2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
America East Regular Season Co-Champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference	America East Conference
Record	26–9 (15–1 America East)
Head coach	Richard Barron (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Todd Steelman; Amy Vachon; Edniesha Curry;
Home arena	Cross Insurance Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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

The 2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the America East Conference. The Black Bears were led by fifth year head coach Richard Barron and played their home games at the Cross Insurance Center. They finished the season 26–9, 15–1 in America East play to share the America East regular season title with Albany. They advanced to the championship game of the America East women's tournament, where they lost to Albany. As champs of the America East Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Quinnipiac in the first round.

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

2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Chantel Charles	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Barking Abbey	London, England
G	5	Maddy McVicar	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Calais	Calais, ME
F	5	Bella Swan	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Viewmont Salt Lake CC	Farmington, UT
G	10	Milica Mitrovic	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Sports Gymnasium Belgrade	Belgrade, Serbia
G	12	Tanesha Sutton (I)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Ss. Neumann and Goretti Duquesne	Philadelphia, PA
F	13	Mikaela Gustafsson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Igelstavikens Gymnasium Telge Basket Kringlan Basket	Södertälje, Sweden
G	15	Lauren Bodine	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	duPont Manuel	Louisville, KY
G	20	Sophie Weckstrom	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Brando Gymnasium Torpan Pojat	Espoo, Finland
F	21	Sheraton Jones	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Canyon	Anaheim Hills, CA
G	22	Parise Rossignol	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Van Buren	Van Buren, ME
F	23	Christiana Gerostergiou	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Aristotelio National Team	Thessaloniki, Greece
F	31	Liz Wood	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Liberty	Catlett, VA
G	32	Isabel Hernandez Pope	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Polisportiva Battipagliese	Rome, Italy
F	33	Kirsten Johnson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Academy of Our Lady Peace	San Diego, CA
G	42	Sigi Koizar	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Stearns Billrothgymnasium	Vienna, Austria
F	51	Anna Heise	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Sportschule Halle	Halle, Germany

Head coach

Richard Barron (Kenyon)

Assistant coach(es)

Todd Steelman (John Brown)
Amy Vachon (Maine)
Edniesha Curry (Oregon)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 7:00 pm	vs. Vanguard	W 70–55		Warren G. Hill Gymnasium (342) Gorham, ME
11/08/2015* 4:00 pm	Stonehill	W 77–58		Cross Insurance Center (1,784) Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 5:30 pm	at Harvard	W 64–53	1–0	Lavietes Pavilion (721) Cambridge, MA
11/15/2015* 1:00 pm	at Boston College	L 48–55	1–1	Conte Forum (1,123) Chestnut Hill, MA
11/20/2015* 8:00 pm	at Minnesota	L 64–91	1–2	Williams Arena (2,761) Minneapolis, MN
11/22/2015* 1:00 pm	at North Dakota State	W 82–51	2–2	Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (404) Fargo, ND
11/25/2015* 12:00 pm	Central Connecticut	W 62–42	3–2	Cross Insurance Center (2,631) Bangor, ME
11/27/2015* 11:00 am	vs. Dayton Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	L 37–58	3–3	Germain Arena Estero, FL
11/28/2015* 11:00 am	vs. Missouri State Gulf Coast Showcase consolation 2nd round	W 69–65	4–3	Germain Arena Estero, FL
11/29/2015* 1:30 pm, CST	vs. LSU Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game	W 52–41	5–3	Germain Arena Estero, FL
12/01/2015* 7:00 pm	Colby	W 82–42	6–3	Cross Insurance Center (1,365) Bangor, ME
12/04/2015* 12:00 pm	at Northeastern	L 44–56	6–4	Cabot Center (1,004) Boston, MA
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm	at Dartmouth	W 59–41	7–4	Leede Arena (540) Hanover, NH
12/12/2015* 1:00 pm	Bryant	W 76–38	8–4	Cross Insurance Center (1,533) Bangor, ME
12/18/2015* 7:00 pm	Clemson	W 75–42	9–4	Cross Insurance Center (1,648) Bangor, ME
12/21/2015* 7:00 pm	at Purdue	L 33–56	9–5	Mackey Arena (5,803) West Lafayette, IN
12/31/2015* 1:00 pm	at North Carolina	L 58–59	9–6	Carmichael Arena (1,732) Chapel Hill, NC
America East regular season
01/06/2016 7:00 pm	at Vermont	W 62–41	10–6 (1–0)	Patrick Gym (371) Burlington, VT
01/09/2016 12:00 pm	UMBC	W 65–55	11–6 (2–0)	Cross Insurance Center (2,026) Bangor, ME
01/13/2016 7:00 pm	UMass Lowell	W 74–44	12–6 (3–0)	Cross Insurance Center (1,403) Bangor, ME
01/16/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3	at Albany	L 59–64	12–7 (3–1)	SEFCU Arena (986) Albany, NY
01/18/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3	at New Hampshire	W 62–52	13–7 (4–1)	Lundholm Gym (407) Durham, NH
01/24/2016 1:00 pm	Stony Brook	W 55–52	14–7 (5–1)	Cross Insurance Center (2,123) Bangor, ME
01/27/2016 7:00 pm	Hartford	W 61–43	15–7 (6–1)	Cross Insurance Center (1,559) Bangor, ME
01/30/2016 2:00 pm	at Binghamton	W 52–38	16–7 (7–1)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,575) Vestal, NY
02/03/2016 7:00 pm	Vermont	W 63–51	17–7 (8–1)	Cross Insurance Center (1,666) Bangor, ME
02/06/2016 1:00 pm	at UMBC	W 72–38	18–7 (9–1)	Retriever Activities Center (608) Catonsville, MD
02/08/2016 7:00 pm	New Hampshire	W 59–55	19–7 (10–1)	Cross Insurance Center (1,439) Bangor, ME
02/11/2016 7:00 pm	at UMass Lowell	W 73–46	20–7 (11–1)	Costello Athletic Center (321) Lowell, MA
02/14/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Albany	W 65–53	21–7 (12–1)	Cross Insurance Center (3,231) Bangor, ME
02/20/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Stony Brook	W 60–42	22–7 (13–1)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,042) Stony Brook, NY
02/24/2016 7:00 pm	at Hartford	W 50–44	23–7 (14–1)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,701) Hartford, CT
02/27/2016 1:00 pm	Binghamton	W 69–37	24–7 (15–1)	Cross Insurance Center (1,575) Bangor, ME
America East Women's Tournament
03/05/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. New Hampshire Quarterfinals	W 57–48	25–7	Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY
03/06/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Stony Brook Semifinals	W 51–48	26–7	Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY
03/11/2016 4:30 pm, ESPNU	at Albany Championship Game	L 58–59	26–8	SEFCU Arena (1,519) Albany, NY
WNIT
03/18/2016* 7:00 pm	at Quinnipiac First Round	L 44–90	26–9	TD Bank Sports Center (437) Hamden, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

^ "Maine". Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.

[1] "Maine". Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.

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People	Head coaches
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Roster

Schedule

See also

References