2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
America East Regular Season Co-Champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference America East Conference
2015–16 record 26–9 (15–1 America East)
Head coach Richard Barron (5th year)
Assistant coach Todd Steelman
Assistant coach Amy Vachon
Assistant coach Edniesha Curry
Home arena Cross Insurance Center
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 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team will represent the University of Maine in the America East Conference. The Black Bears are led by fifth year head coach Richard Barron and play their home games at the Cross Insurance Center. They finished the season 26–9, 15–1 in America East play to share the America East regular season title with Albany. They advanced to the championship game of the America East Women's Tournament where they lost to Albany. As champs of the America East Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Quinnipiac in the first round.

Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.

Roster

2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
G 3 Charles, ChantelChantel Charles 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Barking Abbey London, England
G 5 McVicar, MaddyMaddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Calais Calais, ME
F 5 Swan, BellaBella Swan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Viewmont
Salt Lake CC
Farmington, UT
G 10 Mitrovic, MilicaMilica Mitrovic 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Sports Gymnasium Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia
G 12 Sutton, TaneshaTanesha Sutton (I)  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Ss. Neumann and Goretti
Duquesne
Philadelphia, PA
F 13 Gustafsson, MikaelaMikaela Gustafsson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Igelstavikens Gymnasium
Telge Basket
Kringlan Basket
Södertälje, Sweden
G 15 Bodine, LaurenLauren Bodine 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr duPont Manuel Louisville, KY
G 20 Weckstrom, SophieSophie Weckstrom 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Brando Gymnasium
Torpan Pojat
Espoo, Finland
F 21 Jones, SheratonSheraton Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Canyon Anaheim Hills, CA
G 22 Rossignol, PariseParise Rossignol 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Van Buren Van Buren, ME
F 23 Gerostergiou, ChristianaChristiana Gerostergiou 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Aristotelio
National Team
Thessaloniki, Greece
F 31 Wood, LizLiz Wood 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Liberty Catlett, VA
G 32 Hernandez Pope, IsabelIsabel Hernandez Pope 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Polisportiva Battipagliese Rome, Italy
F 33 Johnson, KirstenKirsten Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Academy of Our Lady Peace San Diego, CA
G 42 Koizar, SigiSigi Koizar 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Stearns
Billrothgymnasium
Vienna, Austria
F 51 Heise, AnnaAnna Heise 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Sportschule Halle Halle, Germany
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition

11/06/2015*
7:00 PM
vs. Vanguard W 70–55 
Warren G. Hill Gymnasium (342)
Gorham, ME

11/08/2015*
4:00 PM
Stonehill W 77–58 
Cross Insurance Center (1,784)
Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season

11/13/2015*
5:30 PM
at Harvard W 64–53  1–0
Lavietes Pavilion (721)
Cambridge, MA

11/15/2015*
1:00 PM
at Boston College L 48–55  1–1
Conte Forum (1,123)
Chestnut Hill, MA

11/20/2015*
8:00 PM
at Minnesota L 64–91  1–2
Williams Arena (2,761)
Minneapolis, MN

11/22/2015*
1:00 PM
at North Dakota State W 82–51  2–2
Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (404)
Fargo, ND

11/25/2015*
12:00 PM
Central Connecticut W 62–42  3–2
Cross Insurance Center (2,631)
Bangor, ME

11/27/2015*
11:00 AM
vs. Dayton
Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals
L 37–58  3–3
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL

11/28/2015*
11:00 AM
vs. Missouri State
Gulf Coast Showcase consolation 2nd round
W 69–65  4–3
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL

11/29/2015*
1:30 PM, CST
vs. LSU
Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game
W 52–41  5–3
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL

12/01/2015*
7:00 PM
Colby W 82–42  6–3
Cross Insurance Center (1,365)
Bangor, ME

12/04/2015*
12:00 PM
at Northeastern L 44–56  6–4
Cabot Center (1,004)
Boston, MA

12/06/2015*
2:00 PM
at Dartmouth W 59–41  7–4
Leede Arena (540)
Hanover, NH

12/12/2015*
1:00 PM
Bryant W 76–38  8–4
Cross Insurance Center (1,533)
Bangor, ME

12/18/2015*
7:00 PM
Clemson W 75–42  9–4
Cross Insurance Center (1,648)
Bangor, ME

12/21/2015*
7:00 PM
at Purdue L 33–56  9–5
Mackey Arena (5,803)
West Lafayette, IN

12/31/2015*
1:00 PM
at North Carolina L 58–59  9–6
Carmichael Arena (1,732)
Chapel Hill, NC
America East regular season

01/06/2016
7:00 PM
at Vermont W 62–41  10–6 (1–0)
Patrick Gym (371)
Burlington, VT

01/09/2016
12:00 PM
UMBC W 65–55  11–6 (2–0)
Cross Insurance Center (2,026)
Bangor, ME

01/13/2016
7:00 PM
UMass Lowell W 74–44  12–6 (3–0)
Cross Insurance Center (1,403)
Bangor, ME

01/16/2016
12:00 PM, ESPN3
Albany L 59–64  12–7 (3–1)
SEFCU Arena (986)
Albany, NY

01/18/2016
3:00 PM, ESPN3
at New Hampshire W 62–52  13–7 (4–1)
Lundholm Gym (407)
Durham, NH

01/24/2016
1:00 PM
Stony Brook W 55–52  14–7 (5–1)
Cross Insurance Center (2,123)
Bangor, ME

01/27/2016
7:00 PM
Hartford W 61–43  15–7 (6–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,559)
Bangor, ME

01/30/2016
2:00 PM
at Binghamton W 52–38  16–7 (7–1)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,575)
Vestal, NY

02/03/2016
7:00 PM
Vermont W 63–51  17–7 (8–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,666)
Bangor, ME

02/06/2016
1:00 PM
at UMBC W 72–38  18–7 (9–1)
Retriever Activities Center (608)
Catonsville, MD

02/08/2016
7:00 PM
New Hampshire W 59–55  19–7 (10–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,439)
Bangor, ME

02/11/2016
7:00 PM
at UMass Lowell W 73–46  20–7 (11–1)
Costello Athletic Center (321)
Lowell, MA

02/14/2016
1:00 PM, ESPN3
Albany W 65–53  21–7 (12–1)
Cross Insurance Center (3,231)
Bangor, ME

02/20/2016
2:00 PM, ESPN3
at Stony Brook W 60–42  22–7 (13–1)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,042)
Stony Brook, NY

02/24/2016
7:00 PM
at Hartford W 50–44  23–7 (14–1)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,701)
Hartford, CT

02/27/2016
1:00 PM
Binghamton W 69–37  24–7 (15–1)
Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME
America East Women's Tournament

03/05/2016
12:00 PM, ESPN3
vs. New Hampshire
Quarterfinals
W 57–48  25–7
Binghamton University Events Center 
Vestal, NY

03/06/2016
2:00 PM, ESPN3
vs. Stony Brook
Semifinals
W 51–48  26–7
Binghamton University Events Center 
Vestal, NY

03/11/2016
4:30 PM, ESPNU
at Maine
Championship Game
L 58–59  26–8
SEFCU Arena (1,519)
Albany, NY
WNIT

03/18/2016*
7:00 PM
at Quinnipiac
First Round
L 44–90  26–9
TD Bank Sports Center (437)
Hamden, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

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