2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
America East Regular Season Co-Champions
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record26–9 (15–1 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Todd Steelman
  • Amy Vachon
  • Edniesha Curry
Home arenaCross Insurance Center
2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Albany151 .938285  .848
Maine151 .938269  .743
UMBC88 .5001814  .563
Stony Brook88 .5001715  .531
Binghamton88 .5001417  .452
Hartford79 .4381119  .367
New Hampshire610 .3751218  .400
Vermont412 .250921  .300
UMass Lowell*115 .063424  .143
2016 America East tournament winner
As of March 20, 2016
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team will represent the University of Maine in the America East Conference. The Black Bears are led by fifth year head coach Richard Barron and play their home games at the Cross Insurance Center. They finished the season 26–9, 15–1 in America East play to share the America East regular season title with Albany. They advanced to the championship game of the America East women's tournament where they lost to Albany. As champs of the America East Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Quinnipiac in the first round.

Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.

Roster

2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 3 Chantel Charles 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrBarking Abbey London, England
G 5 Maddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) FrCalais Calais, ME
F 5 Bella Swan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrViewmont
Salt Lake CC
Farmington, UT
G 10 Milica Mitrovic 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrSports Gymnasium Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia
G 12 Tanesha Sutton (I) Current redshirt 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoSs. Neumann and Goretti
Duquesne
Philadelphia, PA
F 13 Mikaela Gustafsson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrIgelstavikens Gymnasium
Telge Basket
Kringlan Basket
Södertälje, Sweden
G 15 Lauren Bodine 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrduPont Manuel Louisville, KY
G 20 Sophie Weckstrom 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrBrando Gymnasium
Torpan Pojat
Espoo, Finland
F 21 Sheraton Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrCanyon Anaheim Hills, CA
G 22 Parise Rossignol 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoVan Buren Van Buren, ME
F 23 Christiana Gerostergiou 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoAristotelio
National Team
Thessaloniki, Greece
F 31 Liz Wood 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrLiberty Catlett, VA
G 32 Isabel Hernandez Pope 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrPolisportiva Battipagliese Rome, Italy
F 33 Kirsten Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoAcademy of Our Lady Peace San Diego, CA
G 42 Sigi Koizar 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrStearns
Billrothgymnasium
Vienna, Austria
F 51 Anna Heise 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrSportschule Halle Halle, Germany
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
Exhibition
11/06/2015*
7:00 pm
vs. Vanguard W 70–55 
Warren G. Hill Gymnasium (342)
Gorham, ME
11/08/2015*
4:00 pm
Stonehill W 77–58 
Cross Insurance Center (1,784)
Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
5:30 pm
at Harvard W 64–53  1–0
Lavietes Pavilion (721)
Cambridge, MA
11/15/2015*
1:00 pm
at Boston College L 48–55  1–1
Conte Forum (1,123)
Chestnut Hill, MA
11/20/2015*
8:00 pm
at Minnesota L 64–91  1–2
Williams Arena (2,761)
Minneapolis, MN
11/22/2015*
1:00 pm
at North Dakota State W 82–51  2–2
Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (404)
Fargo, ND
11/25/2015*
12:00 pm
Central Connecticut W 62–42  3–2
Cross Insurance Center (2,631)
Bangor, ME
11/27/2015*
11:00 am
vs. Dayton
Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals
L 37–58  3–3
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL
11/28/2015*
11:00 am
vs. Missouri State
Gulf Coast Showcase consolation 2nd round
W 69–65  4–3
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL
11/29/2015*
1:30 pm, CST
vs. LSU
Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game
W 52–41  5–3
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL
12/01/2015*
7:00 pm
Colby W 82–42  6–3
Cross Insurance Center (1,365)
Bangor, ME
12/04/2015*
12:00 pm
at Northeastern L 44–56  6–4
Cabot Center (1,004)
Boston, MA
12/06/2015*
2:00 pm
at Dartmouth W 59–41  7–4
Leede Arena (540)
Hanover, NH
12/12/2015*
1:00 pm
Bryant W 76–38  8–4
Cross Insurance Center (1,533)
Bangor, ME
12/18/2015*
7:00 pm
Clemson W 75–42  9–4
Cross Insurance Center (1,648)
Bangor, ME
12/21/2015*
7:00 pm
at Purdue L 33–56  9–5
Mackey Arena (5,803)
West Lafayette, IN
12/31/2015*
1:00 pm
at North Carolina L 58–59  9–6
Carmichael Arena (1,732)
Chapel Hill, NC
America East regular season
01/06/2016
7:00 pm
at Vermont W 62–41  10–6 (1–0)
Patrick Gym (371)
Burlington, VT
01/09/2016
12:00 pm
UMBC W 65–55  11–6 (2–0)
Cross Insurance Center (2,026)
Bangor, ME
01/13/2016
7:00 pm
UMass Lowell W 74–44  12–6 (3–0)
Cross Insurance Center (1,403)
Bangor, ME
01/16/2016
12:00 pm, ESPN3
at Albany L 59–64  12–7 (3–1)
SEFCU Arena (986)
Albany, NY
01/18/2016
3:00 pm, ESPN3
at New Hampshire W 62–52  13–7 (4–1)
Lundholm Gym (407)
Durham, NH
01/24/2016
1:00 pm
Stony Brook W 55–52  14–7 (5–1)
Cross Insurance Center (2,123)
Bangor, ME
01/27/2016
7:00 pm
Hartford W 61–43  15–7 (6–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,559)
Bangor, ME
01/30/2016
2:00 pm
at Binghamton W 52–38  16–7 (7–1)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,575)
Vestal, NY
02/03/2016
7:00 pm
Vermont W 63–51  17–7 (8–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,666)
Bangor, ME
02/06/2016
1:00 pm
at UMBC W 72–38  18–7 (9–1)
Retriever Activities Center (608)
Catonsville, MD
02/08/2016
7:00 pm
New Hampshire W 59–55  19–7 (10–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,439)
Bangor, ME
02/11/2016
7:00 pm
at UMass Lowell W 73–46  20–7 (11–1)
Costello Athletic Center (321)
Lowell, MA
02/14/2016
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Albany W 65–53  21–7 (12–1)
Cross Insurance Center (3,231)
Bangor, ME
02/20/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stony Brook W 60–42  22–7 (13–1)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,042)
Stony Brook, NY
02/24/2016
7:00 pm
at Hartford W 50–44  23–7 (14–1)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,701)
Hartford, CT
02/27/2016
1:00 pm
Binghamton W 69–37  24–7 (15–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,575)
Bangor, ME
America East Women's Tournament
03/05/2016
12:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. New Hampshire
Quarterfinals
W 57–48  25–7
Binghamton University Events Center 
Vestal, NY
03/06/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. Stony Brook
Semifinals
W 51–48  26–7
Binghamton University Events Center 
Vestal, NY
03/11/2016
4:30 pm, ESPNU
at Albany
Championship Game
L 58–59  26–8
SEFCU Arena (1,519)
Albany, NY
WNIT
03/18/2016*
7:00 pm
at Quinnipiac
First Round
L 44–90  26–9
TD Bank Sports Center (437)
Hamden, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

  1. "Maine". Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
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