2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the America East Conference. The Black Bears were led by fifth year head coach Richard Barron and played 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
Conference	America East Conference
Record	26–9 (15–1 America East)
Head coach	Richard Barron (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Todd Steelman Amy Vachon Edniesha Curry
Home arena	Cross Insurance Center
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Albany †	15	–	1		.938			28	–	5		.848
Maine	15	–	1		.938			26	–	9		.743
UMBC	8	–	8		.500			18	–	14		.563
Stony Brook	8	–	8		.500			17	–	15		.531
Binghamton	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Hartford	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
New Hampshire	6	–	10		.375			12	–	18		.400
Vermont	4	–	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
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 3 Chantel Charles 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Barking Abbey London, England G 5 Maddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Calais Calais, ME F 5 Bella Swan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Viewmont Salt Lake CC Farmington, UT G 10 Milica Mitrovic 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Sports Gymnasium Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia G 12 Tanesha Sutton (I)  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Ss. Neumann and Goretti Duquesne Philadelphia, PA F 13 Mikaela Gustafsson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Igelstavikens Gymnasium Telge Basket Kringlan Basket Södertälje, Sweden G 15 Lauren Bodine 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr duPont Manuel Louisville, KY G 20 Sophie Weckstrom 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Brando Gymnasium Torpan Pojat Espoo, Finland F 21 Sheraton Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Canyon Anaheim Hills, CA G 22 Parise Rossignol 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Van Buren Van Buren, ME F 23 Christiana Gerostergiou 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Aristotelio National Team Thessaloniki, Greece F 31 Liz Wood 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Liberty Catlett, VA G 32 Isabel Hernandez Pope 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Polisportiva Battipagliese Rome, Italy F 33 Kirsten Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Academy of Our Lady Peace San Diego, CA G 42 Sigi Koizar 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Stearns Billrothgymnasium Vienna, Austria F 51 Anna Heise 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Sportschule Halle Halle, Germany	Head coach Richard Barron (Kenyon) Assistant coach(es) Todd Steelman (John Brown) Amy Vachon (Maine) Edniesha Curry (Oregon) 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
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

• 2015–16 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team
• Maine Black Bears women's basketball