2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
America East tournament champions
NCAA women's tournament, first round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record21–12 (12–4 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaSEFCU Arena
Seasons
2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Hampshire 15 – 1   .938 26 – 6   .813
Albany † 12 – 4   .750 21 – 12   .636
UMBC 10 – 6   .625 15 – 16   .484
Maine 9 – 7   .563 18 – 16   .529
Binghamton 8 – 8   .500 13 – 17   .433
Hartford 7 – 9   .438 17 – 14   .548
Vermont 6 – 10   .375 9 – 20   .310
Stony Brook 5 – 11   .313 12 – 18   .400
UMass Lowell* 0 – 16   .000 3 – 26   .103
† 2017 America East tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by first-year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee, played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 12–4 in America East play, to finish in second place. They defeated Vermont, Hartford and Maine to win America East women's tournament for the sixth straight year and they received an automatic bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Connecticut in the first round.

Media

All home games and conference road games streamed on either ESPN3 on AmericaEast.tv. Most road games streamed on the opponents' websites. Selected games were broadcast on the radio on WCDB.

Roster

2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 00 Mackenzie Trpcic 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr St. Mary's Hamilton, ON
G 2 Aubrey Hernandez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Loudonville Christian
Hudson Valley CC 		Troy, NY
G 3 Khepera Stokes 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Fr Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore, MD
G/F 10 Bailey Hixson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Manchester-Shortsville
Monroe CC 		Shortsville, NY
G 12 Imani Tate 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Bishop Loughlin The Bronx, NY
F 13 Bose Aiyalogbe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Life Center Academy Lagos, Nigeria
G/F 15 Jessica Féquière 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Champlain College Saint-Lambert Montreal, QC
G 20 Kumsal Aslan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr St. Timothy's School Ankara, Turkey
F 22 Heather Forster 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Huntington Huntington, NY
C 24 Alexi Schecter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Lowell Lowell, MA
F/C 33 Tiana-Jo Carter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Lake Region Naples, ME
G 34 Cassandra Edwards 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Notre Dame CSS Brampton, ON
F 44 Chyanna Canada 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Nottingham Syracuse, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: August 23, 2024

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 12, 2016*
7:00 p.m. 		at No. 19 Kentucky
Kentucky Classic 		L 46–70  0–1
 Memorial Coliseum (4,667)
Lexington, KY
November 13, 2016*
7:00 p.m. 		vs. No. 14 Miami (FL)
Kentucky Classic 		L 53–77  0–2
 Memorial Coliseum (150)
Lexington, KY
November 16, 2016*
5:30 p.m., AETV 		Army W 65–59  1–2
 SEFCU Arena 
Albany, NY
November 19, 2016*
7:00 p.m., AETV 		Boston University W 69–54  2–2
 SEFCU Arena (1,119)
Albany, NY
November 22, 2016*
7:00 p.m. 		at Fordham L 82–89 2OT 2–3
 Rose Hill Gymnasium (381)
The Bronx, NY
November 27, 2016*
3:00 p.m., AETV 		Siena W 88–86 OT 3–3
 SEFCU Arena (2,082)
Albany, NY
November 30, 2016*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at St. John's L 36–54  3–4
 Carnesecca Arena (529)
Queens, NY
December 3, 2016*
2:00 p.m. 		at Yale L 53–64 OT 3–5
 John J. Lee Amphitheater (407)
New Haven, CT
December 6, 2016*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Fairfield W 59–45  4–5
 SEFCU Arena (1,008)
Albany, NY
December 10, 2016*
1:00 p.m. 		at Wagner W 75–50  5–5
 Spiro Sports Center (232)
Staten Island, NY
December 12, 2016*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Post W 85–61  6–5
 SEFCU Arena (1,002)
Albany, NY
December 18, 2016*
1:00 p.m. 		at St. Bonaventure L 59–67  6–6
 Reilly Center (742)
Olean, NY
December 29, 2016*
7:00 p.m. 		at Dartmouth L 61–69 OT 6–7
 Leede Arena (213)
Hanover, NH
American East regular season
January 4, 2017
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		UMass Lowell W 93–67  7–7 (1–0)
 SEFCU Arena (1,103)
Albany, NY
January 7, 2017
2:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Stony Brook W 64–54  8–7 (2–0)
 SEFCU Arena (1,158)
Albany, NY
January 11, 2017
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at New Hampshire L 58–71  8–8 (2–1)
 Lundholm Gym (268)
Durham, NC
January 16, 2017
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		UMBC L 56–64  8–9 (2–2)
 SECU Arena (956)
Albany, NY
January 19, 2017
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Binghamton W 67–61  9–9 (3–2)
 Binghamton University Events Center (1,435)
Binghamton, NY
January 22, 2017
1:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Maine L 62–73  9–10 (3–3)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,359)
Bangor, ME
January 26, 2017
12:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Vermont W 64–53  10–10 (4–3)
 SECU Arena (1,742)
Albany, NY
January 28, 2017
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Hartford W 82–71  11–10 (5–3)
 SECU Arena (1,876)
Albany, NY
February 1, 2017
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at UMass Lowell W 79–60  12–10 (6–3)
 Costello Athletic Center (611)
Lowell, MA
February 4, 2017
2:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Stony Brook W 75–57  13–10 (7–3)
 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,262)
Stony Brook, NY
February 6, 2017
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		New Hampshire W 64–55  14–10 (8–3)
 SEFCU Arena (1,076)
Albany, NY
February 9, 2017
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Binghamton W 80–63  15–10 (9–3)
 SECU Arena (1,271)
Albany, NY
February 15, 2017
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at UMBC L 60–63  15–11 (9–4)
 Retriever Activities Center (555)
Catonsville, MD
February 18, 2017
2:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Maine W 64–60  16–11 (10–4)
 SECU Arena (1,543)
Albany, NY
February 23, 2017
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Vermont W 67–52  17–11 (11–4)
 Patrick Gym (426)
Burlington, VT
February 26, 2017
2:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Hartford W 58–52  18–11 (12–4)
 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,524)
Hartford, CT
America East women's tournament
March 4, 2017
6:00 p.m., ESPN3 		vs. Vermont
Quarterfinals 		W 65–45  19–11
 Cross Insurance Arena 
Portland, ME
March 5, 2017
4:30 p.m., ESPN3 		vs. Hartford
Semifinals 		W 57–55  20–11
 Cross Insurance Arena (1,847)
Portland, ME
March 10, 2017
4:30 p.m., ESPNU 		Maine
Championship game 		W 66–50  21–11
 SECU Arena (1,231)
Albany, NY
NCAA women's tournament
March 18, 2017*
11:00 a.m., ESPN2 		(16 B) at (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut
First round 		L 55–116  21–12
 Gampel Pavilion (5,670)
Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
B=Bridgeport Region.
All times are in Eastern.

Source:[1]

Rankings

Main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Regular-season polls
Poll Pre-
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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. ^ "Basketball - W - 2016-17 Schedule". University of Albany. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017.