2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
America East Regular Season Co-Champions
America East Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference America East Conference
2014–15 record 24–9 (14–2 America East)
Head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (5th year)
Assistant coach Tahnee Balerio
Assistant coach Mary Grimes
Assistant coach Isoken Uzamere[1]
Home arena SEFCU Arena
2014–15 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Albany † 14 – 2   .875     24 – 9   .727
Maine 14 – 2   .875     23 – 9   .719
Stony Brook 10 – 6   .625     17 – 14   .548
New Hampshire 9 – 7   .563     17 – 12   .586
Hartford 8 – 8   .500     16 – 17   .485
UMass Lowell* 7 – 9   .438     14 – 15   .483
UMBC 6 – 10   .375     12 – 19   .387
Vermont 2 – 14   .125     5 – 24   .172
Binghamton 2 – 14   .125     4 – 26   .133
† 2015 America East Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2015
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represents the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes were led by fifth year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson and play their home games at SEFCU Arena. They were members of the America East Conference. The Great Danes enter the season as 3-time consecutive champs in the America East after winning the 2014 America East tournament.[2] They finish the season 24-9, 14-2 in America East play to share the regular season title with Maine. They were also America East Tournament champions for the fourth straight year and they received an automatic in the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament which they lost in the first round to Duke.

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. Select games will be broadcats on the radio on WCDB.

Roster

2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
G 1 Coughlin, ErinErin Coughlin style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Tabor Academy North Attleboro, MA
G 3 Rosario, MargaritaMargarita Rosario style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Felix Varela Miami, FL
G/F 4 Royals, SarahSarah Royals style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Torrington Torrington, CT
G 12 Tate, ImaniImani Tate style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Bishop Loughlin Bronx, NY
F 13 Aiyalogbe, BoseBose Aiyalogbe style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr Life Center Academy Lagos, Nigeria
G/F 15 Feguiere, JessicaJessica Feguiere style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Champlain College Saint-Lambert Montreal, Quebec
G 23 Saunders, ZakiyaZakiya Saunders style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Carthage Central Fort Drum, NY
F 25 Richards, ShereeshaShereesha Richards style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Atlantic Christian Rae Town, Jamaica
C 32 Craig, MeganMegan Craig style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Sr Kamo Whangarei, New Zealand
G 34 Edwards, CassandraCassandra Edwards style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Notre Dame CSS Brampton, Ontario
F/C 22 Carter, Tiana-JoTiana-Jo Carter style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lake Region Naples, ME
G 20 Murphy, BridgetBridget Murphy style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 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
Last update: 2014-10-15

Schedule

[3]

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Regular season
11/14/2014* St. Francis Brooklyn
(Preseason WNIT First Round)		 W 90–47  1–0 SEFCU Arena (1,290)
11/16/2014* at Penn State
(Preseason WNIT Second Round)		 W 54–53  2–0 Bryce Jordan Center (8,607)
11/20/2014* at WKU
(Preseason WNIT Semifinals)		 L 54–63  2–1 E. A. Diddle Arena (1,296)
11/26/2014* at Canisius W 64–59  3–1 Koessler Athletic Center (715)
12/02/2014* Hofstra L 55–65  3–2 SEFCU Arena (548)
12/06/2014* at Colgate W 67–48  4–2 Cotterell Court (370)
12/10/2014* at Marist L 58–61  4–3 McCann Field House (1,417)
12/13/2014* at Siena W 76–57  5–3 Times Union Center (512)
12/15/2014* at Quinnipiac L 62–66  5–4 TD Bank Sports Center (N/A)
12/19/2014* at Pepperdine W 61–36  6–4 Firestone Fieldhouse (311)
12/21/2014* at Cal State Fullerton W 71–49  7–4 Titan Gym (110)
12/28/2014* Northeastern L 67–70  7–5 SEFCU Arena (823)
12/30/2014* at #9 North Carolina L 56–71  7–6 Carmichael Arena (4,123)
01/03/2015 at Maine W 49–43  8–6 (1–0) Cross Insurance Center (2,029)
01/07/2015 New Hampshire W 76–65  9–6 (2–0) SEFCU Arena (380)
01/11/2015 at UMass Lowell W 78–50  10–6 (3–0) Costello Athletic Center (157)
01/14/2015 at Binghamton W 82–49  11–6 (4–0) Binghamton University Events Center (1,235)
01/19/2015 Stony Brook W 69–59  12–6 (5–0) SEFCU Arena (1,007)
01/22/2015 at UMBC W 72–62  13–6 (6–0) Retriever Activities Center (395)
01/25/2015 Hartford W 82–58  14–6 (7–0) SEFCU Arena (2,185)
01/29/2015 at Vermont W 89–48  15–6 (8–0) Patrick Gym (342)
02/01/2015 Maine L 44–52  15–7 (8–1) SEFCU Arena (986)
02/04/2015 at New Hampshire W 74–48  16–7 (9–1) Lundholm Gym (487)
02/07/2015 UMass Lowell W 93–57  17–7 (10–1) SEFCU Arena (3,471)
02/11/2015 Binghamton W 75–53  18–7 (11–1) SEFCU Arena (1,925)
02/18/2015 UMBC W 84–68  19–7 (12–1) SEFCU Arena (548)
02/22/2015 at Stony Brook L 64–68  19–8 (12–2) Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,098)
02/26/2015 at Hartford W 65–50  20–8 (13–2) Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,492)
03/01/2015 Vermont W 76–48  21–8 (14–2) SEFCU Arena (824)
2015 America East Tournament
03/07/2015 vs. Vermont
(Quarterfinals)		 W 63–33  22–8 Binghamton University Events Center (N/A)
03/08/2015 vs. UMBC
(Semifinals)		 W 66–37  23–8 Binghamton University Events Center (472)
03/13/2015 Hartford
(Championship Game)		 W 84–75  24–8 SEFCU Arena (1,574)
2015 NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015* at #16 Duke
(First Round)		 L 52–54  24–9 Cameron Indoor Stadium (N/A)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

 Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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18 		Final
AP RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Coaches RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Isoken Uzamere Promoted to Assistant Coach for UAlbany Women’s Basketball". Sport Balla. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  2. ↑ "UAlbany women romp in America East final, NCAAs next". Times Union. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  3. ↑ http://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=8000&SPSID=84568