | 5-6 | Gr. | G | Baldwin, N.Y. / Baldwin HS |
| Maleia Bracone | North Carolina A&T | 5-10 | Sr. | G | Anderson, S.C. / T.L. Hanna HS |
| Gigi Gonzalez | Stony Brook | 5-7 | Gr. | G | Miramar, Fla. / Nova |
| Gemima Motema | Northeastern | 5-9 | Jr. | G | Suffolk, Va. / King’s Fork HS |
| Nylah Young | William & Mary | 5-11 | Gr. | F | Suffolk, Va. / Kings Fork |
2023-24 CAA PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kylie Kornegay-Lucas, Towson