2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2016 America East Tournament winner ; As of March 20, 2016; *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

Albany Great Danes women's basketball
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 season)
Assistant coaches	Mary Grimes; Tahnee Balerio; Isoken Uzamere;
Home arena	SEFCU Arena

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 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

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	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	Whangarei, 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

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	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	T 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	(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

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

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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

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[1] "UCF hires Katie Abrahamson-Henderson as new coach". Retrieved 2016-04-01.

[2] ttp://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=8000&SPSID=84568

Albany Great Danes women's basketball
Venues	SEFCU Arena (1992–present)
Rivalries	Siena
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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

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

2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

Media

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References