2021–22 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

2021–22 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
2021–22 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
America East tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	America East Conference
Record	23–10 (13–5 America East)
Head coach	Colleen Mullen (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Megan Methven; Catherine Cassidy; Yvonne Hawkins;
Home arena	SEFCU Arena
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Maine	15	–	3	.833	20	–	12	.625
Stony Brook*	14	–	4	.778	23	–	6	.793
Albany †	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
Vermont	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
NJIT	9	–	8	.529	15	–	15	.500
UMass Lowell	8	–	9	.471	11	–	16	.407
Binghamton	5	–	13	.278	9	–	20	.310
New Hampshire	4	–	12	.250	7	–	21	.250
Hartford	4	–	14	.222	4	–	26	.133
UMBC	2	–	14	.125	3	–	23	.115
*Ineligible for the AmEast Tournament due to a postseason ban imposed by the AmEast.

† 2022 America East tournament winner

The 2021–22 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by fourth 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 23–10, 13–5 in America East play to finish in a tie for third place. As the second seed in the America East tournament, they defeated New Hampshire in the Quarterfinals, Vermont in the semifinals, and Maine in the Final to finish as tournament champions. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they were the sixteenth seed in the Wichita Region. They were defeated in the First Round by Louisville to end their season.

Previous season[edit]

The Great Danes finished the season 7–11, 5–7 in America East play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the America East tournament, they defeated New Hampshire in the Quarterfinals before losing to Maine in the Semifinals. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Roster[edit]

2021–22 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Fatima Lee	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Putnam Science Providence	Queens, NY
G	3	Lilly Phillips	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Cambridge Central	Greenwich, NY
G	10	Ellen Hahne	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Riksbasketgymansiet Luleå Wake Forest	Stockholm, Sweden
G	12	Freja Werth	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Riksbasketgymansiet Luleå	Arild, Sweden
F	13	Lucia DeCortes	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Liceo delle Scienze Umane e Musicale	Bergamo, Italy
G	14	Grace Heeps	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Northfield Mount Hermon UMass	East Greenbush, NY
G	15	Morgan Haney	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Miami East	Piqua, OH
G	20	Kayla Cooper	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	St. John's Catholic	Frederick, MD
F	21	Helene Haegerstrand	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Morbyskolan	Stockholm, Sweden
F	22	Taniya Hanner	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Roselle Catholic	Hillside, NJ
F	23	Koi Sims	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Archbishop Spalding	Glen Burnie, MD
G	24	Abby Ray	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga Springs, NY
F	32	Abby Robinson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Putnam Science	Mount Vernon, NY

Head coach

Colleen Mullen (New Hampshire)

Assistant coach(es)

Megan Methven (Stonehill)
Catherine Cassidy (Plattsburgh State)
Yvonne Hawkins (Ashland)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 24, 2022

Schedule[edit]

Source:^[4]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 10, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Hofstra	W 70–41	1–0	SEFCU Arena (1,097) Albany, NY
November 16, 2021* 7:00 p.m.		at Merrimack	L 52–65	1–1	Hammel Court (511) North Andover, MA
November 24, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cornell	L 46–47	1–2	Newman Arena (87) Ithaca, NY
November 28, 2021* Noon, ACCNX		at Boston College	L 65–77	1–3	Conte Forum (599) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 1, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Bryant	W 60–34	2–3	SEFCU Arena (1,022) Albany, NY
December 5, 2021* 2:00 p.m.		at Colgate	W 60–39	3–3	Cotterell Court (291) Hamilton, NY
December 8, 2021* 11:00 a.m., SECN+		at Vanderbilt	L 41–52	3–4	Memorial Gymnasium (3,688) Nashville, TN
December 12, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Siena Albany Cup	W 64–44	4–4	SEFCU Arena (1,366) Albany, NY
December 15, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Canisius	W 65–46	5–4	SEFCU Arena (835) Albany, NY
December 18, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		SUNY Canton	Cancelled		SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
December 21, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		CCSU	W 65–52	6–4	SEFCU Arena (760) Albany, NY
December 28, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Union	W 88–37	7–4	SEFCU Arena (759) Albany, NY
America East Regular Season
January 8, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		New Hampshire	W 50–39	8–4 (1–0)	SEFCU Arena (865) Albany, NY
January 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UMass Lowell	W 58–52	9–4 (2–0)	Costello Athletic Center (124) Lowell, MA
January 15, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		at NJIT	W 62–54	10–4 (3–0)	Wellness and Events Center (257) Newark, NJ
January 17, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Hartford Rescheduled from December 30	L 49–52	10–5 (3–1)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (101) West Hartford, CT
January 19, 2022 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		UMBC	W 69–40	11–5 (4–1)	SEFCU Arena (812) Albany, NY
January 22, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Stony Brook	L 47–58	11–6 (4–2)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (668) Stony Brook, NY
January 26, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		UMass Lowell	W 56–44	12–6 (5–2)	SEFCU Arena (954) Albany, NY
January 29, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		NJIT	W 57–53	13–6 (6–2)	SEFCU Arena (938) Albany, NY
January 31, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Binghamton Rescheduled from January 5	W 52–41	14–6 (7–2)	Events Center (944) Vestal, NY
February 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UMBC	W 51–41	15–6 (8–2)	Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,106) Baltimore, MD
February 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		Hartford	W 53–24	16–6 (9–2)	SEFCU Arena (828) Albany, NY
February 9, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Maine	L 55–64	16–7 (9–3)	Cross Insurance Center (945) Bangor, ME
February 12, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN3		Vermont Rescheduled from January 2	W 54–52	17–7 (10–3)	SEFCU Arena (824) Albany, NY
February 14, 2022 Noon, ESPN3		at Vermont Rescheduled from February 12	L 55–63	17–8 (10–4)	Patrick Gym (327) Burlington, VT
February 16, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Binghamton	W 61–48	18–8 (11–4)	SEFCU Arena (876) Albany, NY
February 19, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN3		at New Hampshire	W 55–46	19–8 (12–4)	Lundholm Gym (448) Durham, NH
February 23, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Maine	L 45–49	19–9 (12–5)	SEFCU Arena (932) Albany, NY
February 26, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN3		Stony Brook	W 57–56	20–9 (13–5)	SEFCU Arena (1,058) Albany, NY
America East tournament
March 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	(7) New Hampshire Quarterfinals	W 49–44	21–9	SEFCU Arena (727) Albany, NY
March 8, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	(3) Vermont Semifinals	W 67–54	22–9	SEFCU Arena (732) Albany, NY
March 11, 2022 5:00 p.m., ESPN2	(2)	at (1) Maine Final	W 56–47	23–9	Memorial Gymnasium (1,329) Orono, ME
NCAA tournament
March 18, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	(16 W)	at (1 W) No. 4 Louisville First Round	L 51–83	23–10	KFC Yum! Center (8,407) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=Wichita. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked and Did not receive votes

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ualbanysports.com. University af Albany. Retrieved May 24, 2022.

[1] "Team brochure" (PDF). image.cdnllnwnl.xosnetwork.com. Retrieved October 10, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Albany Great Danes Women's Basketball - Great Danes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

[3] Albany Great Danes. "Albany Great Danes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

[4] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ualbanysports.com. University af Albany. Retrieved May 24, 2022.

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Culture & lore	History
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