2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by eleventh year head coach Tammy George , played their games at G. B. Hodge Center and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference . They finished the season 22–12, 10–4 in A-Sun play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun women's tournament , where they lost to Jacksonville. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational , where they defeated Northern Kentucky in the first round, Western Illinois in the quarterfinals before losing to Weber State in the semifinals.
All home games and conference road will be shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Non conference road games will typically be available on the opponents website.
Roster
2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G 0
Rose Robinson 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Jr Spartanburg Methodist College
Irmo, SC
G 1
Tamera Thrope 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr Greensboro Day School
Greensboro, NC
G 3
Travonda Haddock 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr Jones Senior HS
Pollocksville, NC
G 11
Brittany Clency 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Sr Western Guilford HS
Greensboro, NC
G 13
Raven Jefferson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Jr Liberty Christian Academy
Lynchburg, VA
G 14
Vanessa Agrusa 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Fr Franklin HS
Franklin, NC
C 15
Coco Ritter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So Orangeburg-Wilkerson HS
Orangeburg, SC
G 20
Bailey Wensler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr Perkins-Tryon HS
Stillwater, OK
G 21
Kristen Dickerson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Sr Pensacola State College
Montgomery, AL
G 23
DeNisha Swain 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Fr Potter's House Christian Academy
Jacksonville, FL
C 24
A'Lexxus Davis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So Potter's House Christian Academy
Jacksonville, FL
F 32
Dae Dae Jordan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Fr Hephzibah HS
Hephzibah, GA
C 34
Brittany Starling 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sr Sumter HS
Sumter, SC
G 35
Victoria Hadler 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Fr Deerfield HS
Deerfield Beach, FL
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule
[ 1]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015 *6:00 pm
at Norfolk State
W 82–62 1–0
Echols Hall Norfolk, VA
11/15/2015 *6:00 pm
at Maryland Eastern Shore
L 59–78 1–1
Hytche Athletic Center Princess Anne, MD
11/17/2015 *7:00 pm
Bob Jones W 96–46 2–1
G. B. Hodge Center Spartanburg, SC
11/17/2015 *5:00 pm
Southern Wesleyan W 84–51 3–1
G. B. Hodge Center (213)Spartanburg, SC
11/21/2015 *7:00 pm
at IPFW
W 84–81 4–1
Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN
11/23/2015 *7:00 pm
at Michigan
L 61–119 4–2
Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
11/27/2015 *3:00 pm
at UNC Asheville
L 59–68 4–3
Kimmel Arena Asheville, NC
12/01/2015 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
UNC Greensboro W 84–61 5–3
G. B. Hodge Center (237)Spartanburg, SC
12/05/2015 *2:00 pm
at Georgia Tech
L 46–87 5–4
Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
12/12/2015 *2:00 pm, ESPN3
Furman L 63–75 5–5
G. B. Hodge Center (237)Spartanburg, SC
12/14/2015 *12:00 pm
at Morehead State
W 86–72 6–5
Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, KY
12/16/2015 *4:00 pm
at North Carolina
L 40–80 6–6
Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
12/19/2015 *2:00 pm, ESPN3
North Carolina Central W 68–46 7–6
G. B. Hodge Center (205)Spartanburg, SC
12/30/2015 *5:00 pm
Mars Hill W 81–65 8–6
G. B. Hodge Center (132)Spartanburg, SC
01/02/2016 *4:30 pm, ESPN3
Western Carolina W 68–59 9–6
G. B. Hodge Center (187)Spartanburg, SC
Atlantic Sun regular season
01/09/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3
at NJIT
W 58–41 10–6 (1–0)
Fleisher Center Newark, NJ
01/16/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3
at Florida Gulf Coast
L 43–54 10–7 (1–1)
Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL
01/18/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stetson
W 61–56 11–7 (2–1)
Edmunds Center DeLand, FL
01/23/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
Jacksonville L 43–49 11–8 (2–2)
G. B. Hodge Center Spartanburg, SC
01/26/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
North Florida W 69–54 12–8 (3–2)
G. B. Hodge Center (176)Spartanburg, SC
01/30/2016 2:30 pm, ESPN3
at Lipscomb
W 81–54 13–8 (4–2)
Allen Arena Nashville, TN
02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
Kennesaw State W 66–57 14–8 (5–2)
G. B. Hodge Center (141)Spartanburg, SC
02/06/2016 3:30 pm, ESPN3
Lipscomb W 93–71 15–8 (6–2)
G. B. Hodge Center (228)Spartanburg, SC
02/10/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Kennesaw State
W 63–51 16–8 (7–2)
KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA
02/13/2016 4:30 pm, ESPN3
Stetson W 73–58 17–8 (8–2)
G. B. Hodge Center (142)Spartanburg, SC
02/15/2016 4:30 pm, ESPN3
Florida Gulf Coast L 44–56 17–9 (8–3)
G. B. Hodge Center (210)Spartanburg, SC
02/20/2016 4:30 pm, ESPN3
at North Florida
W 75–61 18–9 (9–3)
UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL
02/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Jacksonville
L 69–75 OT
18–10 (9–4)
Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, FL
02/27/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3
NJIT W 67–47 19–10 (10–4)
G. B. Hodge Center (168)Spartanburg, SC
Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
North Florida Quarterfinals W 76–50 20–10
G. B. Hodge Center (217)Spartanburg, SC
03/09/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Jacksonville Semifinals L 56–67 20–11
Swisher Gymnasium (432)Jacksonville, FL
WBI
03/17/2016 *7:00 pm
at Northern Kentucky First Round W 71–69 21–11
BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY
03/19/2016 *7:00 pm
Western Illinois Quarterfinals W 81–78 22–11
G. B. Hodge Center (172)Spartanburg, SC
03/23/2016 *9:00 pm
at Weber State Semifinals L 53–79 22–12
Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
See also
References
