2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

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.

2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
America East Regular Season Co-Champions
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2015–16 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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Albany †15–1 .938  28–5  .848
Maine15–1 .938  26–9  .743
UMBC8–8 .500  18–14  .563
Stony Brook8–8 .500  17–15  .531
Binghamton8–8 .500  14–17  .452
Hartford7–9 .438  11–19  .367
New Hampshire6–10 .375  12–18  .400
Vermont4–12 .250  9–21  .300
UMass Lowell*1–15 .063  4–24  .143
† 2016 America East Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2016
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

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)  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
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