2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Great Danes, led by second year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee , played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] They finished the season 24–8, 12–4 in America East play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the America East women's tournament , where they lost to Hartford. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament , where they lost to Penn in the first round.
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]
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
2017–18 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)
So
St. Mary's
Hamilton, ON
G
2
Kyara Frames
5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Fr
Bishop McNamara
Laurel, MD
G
3
Khepera Stokes
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
RS So
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Baltimore, MD
G
4
De'jah Williams
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Fr
Imhotep Charter School
Philadelphia, PA
G
10
Patricia Conroy
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Fr
St. Joseph Hill Academy
Staten Island, NY
F
13
Bose Aiyalogbe
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
RS Sr
Life Center Academy
Lagos, Nigeria
F
14
Amanda Kantzy
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Jr
Luleå Basketgymnasium Colorado State
Spånga, Sweden
G/F
15
Jessica Féquière
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
RS Sr
Champlain College Saint-Lambert
Montreal, QE
G
20
Kumsal Aslan
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So
St. Timothy's School
Ankara, Turkey
F
22
Heather Forster
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jr
Huntington
Huntington, NY
C
24
Alexi Schecter
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
So
Lowell
Lowell, MA
G
32
Emma List
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Fr
Discovery Canyon Campus
Colorado Springs, CO
F/C
33
Tiana-Jo Carter
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jr
Lake Region
Naples, ME
G/F
34
CeCe Mayo
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Fr
Shaker
Latham, NY
F
44
Chyanna Canada
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jr
Nottingham
Syracuse, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
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
11/10/2017 *7:00 pm
at No. 15 Maryland
L 58–91
0–1
Xfinity Center (4,021)College Park, MD
11/16/2017 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Monmouth
W 68–44
1–1
OceanFirst Bank Center (365)West Long Branch, NJ
11/19/2017 *2:00 pm, ESPN3
Fordham
W 59–52 OT
2–1
SEFCU Arena (1,209)Albany, NY
11/22/2017 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
Wagner
W 89–44
3–1
SEFCU Arena (889)Albany, NY
11/27/2017 *7:00 pm
at Central Connecticut
W 72–60
4–1
William H. Detrick Gymnasium (647)New Britain, CT
11/30/2017 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
St. John's
L 66–71
4–2
SEFCU Arena (913)Albany, NY
12/03/2017 *12:00 pm
at Holy Cross
W 65–56
5–2
Hart Center (965)Worcester, MA
12/06/2017 *7:00 pm
at Manhattan
W 62–56
6–2
Draddy Gymnasium (137)Riverdale, NY
12/09/2017 *5:00 pm
at Siena Albany Cup
W 78–63
7–2
Times Union Center (1,502)Albany, NY
12/17/2017 *2:00 pm, ESPN3
St. Bonaventure
W 69–52
8–2
SEFCU Arena (979)Albany, NY
12/19/2017 *1:00 pm
vs. Southern Illinois Puerto Rico Classic
W 68–57
9–2
Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez (105)San Juan, PR
12/21/2017 *1:00 pm
vs. Northern Illinois Puerto Rico Classic
W 97–91 OT
10–2
Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez (122)San Juan, PR
12/30/2017 *2:00 pm, ESPN3
Dartmouth
W 76–61
11–2
SEFCU Arena (1,036)Albany, NY
America East regular season
01/03/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Hartford
L 55–70
11–3 (0–1)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (722)West Hartford, CT
01/06/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3
New Hampshire
W 66–53
12–3 (1–1)
SEFCU Arena (921)Albany, NY
01/10/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stony Brook
W 72–68 OT
13–3 (2–1)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (502)Stony Brook, NY
01/13/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine
W 68–54
14–3 (3–1)
SEFCU Arena (921)Albany, NY
01/15/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3
Binghamton
W 63–46
15–3 (4–1)
SEFCU Arena (1,084)Albany, NY
01/18/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMass Lowell
W 61–52
16–3 (5–1)
Tsongas Center (632)Lowell, MA
01/21/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMBC
W 78–75
17–3 (6–1)
Retriever Activities Center (281)Catonsville, MD
01/24/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3
Vermont
W 67–55
18–3 (7–1)
SEFCU Arena (2,248)Albany, NY
01/27/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3
Stony Brook
W 64–58
19–3 (8–1)
SEFCU Arena (1,188)Albany, NY
02/03/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3
at New Hampshire
L 68–74
19–4 (8–2)
Lundholm Gym (451)Durham, NH
02/05/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
UMass Lowell
W 93–60
20–4 (9–2)
SEFCU Arena (903)Albany, NY
02/08/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Vermont
L 57–62
20–5 (9–3)
Patrick Gym (336)Burlington, VT
02/11/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3
Hartford
W 66–53
21–5 (10–3)
SEFCU Arena (1,377)Albany, NY
02/17/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3
UMBC
W 79–45
22–5 (11–3)
SEFCU Arena (1,158)Albany, NY
02/22/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Binghamton
W 57–53
23–5 (12–3)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,672)Vestal, NY
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Maine
L 69–74 OT
23–6 (12–4)
Cross Insurance Center (3,140)Bangor, ME
America East Women's Tournament
03/03/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3
(2)
vs. (7) Vermont Quarterfinals
W 60–42
24–6
Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME
03/04/2018 4:30 pm, ESPN3
(2)
vs. (6) Hartford Semifinals
L 56–58
24–7
Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME
WNIT
03/16/2018 *7:00 pm
at Penn First Round
L 61–76
24–8
Palestra (609)Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
Rankings
2017–18 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
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
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