2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
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
Record	24–9 (14–2 America East)
Head coach	Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Tahnee Balerio; Mary Grimes; Isoken Uzamere;
Home arena	SEFCU Arena
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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	Hometown
G	1	Erin Coughlin	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Tabor Academy	North Attleboro, MA
G	3	Margarita Rosario	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Felix Varela	Miami, FL
G/F	4	Sarah Royals	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Torrington	Torrington, CT
G	12	Imani Tate	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Bishop Loughlin	Bronx, NY
F	13	Bose Aiyalogbe	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Life Center Academy	Lagos, Nigeria
G/F	15	Jessica Feguiere	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Champlain College Saint-Lambert	Montreal, Quebec
G	23	Zakiya Saunders	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Carthage Central	Fort Drum, NY
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	Whangarei, New Zealand
G	34	Cassandra Edwards	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Notre Dame CSS	Brampton, Ontario
F/C	22	Tiana-Jo Carter	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Lake Region	Naples, ME
G	20	Bridget Murphy	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Bethlehem Central	Bethlehem, NY

Head coach

Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Tahnee Balerio, (Missouri State)
Mary Grimes, (Siena)
Isoken Uzamere, (Hofstra)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-15

Schedule

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Date time, TV	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

References

^ "Isoken Uzamere Promoted to Assistant Coach for UAlbany Women's Basketball". Sport Balla. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
^ "UAlbany women romp in America East final, NCAAs next". Times Union. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
^ http://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=8000&SPSID=84568

[1] "Isoken Uzamere Promoted to Assistant Coach for UAlbany Women's Basketball". Sport Balla. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-05-27.

[2] "UAlbany women romp in America East final, NCAAs next". Times Union. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

[3] ttp://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=8000&SPSID=84568

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v t e Albany Great Danes women's basketball
Venues	SEFCU Arena (1992–present)
Rivalries	Siena
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References