2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

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2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
Albany Great Danes logo.svg
America East Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2016–17 record21–12 (12–4 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaSEFCU Arena
Seasons
2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Hampshire 15 1   .938 26 6   .813
Albany 12 4   .750 21 12   .636
UMBC 10 6   .625 15 16   .484
Maine 9 7   .563 18 16   .529
Binghamton 8 8   .500 13 17   .433
Hartford 7 9   .438 17 14   .548
Vermont 6 10   .375 9 20   .310
Stony Brook 5 11   .313 12 18   .400
UMass Lowell* 0 16   .000 3 26   .103
2017 America East Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represents the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by first year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee, play their home games at SEFCU Arena and are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 12–4 in America East play to finish in second place. They defeated Vermont, Hartford and Maine to win America East Women's Tournament for the sixth straight year and they received an automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Connecticut in the first round.

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[]

2016–17 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) Fr St. Mary's Hamilton, ON
G 2 Aubrey Hernandez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Loudonville Christian
Hudson Valley CC
Troy, NY
G 3 Khepera Stokes 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Fr Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore, MD
G/F 10 Bailey Hixson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Manchester-Shortsville
Monroe CC
Shortsville, NY
G 12 Imani Tate 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Bishop Loughlin Bronx, NY
F 13 Bose Aiyalogbe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Life Center Academy Lagos, Nigeria
G/F 15 Jessica Féquière 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Champlain College Saint-Lambert Montreal, QE
G 20 Kumsal Aslan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr St. Timothy's School Ankara, Turkey
F 22 Heather Forster 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Huntington Huntington, NY
C 24 Alexi Schecter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Lowell Lowell, MA
F/C 33 Tiana-Jo Carter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Lake Region Naples, ME
G 34 Cassandra Edwards 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Notre Dame CSS Brampton, ON
F 44 Chyanna Canada 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Nottingham Syracuse, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule[]

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016*
7:00 pm
at No. 19 Kentucky
Kentucky Classic
L 46–70  0–1
Memorial Coliseum (4,667)
Lexington, KY
11/13/2016*
7:00 pm
vs. No. 14 Miami (FL)
Kentucky Classic
L 53–77  0–2
Memorial Coliseum (150)
Lexington, KY
11/16/2016*
5:30 pm, AETV
Army W 65–59  1–2
SEFCU Arena 
Albany, NY
11/19/2016*
7:00 pm, AETV
Boston University W 69–54  2–2
SEFCU Arena (1,119)
Albany, NY
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm
at Fordham L 82–89 2OT 2–3
Rose Hill Gymnasium (381)
Bronx, NY
11/27/2016*
3:00 pm, AETV
W 88–86 OT 3–3
SEFCU Arena (2,082)
Albany, NY
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at St. John's L 36–54  3–4
Carnesecca Arena (529)
Queens, NY
12/03/2016*
2:00 pm
at Yale L 53–64 OT 3–5
John J. Lee Amphitheater (407)
New Haven, CT
12/06/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
W 59–45  4–5
SEFCU Arena (1,008)
Albany, NY
12/10/2016*
1:00 pm
at  W 75–50  5–5
Spiro Sports Center (232)
Staten Island, NY
12/12/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Post W 85–61  6–5
SEFCU Arena (1,002)
Albany, NY
12/18/2016*
1:00 pm
at St. Bonaventure L 59–67  6–6
Reilly Center (742)
Olean, NY
12/29/2016*
7:00 pm
at Dartmouth L 61–69 OT 6–7
Leede Arena (213)
Hanover, NH
American East regular season
01/04/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UMass Lowell W 93–67  7–7 (1–0)
SEFCU Arena (1,103)
Albany, NY
01/07/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Stony Brook W 64–54  8–7 (2–0)
SEFCU Arena (1,158)
Albany, NY
01/11/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at New Hampshire L 58–71  8–8 (2–1)
Lundholm Gym (268)
Durham, NC
01/16/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UMBC L 56–64  8–9 (2–2)
SECU Arena (956)
Albany, NY
01/19/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Binghamton W 67–61  9–9 (3–2)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,435)
Binghamton, NY
01/22/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Maine L 62–73  9–10 (3–3)
Cross Insurance Center (1,359)
Bangor, ME
01/26/2017
12:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont W 64–53  10–10 (4–3)
SECU Arena (1,742)
Albany, NY
01/28/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Hartford W 82–71  11–10 (5–3)
SECU Arena (1,876)
Albany, NY
02/01/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMass Lowell W 79–60  12–10 (6–3)
Costello Athletic Center (611)
Lowell, MA
02/04/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stony Brook W 75–57  13–10 (7–3)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,262)
Stony Brook, NY
02/06/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
New Hampshire W 64–55  14–10 (8–3)
SEFCU Arena (1,076)
Albany, NY
02/09/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Binghamton W 80–63  15–10 (9–3)
SECU Arena (1,271)
Albany, NY
02/15/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMBC L 60–63  15–11 (9–4)
Retriever Activities Center (555)
Catonsville, MD
02/18/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine W 64–60  16–11 (10–4)
SECU Arena (1,543)
Albany, NY
02/23/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Vermont W 67–52  17–11 (11–4)
Patrick Gym (426)
Burlington, VT
02/26/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Hartford W 58–52  18–11 (12–4)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,524)
Hartford, CT
America East Women's Tournament
03/04/2017
6:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. Vermont
Quarterfinals
W 65–45  19–11
Cross Insurance Arena 
Portland, ME
03/05/2017
4:30 pm, ESPN3
vs. Hartford
Semifinals
W 57–55  20–11
Cross Insurance Arena (1,847)
Portland, ME
03/10/2017
4:30 pm, ESPNU
Maine
Championship Game
W 66–50  21–11
SECU Arena (1,231)
Albany, NY
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017*
11:00 am, ESPN2
(16 B) at (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut
First Round
L 55–116  21–12
Gampel Pavilion (5,670)
Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings[]

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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

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