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

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(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

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