2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	13–18 (9–7 America East)
Head coach	Colleen Mullen (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Yvonne Hawkins; Catherine Cassidy; Megan Methven;
Home arena	SEFCU Arena
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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 represented 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, played 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	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

Colleen Mullen (New Hampshire)

Assistant coach(es)

Yvonne Hawkins (Ashland)
Catherine Cassidy (Plattsburgh State)
Megan Methven (Stonehill)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
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 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

References

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

[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.

[JBM-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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v t e Albany Great Danes women's basketball
Venues	SEFCU Arena (1992–present)
Rivalries	Siena
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Media

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References