2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team Intercollegiate basketball season
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]
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
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
11/09/2018 *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
See also
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 .
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