2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

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
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 →

2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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 represented 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, played their home games at SEFCU Arena in Albany, New York and were 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,^[1] Hartford^[2] and Maine to win America East women's tournament for the sixth straight year^[3] and they received an automatic bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to UConn in the first round.^[4]

Media

All home games and conference road games streamed on either ESPN3 on AmericaEast.tv. Most road games streamed on the opponents' websites. Selected games were 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	The 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, QC
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
Last update: August 23, 2024

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 12, 2016* 7:00 p.m.		at No. 19 Kentucky Kentucky Classic	L 46–70	0–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,667) Lexington, KY
November 13, 2016* 7:00 p.m.		vs. No. 14 Miami (FL) Kentucky Classic	L 53–77	0–2	Memorial Coliseum (150) Lexington, KY
November 16, 2016* 5:30 p.m., AETV		Army	W 65–59	1–2	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
November 19, 2016* 7:00 p.m., AETV		Boston University	W 69–54	2–2	SEFCU Arena (1,119) Albany, NY
November 22, 2016* 7:00 p.m.		at Fordham	L 82–89 ^2OT	2–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium (381) The Bronx, NY
November 27, 2016* 3:00 p.m., AETV		Siena	W 88–86 ^OT	3–3	SEFCU Arena (2,082) Albany, NY
November 30, 2016* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at St. John's	L 36–54	3–4	Carnesecca Arena (529) Queens, NY
December 3, 2016* 2:00 p.m.		at Yale	L 53–64 ^OT	3–5	John J. Lee Amphitheater (407) New Haven, CT
December 6, 2016* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Fairfield	W 59–45	4–5	SEFCU Arena (1,008) Albany, NY
December 10, 2016* 1:00 p.m.		at Wagner	W 75–50	5–5	Spiro Sports Center (232) Staten Island, NY
December 12, 2016* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Post	W 85–61	6–5	SEFCU Arena (1,002) Albany, NY
December 18, 2016* 1:00 p.m.		at St. Bonaventure	L 59–67	6–6	Reilly Center (742) Olean, NY
December 29, 2016* 7:00 p.m.		at Dartmouth	L 61–69 ^OT	6–7	Leede Arena (213) Hanover, NH
American East regular season
January 4, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		UMass Lowell	W 93–67	7–7 (1–0)	SEFCU Arena (1,103) Albany, NY
January 7, 2017 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		Stony Brook	W 64–54	8–7 (2–0)	SEFCU Arena (1,158) Albany, NY
January 11, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at New Hampshire	L 58–71	8–8 (2–1)	Lundholm Gym (268) Durham, NC
January 16, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		UMBC	L 56–64	8–9 (2–2)	SECU Arena (956) Albany, NY
January 19, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Binghamton	W 67–61	9–9 (3–2)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,435) Binghamton, NY
January 22, 2017 1:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Maine	L 62–73	9–10 (3–3)	Cross Insurance Center (1,359) Bangor, ME
January 26, 2017 12:00 p.m., ESPN3		Vermont	W 64–53	10–10 (4–3)	SECU Arena (1,742) Albany, NY
January 28, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Hartford	W 82–71	11–10 (5–3)	SECU Arena (1,876) Albany, NY
February 1, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at UMass Lowell	W 79–60	12–10 (6–3)	Costello Athletic Center (611) Lowell, MA
February 4, 2017 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Stony Brook	W 75–57	13–10 (7–3)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,262) Stony Brook, NY
February 6, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		New Hampshire	W 64–55	14–10 (8–3)	SEFCU Arena (1,076) Albany, NY
February 9, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Binghamton	W 80–63	15–10 (9–3)	SECU Arena (1,271) Albany, NY
February 15, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at UMBC	L 60–63	15–11 (9–4)	Retriever Activities Center (555) Catonsville, MD
February 18, 2017 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		Maine	W 64–60	16–11 (10–4)	SECU Arena (1,543) Albany, NY
February 23, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Vermont	W 67–52	17–11 (11–4)	Patrick Gym (426) Burlington, VT
February 26, 2017 2:00 p.m., 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
March 4, 2017 6:00 p.m., ESPN3		vs. Vermont Quarterfinals	W 65–45	19–11	Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME
March 5, 2017 4:30 p.m., ESPN3		vs. Hartford Semifinals	W 57–55	20–11	Cross Insurance Arena (1,847) Portland, ME
March 10, 2017 4:30 p.m., ESPNU		Maine Championship game	W 66–50	21–11	SECU Arena (1,231) Albany, NY
NCAA women's tournament
March 18, 2017* 11:00 a.m., 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.

Source:^[5]

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

^ "Women's Basketball Advances to America East Semifinals; Wins Record 15th Straight Tournament Game". University at Albany Great Danes. March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
^ "Women's Basketball Advances To Sixth-Straight America East Title Game; Defeats #6 Hartford 67-65". University at Albany Great Danes. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
^ "Women's Basketball Wins Sixth-Straight America East Title". University at Albany Great Danes. March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
^ "Women's Basketball Falls At Connecticut 116-55". University at Albany Great Danes. March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
^ "Basketball - W - 2016-17 Schedule". University of Albany. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017.

[1] "Women's Basketball Advances to America East Semifinals; Wins Record 15th Straight Tournament Game". University at Albany Great Danes. March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2025.

[2] "Women's Basketball Advances To Sixth-Straight America East Title Game; Defeats #6 Hartford 67-65". University at Albany Great Danes. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2025.

[3] "Women's Basketball Wins Sixth-Straight America East Title". University at Albany Great Danes. March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2025.

[4] "Women's Basketball Falls At Connecticut 116-55". University at Albany Great Danes. March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2025.

[5] "Basketball - W - 2016-17 Schedule". University of Albany. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017.

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See also

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