2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team Intercollegiate basketball season
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.
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.
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 ChristianHudson Valley CC
Troy, NY
G/F
10
Bailey Hixson
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Jr
Manchester-ShortsvilleMonroe 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
[ 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
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
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
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons