2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represents the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by first year head coach Colleen Mullen, play their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 13–18, 9–7 in America East play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Binghamton in the quarterfinals before losing to Maine in the semifinals of the America East Women's Tournament.

2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2018–19 record13–18 (9–7 America East)
Head coachColleen Mullen (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Yvonne Hawkins
  • Catherine Cassidy
  • Megan Methven
Home arenaSEFCU Arena
2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Maine †15–1 .938  25–8  .758
Hartford14–2 .875  23–11  .676
Stony Brook11–5 .688  23–8  .742
Albany9–7 .563  13–18  .419
Binghamton7–9 .438  12–18  .400
Vermont7–9 .438  11–18  .379
UMBC3–13 .188  10–20  .333
UMass Lowell3–13 .188  7–22  .241
New Hampshire3–13 .188  6–24  .200
† 2019 America East Tournament winner

Bernabei-McNamee left Albany on April 10 after two seasons for Boston College.[4] On May 14, former Army assistant head coach Colleen Mullen was named the new head coach for the Great Danes.[5]

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
2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G/F 1 Julie Ford 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrCooperstown Central School Hartwick, NY
G 2 Kyara Frames 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) SoBishop McNamara Laurel, MD
G 3 Khepera Stokes 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS JrBaltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore, MD
G 4 De'jah Williams 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoImhotep Charter School Philadelphia, PA
G 10 Patricia Conroy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoSt. Joseph Hill Academy Staten Island, NY
G/F 13 Lucia Decortes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrLiceo delle Scienze Umane e Musicale Bergamo
F 14 Amanda Kantzy  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrLuleå Basketgymnasium
Colorado State		 Spånga, Sweden
G 20 Kumsal Aslan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrSt. Timothy's School Ankara, Turkey
F 22 Heather Forster 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrHuntington Huntington, NY
C 24 Alexi Schecter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrLowell Lowell, MA
F 44 Chyanna Canada 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrNottingham Syracuse, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Yvonne Hawkins (Ashland)
  • Catherine Cassidy (SUNY Plattsburgh)
  • Megan Methven (Stonehill)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[6]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2018*
7:00 PM		 at No. 22 South Florida L 37–74  0–1
 Yuengling Center (2,269)
Tampa, FL
11/12/2018*
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 at Cornell L 34–48  0–2
 Newman Arena (269)
Ithaca, NY
11/14/2018*
5:00 PM, ESPN+		 Manhattan W 60–54  1–2
 SEFCU Arena 
Albany, NY
11/18/2018*
4:00 PM		 at Rutgers L 39–65  1–3
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,625)
Piscataway, NJ
11/21/2018*
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 at Monmouth L 56–64  1–4
 OceanFirst Bank Center (140)
West Long Branch, NJ
11/25/2018*
2:00 PM, ESPN+		 Holy Cross L 50–56  1–5
 SEFCU Arena (978)
Albany, NY
11/28/2018*
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 Canisius L 42–48  1–6
 SEFCU Arena (747)
Albany, NY
12/01/2018*
2:00 PM		 at Lafayette L 66–67 2OT 1–7
 Kirby Sports Center (404)
Easton, PA
12/05/2018*
7:00 PM		 Central Connecticut L 53–60  1–8
 SEFCU Arena (901)
Albany, NY
12/08/2018*
2:00 PM		 Marist L 56–74  1–9
 SEFCU Arena (996)
Albany, NY
12/15/2018*
1:00 PM		 at St. Francis Brooklyn W 67–60  2–9
 Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (448)
Brooklyn, NY
12/19/2018*
11:30 AM		 at Purdue L 41–53  2–10
 Mackey Arena (7,038)
West Lafayette, IN
12/29/2018*
2:00 PM, ESPN+		 at Columbia W 62–58  3–10
 Levien Gymnasium (552)
New York, NY
America East regular season
01/02/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Binghamton W 61–56  4–10 (1–0)
 SEFCU Arena (854)
Albany, NY
01/05/2019
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Vermont L 39–52  4–11 (1–1)
 Patrick Gym (588)
Burlington, VT
01/12/2019
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Maine L 65–76  4–12 (1–2)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,733)
Bangor, ME
01/16/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 UMass Lowell W 63–56 OT 5–12 (2–2)
 SEFCU Arena (785)
Albany, NY
01/19/2019
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 UMBC W 64–44  6–12 (3–2)
 SEFCU Arena (840)
Albany, NY
01/23/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 at Stony Brook W 68–54  7–12 (4–2)
 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (651)
Stony Brook, NY
01/26/2019
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Hartford L 35–82  7–13 (4–3)
 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (702)
West Hartford, CT
01/30/2019
11:00 AM, ESPN+		 New Hampshire W 59–41  8–13 (5–3)
 SEFCU Arena (1,911)
Albany, NY
02/02/2019
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Binghamton W 71–62  9–13 (6–3)
 Binghamton University Events Center (1,799)
Vestal, NY
02/09/2019
2:00 PM, ESPN+		 Vermont W 65–40  10–13 (7–3)
 SEFCU Arena (936)
Albany, NY
02/13/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 at UMass Lowell W 56–53  11–13 (8–3)
 Tsongas Center (962)
Lowell, MA
02/16/2019
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 Maine L 61–67  11–14 (8–4)
 SEFCU Arena (1,017)
Albany, NY
02/20/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 Stony Brook L 52–68  11–15 (8–5)
 SEFCU Arena (884)
Albany, NY
02/23/2019
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 at UMBC L 60–69  11–16 (8–6)
 UMBC Event Center (437)
Catonsville, MD
02/27/2019
12:00 pm, ESPN+		 at New Hampshire W 78–53  12–16 (9–6)
 Lundholm Gym (369)
Durham, NH
03/02/2019
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 Hartford L 56–68  12–17 (9–7)
 SEFCU Arena (996)
Albany, NY
America East Women's Tournament
03/06/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 (4) (5) Binghamton
Quarterfinals		 W 61–56  13–17
 SEFCU Arena (472)
Albany, NY
03/10/2019
1:00 PM, ESPN+		 (4) at (1) Maine
Semifinals		 L 51–66  13–18
 Memorial Gym (1,233)
Orono, ME
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
Season		Week
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11		Week
12		Week
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15		Week
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17		Week
18		Week
19		Final
AP N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References
  1. "Team brochure" (PDF). image.cdnllnwnl.xosnetwork.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  2. "Albany Great Danes Women's Basketball - Great Danes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  3. Albany Great Danes. "Albany Great Danes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  4. "Boston College hires Joanna Bernabei-McNamee as women's hoops coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  5. "UAlbany announces hiring of Colleen Mullen as women's basketball head coach". ualbanysports.com. Associated Press. May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  6. "Basketball - W - Schedule - UAlbanySports.com—Official Web site of University at Albany Athletics". Ualbanysports.com. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
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