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 finished the season 24–9, 14–2 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 fourth straight year and they received an automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where 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. Selected games will be broadcast on the radio on WCDB.

Roster

2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
G 1 Coughlin, ErinErin Coughlin 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Tabor Academy North Attleboro, MA
G 3 Rosario, MargaritaMargarita Rosario 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Felix Varela Miami, FL
G/F 4 Royals, SarahSarah Royals 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Torrington Torrington, CT
G 12 Tate, ImaniImani Tate 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Bishop Loughlin Bronx, NY
F 13 Aiyalogbe, BoseBose Aiyalogbe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr Life Center Academy Lagos, Nigeria
G/F 15 Feguiere, JessicaJessica Feguiere 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Champlain College Saint-Lambert Montreal, Quebec
G 23 Saunders, ZakiyaZakiya Saunders 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Carthage Central Fort Drum, NY
F 25 Richards, ShereeshaShereesha Richards 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Atlantic Christian Rae Town, Jamaica
C 32 Craig, MeganMegan Craig 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Sr Kamo Whangarei, New Zealand
G 34 Edwards, CassandraCassandra Edwards 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Notre Dame CSS Brampton, Ontario
F/C 22 Carter, Tiana-JoTiana-Jo Carter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lake Region Naples, ME
G 20 Murphy, BridgetBridget Murphy 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
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular season

11/14/2014*
7:00 PM, AETV		 St. Francis Brooklyn
Preseason WNIT First Round		 W 90–47  1–0
 SEFCU Arena (1,290)
Albany, NY

11/16/2014*
7:00 PM		 at Penn State
Preseason WNIT Second Round		 W 54–53  2–0
 Bryce Jordan Center (8,607)
University Park, PA

11/20/2014*
8:00 PM		 at WKU
Preseason WNIT Semifinals		 L 54–63  2–1
 E. A. Diddle Arena (1,296)
Bowling Green, KY

11/26/2014*
7:00 PM		 at Canisius W 64–59  3–1
 Koessler Athletic Center (715)
Buffalo, NY

12/02/2014*
7:00 PM, AETV		 Hofstra L 55–65  3–2
 SEFCU Arena (548)
Albany, NY

12/06/2014*
4:00 PM		 at Colgate W 67–48  4–2
 Cotterell Court (370)
Hamilton, NY

12/10/2014*
7:00 PM		 at Marist L 58–61  4–3
 McCann Field House (1,417)
Poughkeepsie, NY

12/13/2014*
5:00 PM		 at Siena W 76–57  5–3
 Times Union Center (512)
Albany, NY

12/15/2014*
7:00 PM		 at Quinnipiac L 62–66  5–4
 TD Bank Sports Center (N/A)
Hamden, CT

12/19/2014*
4:00 PM		 at Pepperdine W 61–36  6–4
 Firestone Fieldhouse (311)
Malibu, CA

12/21/2014*
4:00 PM		 at Cal State Fullerton W 71–49  7–4
 Titan Gym (110)
Fullerton, CA

12/28/2014*
2:00 PM, AETV		 Northeastern L 67–70  7–5
 SEFCU Arena (823)
Albany, NY

12/30/2014*
2:00 PM		 at No. 9 North Carolina L 56–71  7–6
 Carmichael Arena (4,123)
Chapel Hill, NC

01/03/2015
12:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Maine W 49–43  8–6 (1–0)
 Cross Insurance Center (2,029)
Bangor, ME

01/07/2015
7:00 PM, AETV		 New Hampshire W 76–65  9–6 (2–0)
 SEFCU Arena (380)
Albany, NY

01/11/2015
2:00 PM		 at UMass Lowell W 78–50  10–6 (3–0)
 Costello Athletic Center (157)
Lowell, MA

01/14/2015
7:00 PM		 at Binghamton W 82–49  11–6 (4–0)
 Binghamton University Events Center (1,235)
Vestal, NY

01/19/2015
7:00 PM, AETV		 Stony Brook W 69–59  12–6 (5–0)
 SEFCU Arena (1,007)
Albany, NY

01/22/2015
12:00 PM		 at UMBC W 72–62  13–6 (6–0)
 Retriever Activities Center (395)
Catonsville, MD

01/25/2015
2:00 PM, AETV/TWCSC		 Hartford W 82–58  14–6 (7–0)
 SEFCU Arena (2,185)
Albany, NY

01/29/2015
7:00 PM		 at Vermont W 89–48  15–6 (8–0)
 Patrick Gym (342)
Burlington, VT

02/01/2015
1:00 PM, AETV		 Maine L 44–52  15–7 (8–1)
 SEFCU Arena (986)
Albany, NY

02/04/2015
7:00 PM		 at New Hampshire W 74–48  16–7 (9–1)
 Lundholm Gym (487)
Durham, NH

02/07/2015
5:00 PM, AETV/TWCSC		 UMass Lowell W 93–57  17–7 (10–1)
 SEFCU Arena (3,471)
Albany, NY

02/11/2015
12:00 PM, AETV		 Binghamton W 75–53  18–7 (11–1)
 SEFCU Arena (1,925)
Albany, NY

02/18/2015
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 UMBC W 84–68  19–7 (12–1)
 SEFCU Arena (548)
Albany, NY

02/22/2015
4:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Stony Brook L 64–68  19–8 (12–2)
 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,098)
Stony Brook, NY

02/26/2015
7:00 PM		 at Hartford W 65–50  20–8 (13–2)
 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,492)
Hartford, CT

03/01/2015
2:00 PM, AETV		 Vermont W 76–48  21–8 (14–2)
 SEFCU Arena (824)
Albany, NY
2015 America East Tournament

03/07/2015
6:00 PM, ESPN3		 vs. Vermont
Quarterfinals		 W 63–33  22–8
 Binghamton University Events Center (N/A)
Vestal, NY

03/08/2015
4:30 PM, ESPN3		 vs. UMBC
Semifinals		 W 66–37  23–8
 Binghamton University Events Center (472)
Vestal, NY

03/13/2015
4:30 PM, ESPNU		 Hartford
Championship Game		 W 84–75  24–8
 SEFCU Arena (1,574)
Albany, NY
2015 NCAA Women's Tournament

03/20/2015*
12:00 PM, ESPN2		 at No. 16 Duke
First Round		 L 52–54  24–9
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (N/A)
Durham, NC
*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-
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 		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
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