2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Albany Great Danes Albany Great Danes logo.svg 150 America East Conference America East 28–5 15–1 Katie Abrahamson-Henderson 6th Mary Grimes Tahnee Balerio Isoken Uzamere SEFCU Arena America East Regular Season co-champions & Tournament Champions NCAA Women's Tournament second round The 2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes were led by sixth-year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson and played their home games at SEFCU Arena. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 28–5, 15–1 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 fifth straight year. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they upset Florida in the first round before falling to Syracuse in the second round. On April 1 it was announced that Katie Abrahamson-Henderson had resigned from Albany and accepted a coaching position at Central Florida.https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/15111955/ucf-knights-hire-katie-abrahamson-henderson-women-basketball-coach UCF hires Katie Abrahamson-Henderson as new coach April 2016 2016-04-01 She finished at Albany with a 6-year record of 144–46. Media All home games and conference road games were streamed on either ESPN3 on AmericaEast.tv. Most road games were streamed on the opponent's website. Selected games were broadcast on the radio on WCDB. Roster 2015 w Albany Great Danes y y w Erin Coughlin n 1 G 5 6 SR North Attleboro, MA Tabor Academy w Aubrey Hernandez n 2 G 5 6 JR y Troy, NY Loudonville ChristianHudson Valley CC w Bailey Hixson n 10 G/F 6 1 JR Shortsville, NY Manchester-ShortsvilleMonroe CC w Imani Tate n 12 G 5 8 JR Bronx, NY Bishop Loughlin w Bose Aiyalogbe n 13 F 6 0 SO yes Lagos, Nigeria Life Center Academy w Jessica Feguiere 15 G/F 5 11 SO Montreal, QE Champlain College Saint-Lambert w Bridget Murphy 20 G 5 9 SO Bethlehem, NY Bethlehem Central w Veronika Lavergne 21 F 6 4 SO Ottawa, ON St. Peter w Heather Forster 22 F 6 2 FR Huntington, NY Huntington w Zakiya Saunders 23 G 5 9 SO Fort Drum, NY Carthage Central w Khara Keane 24 G 5 8 FR Toronto, ON St. Joseph's College w Shereesha Richards 25 F 6 1 JR Rae Town, Jamaica Atlantic Christian w Megan Craig 32 C 6 9 SR Whanārei, New Zealand Kamo w Tiana-Jo Carter 33 F/C 6 2 FR Naples, ME Lake Region w Cassandra Edwards 34 G 5 10 SO Brampton, ON Notre Dame CSS Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (Iowa) Mary Grimes (Siena) Tahnee Balerio (Missouri State) Isoken Uzamere (Hofstra) http://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=8000&SPSID=70296 Schedule http://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=8000&SPSID=84568 Women's Basketball 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#452663; color:#FFC726;"| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2015 1:00 pm yes Pepperdine SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 863 64–49 1–0 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Boston University Case Gym Boston, MA 231 83–43 2–0 11/21/2015 3:00 pm yes yes Toledo Ryan Center Kingston, RI URI Tournament 417 63–55 3–0 11/22/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, RI URI Tournament 425 67–58 4–0 11/27/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Tennessee 4 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 9,806 55–63 4–1 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes Providence SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 856 71–58 5–1 12/05/2015 3:00 pm yes yes Army Christl Arena West Point, NY 754 62–65 5–2 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Fairfield Alumni Hall Fairfield, CT 123 62–50 6–2 12/12/2015 5:00 pm yes yes Siena Times Union Center Albany, NY 1,206 61–42 7–2 12/18/2015 11:00 pm yes yes UC Davis Galen Center Los Angeles, CA Women of Troy Classic semifinals 425 80–70 8–2 12/20/2015 6:00 pm yes yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA Women of Troy Classic championship 977 67–68 8–3 12/30/2015 6:00 pm yes Yale SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 832 74–70 9–3 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#452663; color:#FFC726;"| American East regular season 01/06/2016 7:00 pm yes UMBC Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 317 77–42 10–3 (1–0) 01/09/2016 2:00 pm Vermont SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 1,362 72–43 11–3 (2–0) 01/13/2016 12:00 pm yes New Hampshire Lundholm Gym Durham, NH 1,537 78–52 12–3 (3–0) 01/16/2016 12:00 pm Maine SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 986 ESPN3 64–59 13–3 (4–0) 01/18/2016 2:00 pm yes Binghamton Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY 1,775 59–47 14–3 (5–0) 01/21/2016 7:00 pm Stony Brook SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 1,392 73–54 15–3 (6–0) 01/27/2016 11:00 am yes UMass Lowell Tsongas Center Lowell, MA 3,363 85–55 16–3 (7–0) 01/31/2016 2:00 pm yes Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion Hartford, CT 1,516 ESPN3 78–41 17–3 (8–0) 02/03/2016 7:00 pm UMBC SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 1,704 63–39 18–3 (9–0) 02/06/2016 2:00 pm yes Vermont Patrick Gym Burlington, VT 474 75–40 19–3 (10–0) 02/08/2016 2:00 pm Binghamton SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 1,403 64–58 20–3 (11–0) 02/11/2016 12:00 pm New Hampshire SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 3,016 75–48 21–3 (12–0) 02/14/2016 1:00 pm yes Maine Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME 3,231 ESPN3 53–65 21–4 (12–1) 02/17/2016 7:00 pm yes Stony Brook Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 1,004 62–49 22–4 (13–1) 02/25/2016 7:00 pm UMass Lowell SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 1,197 88–57 23–4 (14–1) 02/28/2016 2:00 pm Hartford SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 1,647 ESPN3 84–39 24–4 (15–1) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#452663; color:#FFC726;"| America East Women's Tournament 03/05/2016 6:00 pm yes Vermont Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY Quarterfinals   ESPN3 95–43 25–4 03/06/2016 4:15 pm yes Binghamton Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY Semifinals 2,904 ESPN3 79–43 26–4 03/11/2016 4:30 pm Maine SEFCU Arena Albany, NY Championship Game 1,519 ESPNU 59–58 27–4 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#452663; color:#FFC726;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 12:00 pm yes yes 12 SF Florida 25 5 SF Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY First Round 2,445 ESPN2 61–59 28–4 03/20/2016 12:00 pm yes yes 12 SF Syracuse 14 4 SF Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Second Round 3,842 ESPN2 59–76 28–5 AP Poll Eastern Time SF Sioux Falls Region Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV NR NR NR RV RV N/A Coaches RV RV NR RV NR RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   No change (RV)   Received votes (NR)   Not ranked See also 2015–16 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team Albany Great Danes women's basketball References Albany Category:Albany Great Danes women's basketball seasons Albany Albany Great Danes Albany Great Danes