2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2017 America East Tournament winner ; As of March 18, 2017; *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
America East Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	America East Conference
2016–17 record	21–12 (12–4 America East)
Head coach	Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Yolanda Griffith; AJ Cohen; Tony Perotti;
Home arena	SEFCU Arena
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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

Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (West Liberty)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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

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[]

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2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

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Media[]

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Rankings[]

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References[]

2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t	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