The 2026–27 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team will represent the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by first-year head coach Kelly Morrone, will play their home games at the Broadview Center in Albany, New York, and compete as a member of the America East Conference.
Previous season
The Great Danes finished the 2025–26 season 14–16 overall and 4–12 in America East play, finishing in a tie for seventh in the conference with New Hampshire. As the No. 8 seed in the America East tournament, they lost 40–55 in the quarterfinals to top-seeded and defending champions Vermont to end their season.
On March 29, it was announced by the university that head coach Colleen Mullen had stepped down after eight seasons with the program in order to take a head coaching job for Rhode Island. Six days later, on April 4, the program announced the hiring of Merrimack head coach Kelly Morrone to take over the team. Morrone spent six years with the Warriors after first joining the team in 2020, leading them to a 19–13 record in the past season.
Offseason Departures Albany departures Bella Stuart 1 Forward 5'11" Graduate student Clifton Park, NY Graduated Nila Giraud 2 Forward 6'0" Freshman Rahway, NJ Transferred to Siena Anaïs Levasseur 7 Guard 5'8" Freshman Quebec City, Quebec Transferred to Rhode Island Amaya Stewart 9 Forward 6'1" Freshman West Reading, PA Transferred to Rhode Island Laura Vera 10 Guard 5'11" Freshman Estepona, Spain Transferred to New Haven Emma Hákonardóttir 12 Guard 5'11" Sophomore Þorlákshöfn, Iceland Transferred to Binghamton Martina Borrellas 13 Guard 6'1" Sophomore Barcelona, Spain Transferred to Rhode Island Gabriela Falcão 21 Center 6'1" Senior Figueira da Foz, Portugal Graduated Delanie Hill 33 Guard 5'7" Sophomore Charlotte, NC Transferred to Rhode Island Júlia Palomo Vicente 35 Guard 5'7" Graduate student La Seu d'Urgell, Spain Graduated
Incoming transfers Albany incoming transfers Madison Roman 0 Forward 6'0" Senior Fairfield, CT Merrimack Daria Shishkina 2 Guard 5'11" Junior Moscow, Russia Merrimack Shyla Montgomery 3 Guard 5'7" Graduate student Brockton, MA Daemen (D-II) Kohen Marshall 10 Guard 5'8" Junior Murrieta, CA Mt. San Jacinto College (NJCAA) Sabela Carro 14 Guard/Forward 5'10" Junior A Coruña, Spain Laramie County CC (NJCAA) Cadence Johnson 21 Forward 6'0" Junior Mattapoisett, MA Merrimack
Recruiting class There was no 2026 recruiting class.
Preseason On September 28, 2026, the America East Conference released its preseason poll. Albany was picked to finish seventh in the conference.
Preseason rankings +America East Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 60 (6) 2 57 (2) 3 48 (1) 4 41 5 40 6 29 7 25 8 16 9 8 Source:
Preseason All-America East Team No players were selected for the Preseason All-America East Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| America East regular season
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