2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record24–8 (12–4 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaSEFCU Arena
Seasons
2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Maine 13 3   .813 23 10   .697
Albany 12 4   .750 24 8   .750
Binghamton 10 6   .625 20 12   .625
Stony Brook 10 6   .625 18 12   .600
Hartford 9 7   .563 19 13   .594
New Hampshire 9 7   .563 19 12   .613
Vermont 5 11   .313 8 22   .267
UMBC 3 13   .188 5 26   .161
UMass Lowell 1 15   .063 4 26   .133
2018 America East tournament winner
As of 20 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

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]

Media

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 Current redshirt 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
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Final
AP N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

  1. ^ UAlbany women's basketball 2016–2017 Archived November 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Albany Great Danes Women's Basketball - Great Danes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. ^ Albany Great Danes. "Albany Great Danes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Boston College hires Joanna Bernabei-McNamee as women's hoops coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ^ "UAlbany announces hiring of Colleen Mullen as women's basketball head coach". ualbanysports.com. Associated Press. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Basketball - W - Schedule - UAlbanySports.com—Official Web site of University at Albany Athletics". Ualbanysports.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.