2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record13–18 (9–7 America East)
Head coach
  • Colleen Mullen (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Yvonne Hawkins
  • Catherine Cassidy
  • Megan Methven
Home arenaSEFCU Arena
Seasons
2019–20 →
2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Maine † 15 – 1   .938 25 – 8   .758
Hartford 14 – 2   .875 23 – 11   .676
Stony Brook 11 – 5   .688 23 – 8   .742
Albany 9 – 7   .563 13 – 18   .419
Binghamton 7 – 9   .438 12 – 18   .400
Vermont 7 – 9   .438 11 – 18   .379
UMBC 3 – 13   .188 10 – 20   .333
UMass Lowell 3 – 13   .188 7 – 22   .241
New Hampshire 3 – 13   .188 6 – 24   .200
† 2019 America East tournament winner

The 2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represents the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by first year head coach Colleen Mullen, play their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 13–18, 9–7 in America East play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Binghamton in the quarterfinals before losing to Maine in the semifinals of the America East women's tournament.

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

2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 1 Julie Ford 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Cooperstown Central School Hartwick, NY
G 2 Kyara Frames 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) So Bishop McNamara Laurel, MD
G 3 Khepera Stokes 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore, MD
G 4 De'jah Williams 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Imhotep Charter School Philadelphia, PA
G 10 Patricia Conroy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So St. Joseph Hill Academy Staten Island, NY
G/F 13 Lucia Decortes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Liceo delle Scienze Umane e Musicale Bergamo
F 14 Amanda Kantzy Current redshirt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Luleå Basketgymnasium
Colorado State 		Spånga, Sweden
G 20 Kumsal Aslan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr St. Timothy's School Ankara, Turkey
F 22 Heather Forster 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Huntington Huntington, NY
C 24 Alexi Schecter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Lowell Lowell, MA
F 44 Chyanna Canada 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Nottingham Syracuse, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

[6]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2018*
7:00 pm 		at No. 22 South Florida L 37–74  0–1
 Yuengling Center (2,269)
Tampa, FL
11/12/2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Cornell L 34–48  0–2
 Newman Arena (269)
Ithaca, NY
11/14/2018*
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Manhattan W 60–54  1–2
 SEFCU Arena 
Albany, NY
11/18/2018*
4:00 pm 		at Rutgers L 39–65  1–3
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,625)
Piscataway, NJ
11/21/2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Monmouth L 56–64  1–4
 OceanFirst Bank Center (140)
West Long Branch, NJ
11/25/2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Holy Cross L 50–56  1–5
 SEFCU Arena (978)
Albany, NY
11/28/2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Canisius L 42–48  1–6
 SEFCU Arena (747)
Albany, NY
12/01/2018*
2:00 pm 		at Lafayette L 66–67 2OT 1–7
 Kirby Sports Center (404)
Easton, PA
12/05/2018*
7:00 pm 		Central Connecticut L 53–60  1–8
 SEFCU Arena (901)
Albany, NY
12/08/2018*
2:00 pm 		Marist L 56–74  1–9
 SEFCU Arena (996)
Albany, NY
12/15/2018*
1:00 pm 		at St. Francis Brooklyn W 67–60  2–9
 Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (448)
Brooklyn, NY
12/19/2018*
11:30 am 		at Purdue L 41–53  2–10
 Mackey Arena (7,038)
West Lafayette, IN
12/29/2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Columbia W 62–58  3–10
 Levien Gymnasium (552)
New York, NY
America East regular season
01/02/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Binghamton W 61–56  4–10 (1–0)
 SEFCU Arena (854)
Albany, NY
01/05/2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Vermont L 39–52  4–11 (1–1)
 Patrick Gym (588)
Burlington, VT
01/12/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Maine L 65–76  4–12 (1–2)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,733)
Bangor, ME
01/16/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		UMass Lowell W 63–56 OT 5–12 (2–2)
 SEFCU Arena (785)
Albany, NY
01/19/2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		UMBC W 64–44  6–12 (3–2)
 SEFCU Arena (840)
Albany, NY
01/23/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Stony Brook W 68–54  7–12 (4–2)
 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (651)
Stony Brook, NY
01/26/2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Hartford L 35–82  7–13 (4–3)
 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (702)
West Hartford, CT
01/30/2019
11:00 am, ESPN+ 		New Hampshire W 59–41  8–13 (5–3)
 SEFCU Arena (1,911)
Albany, NY
02/02/2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Binghamton W 71–62  9–13 (6–3)
 Binghamton University Events Center (1,799)
Vestal, NY
02/09/2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Vermont W 65–40  10–13 (7–3)
 SEFCU Arena (936)
Albany, NY
02/13/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at UMass Lowell W 56–53  11–13 (8–3)
 Tsongas Center (962)
Lowell, MA
02/16/2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Maine L 61–67  11–14 (8–4)
 SEFCU Arena (1,017)
Albany, NY
02/20/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Stony Brook L 52–68  11–15 (8–5)
 SEFCU Arena (884)
Albany, NY
02/23/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at UMBC L 60–69  11–16 (8–6)
 UMBC Event Center (437)
Catonsville, MD
02/27/2019
12:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at New Hampshire W 78–53  12–16 (9–6)
 Lundholm Gym (369)
Durham, NH
03/02/2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Hartford L 56–68  12–17 (9–7)
 SEFCU Arena (996)
Albany, NY
America East Women's Tournament
03/06/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(4) (5) Binghamton
Quarterfinals 		W 61–56  13–17
 SEFCU Arena (472)
Albany, NY
03/10/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(4) at (1) Maine
Semifinals 		L 51–66  13–18
 Memorial Gym (1,233)
Orono, ME
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2018–19 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
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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

  1. ^ "Team brochure" (PDF). image.cdnllnwnl.xosnetwork.com. Retrieved October 10, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Albany Great Danes Women's Basketball - Great Danes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Albany Great Danes. "Albany Great Danes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  4. ^ "Boston College hires Joanna Bernabei-McNamee as women's hoops coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  5. ^ "UAlbany announces hiring of Colleen Mullen as women's basketball head coach". ualbanysports.com. Associated Press. May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  6. ^ "Basketball - W - Schedule - UAlbanySports.com—Official Web site of University at Albany Athletics". Ualbanysports.com. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
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