2014–15 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

2014–15 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
America East Regular Season Co-Champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference America East Conference
2014–15 record 23–9 (14–2 America East)
Head coach Richard Barron (4th year)
Assistant coach Todd Steelman (3rd year)
Assistant coach Amy Vachon (4th year)
Assistant coach Sean Smith (2nd year)
Home arena Memorial Gym
Cross Insurance Center
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 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team will represent the University of Maine in the America East Conference. The Black Bears were led by fourth year head coach Richard Barron and will once again play most of their home games at the Cross Insurance Center with select games being in the Memorial Gym. They finish the season 23-9, 14-2 in America East play to share the regular season title with Albany. They lost in the semifinals of the 2015 America East Women's Basketball Tournament to Hartford. As champs of the American East Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they were invited to the 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament which they lost in the first round to Villanova.

Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.

Roster

2014–15 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
G 3 Charles, ChantelChantel Charles style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Barking Abbey London, England
G 4 Anderson, CourtneyCourtney Anderson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Leavitt Greene, ME
F 5 Swan, BellaBella Swan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Viewmont
Salt Lake CC		 Farmington, UT
G 10 Mitrovic, MilicaMilica Mitrovic style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Sports Gymnasium Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia
F 13 Gustafsson, MikaelaMikaela Gustafsson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Igelstavikens Gymnasium
Telge Basket
Kringlan Basket		 Sodertalje, Sweden
G 15 Bodine, LaurenLauren Bodine style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr duPont Manuel Louisville, KY
G 20 Weckstrom, SophieSophie Weckstrom style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Brando Gymnasium
Torpan Pojat		 Espoo, Finland
F 21 Jones, SheratonSheraton Jones style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Canyon Anaheim Hills, CA
G 22 Rossignol, PariseParise Rossignol style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Van Buren Van Buren, ME
F 23 Gerostergiou, ChristianaChristiana Gerostergiou style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Aristotelio
National Team		 Thessaloniki, Greece
F 31 Wood, LizLiz Wood style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Liberty Catlett, VA
F 32 Fauntroy, JanessaJanessa Fauntroy style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Gaithersburg Gaithersburg, MD
F 33 Johnson, KirstenKirsten Johnson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Academy of Our Lady Peace San Diego, CA
G 42 Koizar, SigiSigi Koizar style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Stearns
Billrothgymnasium		 Vienna, Austria
F 51 Heise, AnnaAnna Heise style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Sportschule Halle Halle, Germany
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2014-07-10

Schedule

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Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/01/2014* McGill W 81–41  – Memorial Gym (696)
11/10/2014* New Brunswick W 80–34  – Cross Insurance Center (1,235)
Regular season
11/14/2014* at Bryant L 52–65  0–1 Chace Athletic Center (432)
11/16/2014* LIU Brooklyn W 65–59 OT 1–1 Cross Insurance Center (1,538)
11/19/2014* at Massachusetts L 60–68  1–2 Mullins Center (356)
11/23/2014* Sacred Heart L 58–59  1–3 Cross Insurance Center (1,275)
11/29/2014* Brown
(Black Bear Thanksgiving Tournament)		 W 58–53  2–3 Cross Insurance Center (1,325)
11/30/2014* Boston College
(Black Bear Thanksgiving Tournament)		 W 69–64 OT 3–3 Cross Insurance Center (1,239)
12/03/2014* at Central Connecticut W 72–58  4–3 William H. Detrick Gymnasium (436)
12/07/2014* Harvard W 65–46  5–3 Cross Insurance Center (1,312)
12/10/2014* Dartmouth W 53–38  6–3 Cross Insurance Center (1,184)
12/13/2014* Northeastern W 60–51  7–3 Cross Insurance Center (1,320)
12/19/2014* vs. #6 North Carolina
(Carolinas Challenge)		 L 36–65  7–4 Myrtle Beach Convention Center (837)
12/21/2014* at William & Mary W 54–51  8–4 Kaplan Arena (375)
01/03/2015 Albany L 43–49  8–5 (0–1) Cross Insurance Center (2,029)
01/07/2015* at Yale L 55–57  8–6 John J. Lee Amphitheater (144)
01/10/2015 at Hartford W 68–57  9–6 (1–1) Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,432)
01/14/2015 UMass Lowell W 68–54  10–6 (2–1) Cross Insurance Center (1,250)
01/17/2015 at Stony Brook W 58–55  11–6 (3–1) Island Federal Credit Union Arena (577)
01/19/2015 Binghamton W 70–48  12–6 (4–1) Cross Insurance Center (2,417)
01/22/2015 Vermont W 74–46  13–6 (5–1) Cross Insurance Center (1,994)
01/25/2015 at UMBC W 56–42  14–6 (6–1) Retriever Activities Center (503)
01/29/2015 New Hampshire W 87–56  15–6 (7–1) Cross Insurance Center (1,452)
02/01/2015 at Albany W 52–44  16–6 (8–1) SEFCU Arena (986)
02/08/2015 Hartford W 63–45  17–6 (9–1) Cross Insurance Center (3,287)
02/11/2015 at UMass Lowell W 74–46  18–6 (10–1) Costello Athletic Center (139)
02/15/2015 Stony Brook W 57–49  19–6 (11–1) Cross Insurance Center (3,454)
02/18/2015 at Vermont W 57–54  20–6 (12–1) Patrick Gym (525)
02/21/2015 at Binghamton W 70–56  21–6 (13–1) Binghamton University Events Center (1,405)
02/26/2015 UMBC W 61–41  22–6 (14–1) Cross Insurance Center (3,004)
03/01/2015 at New Hampshire L 47–61  22–7 (14–2) Lundholm Gym (1,241)
2015 America East Tournament
03/07/2015 at Binghamton
(Quarterfinals)		 W 78–71  23–7 Binghamton University Events Center (N/A)
03/08/2015 vs. Hartford
(Semifinals)		 L 54–65  23–8 Binghamton University Events Center (N/A)
WNIT
03/20/2015* at Villanova
(First Round)		 L 60–71  23–9 The Pavilion (367)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://goblackbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/2014-15/schedule