2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball

America East Regular Season Co-Champions & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference	America East Conference
2015–16 record	28–5 (15–1 America East)
Head coach	Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (6th year)
Assistant coach	Mary Grimes
Assistant coach	Tahnee Balerio
Assistant coach	Isoken Uzamere
Home arena	SEFCU Arena

2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Albany †	15	–	1	.938	28	–	5	.848
Maine	15	–	1	.938	26	–	9	.743
UMBC	8	–	8	.500	18	–	14	.563
Stony Brook	8	–	8	.500	17	–	15	.531
Binghamton	8	–	8	.500	14	–	17	.452
Hartford	7	–	9	.438	11	–	19	.367
New Hampshire	6	–	10	.375	12	–	18	.400
Vermont	4	–	12	.250	9	–	21	.300
UMass Lowell*	1	–	15	.063	4	–	24	.143


† 2016 America East Tournament winner As of March 20, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represents the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes are led by sixth year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson and play their home games at SEFCU Arena. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 28–5, 15–1 in America East play to share the America East regular season title with Maine. They were also champions of the America East Women's Tournament for the fifth straight year and they received an automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Florida in the first round before falling to Syracuse in the second round.

On April 1st it was announced that Katie Abrahamson-Henderson has resign from Albany and accept her coaching position at Central Florida.^[1] She finished at Albany with a 6 year record of 144–46.

Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 on AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Selected games will be broadcast on the radio on WCDB.

Roster

2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Coughlin, ErinErin Coughlin	66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	4.0 !Sr	Tabor Academy	North Attleboro, MA
1.5 !G	2	Hernandez, AubreyAubrey Hernandez	66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Loudonville Christian Hudson Valley CC	Troy, NY
2.5 !G/F	10	Hixson, BaileyBailey Hixson	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.0 !Jr	Manchester-Shortsville Monroe CC	Shortsville, NY
1.5 !G	12	Tate, ImaniImani Tate	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	3.0 !Jr	Bishop Loughlin	Bronx, NY
3.5 !F	13	Aiyalogbe, BoseBose Aiyalogbe	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Life Center Academy	Lagos, Nigeria
2.5 !G/F	15	Feguiere, JessicaJessica Feguiere	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.0 !So	Champlain College Saint-Lambert	Montreal, QE
3.5 !F	21	Lavergne, VeronikaVeronika Lavergne	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	1.0 !Fr	St. Peter	Ottawa, ON
3.5 !F	22	Forster, HeatherHeather Forster	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Huntington	Huntington, NY
1.5 !G	23	Saunders, ZakiyaZakiya Saunders	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	Carthage Central	Fort Drum, NY
1.5 !G	24	Keane, KharaKhara Keane	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.0 !Fr	St. Joseph's COllege	Toronto, ON
3.5 !F	25	Richards, ShereeshaShereesha Richards	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.0 !Jr	Atlantic Christian	Rae Town, Jamaica
5.0 !C	32	Craig, MeganMegan Craig	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	4.0 !Sr	Kamo	Whangarei, New Zealand
1.5 !G	34	Edwards, CassandraCassandra Edwards	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	2.0 !So	Notre Dame CSS	Brampton, ON
4.5 !F/C	22	Carter, Tiana-JoTiana-Jo Carter	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Lake Region	Naples, ME
1.5 !G	20	Murphy, BridgetBridget Murphy	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	Bethlehem Central	Bethlehem, NY

Head coach

Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Mary Grimes (Siena)
Tahnee Balerio (Missouri State)
Isoken Uzamere (Hofstra)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

^[2]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 1:00 PM, AETV	Pepperdine	W 64–49	1–0	SEFCU Arena (863) Albany, NY
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM	at Boston University	W 83–43	2–0	Case Gym (231) Boston, MA
11/21/2015* 3:00 PM	vs. Toledo URI Tournament	W 63–55	3–0	Ryan Center (417) Kingston, RI
11/22/2015* 12:00 PM	at Rhode Island URI Tournament	W 67–58	4–0	Ryan Center (425) Kingston, RI
11/27/2015* 12:00 PM	at #4 Tennessee	L 55–63	4–1	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,806) Knoxville, TN
12/01/2015* 7:00 PM, AETV	Providence	W 71–58	5–1	SEFCU Arena (856) Albany, NY
12/05/2015* 3:00 PM	at Army	L 65–65	5–2	Christl Arena (754) West Point, NY
12/09/2015* 7:00 PM	at Fairfield	W 62–50	6–2	Alumni Hall (123) Fairfield, CT
12/12/2015* 5:00 PM	at Siena	W 61–42	7–2	Times Union Center (1,206) Albany, NY
12/18/2015* 11:00 PM	vs. UC Davis Women of Troy Classic semifinals	W 80–70	8–2	Galen Center (425) Los Angeles, CA
12/20/2015* 6:00 PM	at USC Women of Troy Classic championship	L 67–68	8–3	Galen Center (977) Los Angeles, CA
12/30/2015* 6:00 PM, AETV	Yale	W 74–70	9–3	SEFCU Arena (832) Albany, NY
American East regular season
01/06/2016 7:00 PM, AETV	at UMBC	W 77–42	10–3 (1–0)	Retriever Activities Center (317) Catonsville, MD
01/09/2016 2:00 PM, AETV	Vermont	W 72–43	11–3 (2–0)	SEFCU Arena (1,362) Albany, NY
01/13/2016 12:00 PM, AETV	at New Hampshire	W 78–52	12–3 (3–0)	Lundholm Gym (1,537) Durham, NH
01/16/2016 12:00 PM, ESPN3	Maine	W 64–59	13–3 (4–0)	SEFCU Arena (986) Albany, NY
01/18/2016 2:00 PM, AETV	at Binghamton	W 59–47	14–3 (5–0)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,775) Vestal, NY
01/21/2016 7:00 PM, AETV	Stony Brook	W 73–54	15–3 (6–0)	SEFCU Arena (1,392) Albany, NY
01/27/2016 11:00 AM, AETV	at UMass Lowell	W 85–55	16–3 (7–0)	Tsongas Center (3,363) Lowell, MA
01/31/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3	at Hartford	W 78–41	17–3 (8–0)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,516) Hartford, CT
02/03/2016 7:00 PM, AETV	UMBC	W 63–39	18–3 (9–0)	SEFCU Arena (1,704) Albany, NY
02/06/2016 2:00 PM, AETV	at Vermont	W 75–40	19–3 (10–0)	Patrick Gym (474) Burlington, VT
02/08/2016 2:00 PM, AETV	Binghamton	W 64–58	20–3 (11–0)	SEFCU Arena (1,403) Albany, NY
02/11/2016 12:00 PM, AETV	New Hampshire	W 75–48	21–3 (12–0)	SEFCU Arena (3,016) Albany, NY
02/14/2016 1:00 PM, ESPN3	at Maine	L 53–65	21–4 (12–1)	Cross Insurance Center (3,231) Bangor, ME
02/17/2016 7:00 PM, AETV	at Stony Brook	W 62–49	22–4 (13–1)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,004) Stony Brook, NY
02/25/2016 7:00 PM, AETV	UMass Lowell	W 88–57	23–4 (14–1)	SEFCU Arena (1,197) Albany, NY
02/28/2016 2:00 PM, AETV	Hartford	W 84–39	24–4 (15–1)	SEFCU Arena (1,647) Albany, NY
America East Women's Tournament
03/05/2016 6:00 PM, ESPN3	vs. Vermont Quarterfinals	W 95–43	25–4	Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY
03/06/2016 4:15 PM, ESPN3	vs. Binghamton Semifinals	W 79–43	26–4	Binghamton University Events Center (2,904) Vestal, NY
03/11/2016 4:30 PM, ESPNU	Maine Championship Game	W 59–58	27–4	SEFCU Arena (1,519) Albany, NY
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 12:00 PM, ESPN2	vs. #25 Florida First Round	W 61–59	28–4	Carrier Dome (2,445) Syracuse, NY
03/20/2016* 12:00 PM, ESPN2	at #14 Syracuse Second Round	L 59–76	28–5	Carrier Dome (3,842) Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

↑ "UCF hires Katie Abrahamson-Henderson as new coach". Retrieved 2016-04-01.
↑ http://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=8000&SPSID=84568

Albany Great Danes women's basketball

Venues	SEFCU Arena (1992–present)

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

Media

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References