2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented 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 played 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.
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
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
1
Erin Coughlin
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Jr
Tabor Academy
North Attleboro, MA
G
3
Margarita Rosario
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sr
Felix Varela
Miami, FL
G/F
4
Sarah Royals
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr
Torrington
Torrington, CT
G
12
Imani Tate
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So
Bishop Loughlin
Bronx, NY
F
13
Bose Aiyalogbe
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
RS Fr
Life Center Academy
Lagos, Nigeria
G/F
15
Jessica Feguiere
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
So
Champlain College Saint-Lambert
Montreal , Quebec
G
23
Zakiya Saunders
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
So
Carthage Central
Fort Drum, NY
F
25
Shereesha Richards
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Jr
Atlantic Christian
Rae Town , Jamaica
C
32
Megan Craig
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Sr
Kamo
Whangārei , New Zealand
G
34
Cassandra Edwards
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
So
Notre Dame CSS
Brampton , Ontario
F/C
22
Tiana-Jo Carter
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
Lake Region
Naples, ME
G
20
Bridget Murphy
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
So
Bethlehem 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
Poll
Pre- Season
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Final
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Coaches
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Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
No Change
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Received Votes
(NR)
Not Ranked
See also
References
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