2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes were led by sixth year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson and played 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.

2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
America East Regular Season co-champions & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record28–5 (15–1 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mary Grimes
  • Tahnee Balerio
  • Isoken Uzamere
Home arenaSEFCU Arena
Seasons
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

On April 1 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

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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

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2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
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 So Life Center Academy Lagos, Nigeria
G/F 15 Jessica Feguiere 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Champlain College Saint-Lambert Montreal, QE
G 20 Bridget Murphy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Bethlehem Central Bethlehem, NY
F 21 Veronika Lavergne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So 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 Whanārei, New Zealand
F/C 33 Tiana-Jo Carter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lake Region Naples, ME
G 34 Cassandra Edwards 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Notre Dame CSS Brampton, ON
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
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 No. 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 62–65  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
(12 SF) vs. (5 SF) No. 25 Florida
First Round
W 61–59  28–4
Carrier Dome (2,445)
Syracuse, NY
03/20/2016*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
(12 SF) at (4 SF) No. 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.
SF=Sioux Falls Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Legend
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(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UCF hires Katie Abrahamson-Henderson as new coach". April 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball".