Shereesha Richards

UAlbany women's basketball star Shereesha Richards scored her 2,000th career point on Saturday as the Great Danes beat the University of Vermont at SEFCU Arena. Richards is the two-time defending America East Player of the Year and has helped the Danes get to three straight NCAA tournaments...

The UAlbany women's basketball team throttled Vermont on Saturday afternoon to continue their hot start to the 2015-16 season. With the win, the Danes are now 11-3 overall. More importantly, they are 2-0 in America East Conference play. In the win on Saturday, Danes standout Shereesha Richards scored her 2,000th career point...

After going 14-2 in the America East league season, and handily winning the America East Conference Championship over Hartford, the UAlbany Women's Basketball team earned a No. 13 seed in the NCAA tournament. It is the fourth straight trip to the tournament for UAlbany...

The UAlbany women's basketball team wrapped up the No. 2 seed in the upcoming America East Conference tournament by beating Hartford on Thursday night. The Danes, who have advanced to three straight NCAA tournaments, finish behind Maine in the league standings...

Surprise, surprise! Another week, another Shereesha Richards America East Player of the Week win. After scoring 35 points on Wednesday against Binghamton, Richards solidified the award for the 15th career time, one less than the all-time conference record held by Cindy Blodgett...

The UAlbany women's basketball team stormed past Binghamton on a rare matinee game at SEFCU Arena on Wednesday. Shereesha Richards had 35 points in the 75-53 win, which was played at noon, as part of Commitment to Education Day. Schools from all over the Capital Region came to the game and played games and enjoyed several stations before tip-off...

UAlbany women's basketball junior forward Shereesha Richards earned America East Player of the Week for the fifth time this season, and 14th time in her career, helping UA to a 2-0 week that has the Danes at 10-1 in league play. Richards averaged 21...

The UAlbany women's basketball team suffered its first loss of the America East season on Sunday afternoon, falling to Maine, 52-44, at SEFCU Arena. The loss puts the Danes at 15-7 and 8-1 in league play. It's the first loss for the university in basketball in America East play this year -- the men are 9-0 in the league...

The UAlbany women's basketball team is off to a 9-6 start (2-0 in America East play) and the 18.7 points a game provided by junior star Shereesha Richards is a major reason why. Richards joined me today to talk about the team's early season success, how the program has built itself into a power, the thrill of going on the road to UNC, and scoring her 1,000th point earlier this season...

One day after the UAlbany men's basketball team narrowly beat the University of New Hampshire, the Great Dane women found themselves in a dogfight with the Wildcats. Tied at 47-47 with 11:05 to play, the Danes used a 29-18 run over the rest of the game to propel themselves to a 76-65 win on Wednesday night at SEFCU Arena...

UAlbany junior women's basketball star Shereesha Richards was named the America East Player of the Week for the 11th time in her career this week. She needs five more selections to tie the record of 16 set by Cody Blodgett of Maine. Richards had a game-high 34 points and added nine rebounds in a road loss to nationally ranked and perennial power North Carolina before netting 21 points in a league-

Traveling to Chapel Hill to play the No. 9 North Carolina Tar Heels was never going to be easy for the UAlbany women's basketball team. While I don't think anyone expected the Danes to win a game against that opponent -- in that setting -- UAlbany hung tough, losing only 71-56...