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
Conference	America East Conference
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

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. 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 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 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

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

• 2015–16 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team
• Albany Great Danes women's basketball