2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

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.

2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
2018–19 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

2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	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

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 (SUNY Plattsburgh) 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

See also

• 2018–19 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team

References

1. "Team brochure" (PDF). image.cdnllnwnl.xosnetwork.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
2. "Albany Great Danes Women's Basketball - Great Danes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
3. Albany Great Danes. "Albany Great Danes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
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 2018-10-24.