2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
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.
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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster
Schedule
[ 1]
Date time, TV
Rank#
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 .
See also
References