2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

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.

2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
America East Regular Season Co-Champions
America East Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2014–15 record24–9 (14–2 America East)
Head coachKatie Abrahamson-Henderson (5th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tahnee Balerio
  • Mary Grimes
  • Isoken Uzamere[1]
Home arenaSEFCU Arena
2014–15 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Albany142 .875  249  .727
Maine142 .875  239  .719
Stony Brook106 .625  1714  .548
New Hampshire97 .563  1712  .586
Hartford88 .500  1617  .485
UMass Lowell*79 .438  1415  .483
UMBC610 .375  1219  .387
Vermont214 .125  524  .172
Binghamton214 .125  426  .133
2015 America East Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2015
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Erin Coughlin 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrTabor Academy North Attleboro, MA
G 3 Margarita Rosario 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SrFelix Varela Miami, FL
G/F 4 Sarah Royals 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrTorrington Torrington, CT
G 12 Imani Tate 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoBishop Loughlin Bronx, NY
F 13 Bose Aiyalogbe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS FrLife Center Academy Lagos, Nigeria
G/F 15 Jessica Feguiere 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoChamplain College Saint-Lambert Montreal, Quebec
G 23 Zakiya Saunders 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoCarthage Central Fort Drum, NY
F 25 Shereesha Richards 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrAtlantic Christian Rae Town, Jamaica
C 32 Megan Craig 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) SrKamo Whangarei, New Zealand
G 34 Cassandra Edwards 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoNotre Dame CSS Brampton, Ontario
F/C 22 Tiana-Jo Carter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrLake Region Naples, ME
G 20 Bridget Murphy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoBethlehem 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
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Coaches RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

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