2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

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2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
Albany Great Danes Logo.svg
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
Seasons
« 2014–15 2016–17 »
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 High school/previous college Home town
G 1 Erin Coughlin 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Tabor Academy North Attleboro, MA
G 2 Aubrey Hernandez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Loudonville Christian
Hudson Valley CC		 Troy, NY
G/F 10 Bailey Hixson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Manchester-Shortsville
Monroe CC		 Shortsville, NY
G 12 Imani Tate 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Bishop Loughlin Bronx, NY
F 13 Bose Aiyalogbe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr Life Center Academy Lagos, Nigeria
G/F 15 Jessica Feguiere 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Champlain College Saint-Lambert Montreal, QE
F 21 Veronika Lavergne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr St. Peter Ottawa, ON
F 22 Heather Forster 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Huntington Huntington, NY
G 23 Zakiya Saunders 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Carthage Central Fort Drum, NY
G 24 Khara Keane 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr St. Joseph's COllege Toronto, ON
F 25 Shereesha Richards 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Atlantic Christian Rae Town, Jamaica
C 32 Megan Craig 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Sr Kamo Whangarei, New Zealand
G 34 Cassandra Edwards 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Notre Dame CSS Brampton, ON
F/C 22 Tiana-Jo Carter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lake Region Naples, ME
G 20 Bridget 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

[2]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015*
1:00 PM		 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		 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		 Yale W 74–70  9–3
 SEFCU Arena (832)
Albany, NY
American East regular season
01/06/2016
7:00 PM		 at UMBC W 77–42  10–3 (1–0)
 Retriever Activities Center (317)
Catonsville, MD
01/09/2016
2:00 PM		 Vermont W 72–43  11–3 (2–0)
 SEFCU Arena (1,362)
Albany, NY
01/13/2016
12:00 PM		 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		 at Binghamton W 59–47  14–3 (5–0)
 Binghamton University Events Center (1,775)
Vestal, NY
01/21/2016
7:00 PM		 Stony Brook W 73–54  15–3 (6–0)
 SEFCU Arena (1,392)
Albany, NY
01/27/2016
11:00 AM		 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		 UMBC W 63–39  18–3 (9–0)
 SEFCU Arena (1,704)
Albany, NY
02/06/2016
2:00 PM		 at Vermont W 75–40  19–3 (10–0)
 Patrick Gym (474)
Burlington, VT
02/08/2016
2:00 PM		 Binghamton W 64–58  20–3 (11–0)
 SEFCU Arena (1,403)
Albany, NY
02/11/2016
12:00 PM		 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		 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		 UMass Lowell W 88–57  23–4 (14–1)
 SEFCU Arena (1,197)
Albany, NY
02/28/2016
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 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

See also

References

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