2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team

The 2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team will represent 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 defeated Northern Kentucky in the first round, Western Illinois in the quarterfinals before losing to Weber State in the semifinals.

2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball
WBI, Semifinals
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
Record	22–11 (10–4 A-Sun)
Head coach	Tammy George (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Ayana McWilliams Jason Rasnake Bill Tender
Home arena	G. B. Hodge Center

2015–16 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Florida Gulf Coast	14	–	0		1.000			33	–	5		.868
Jacksonville †	11	–	3		.786			22	–	11		.667
USC Upstate	10	–	4		.714			22	–	12		.647
Stetson	9	–	5		.643			20	–	12		.625
Kennesaw State	6	–	8		.429			11	–	19		.367
North Florida	3	–	11		.214			7	–	23		.233
Lipscomb	2	–	12		.143			5	–	25		.167
NJIT	1	–	13		.071			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner As of April 2, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Media

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 Tammy George (Charlotte) Assistant coach(es) Ayana McWilliams (Brevard) Jason Rasnake (NC State) Bill Tender (Wofford) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 pm		at Norfolk State	W 82–62	1–0	Echols Hall (433) Norfolk, VA
11/15/2015* 6:00 pm		at Maryland Eastern Shore	L 59–78	1–1	Hytche Athletic Center (532) Princess Anne, MD
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm		Bob Jones	W 96–46	2–1	G. B. Hodge Center (420) 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 (282) Fort Wayne, IN
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm		at Michigan	L 61–119	4–2	Crisler Center (1,589) Ann Arbor, MI
11/27/2015* 3:00 pm		at UNC Asheville	L 59–68	4–3	Kimmel Arena (360) 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 (579) 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 (3,045) Morehead, KY
12/16/2015* 4:00 pm		at North Carolina	L 40–80	6–6	Carmichael Arena (1,487) 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 (202) Newark, NJ
01/16/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Florida Gulf Coast	L 43–54	10–7 (1–1)	Alico Arena (1,628) Fort Myers, FL
01/18/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Stetson	W 61–56	11–7 (2–1)	Edmunds Center (353) 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 (340) 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 (253) 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 (484) Jacksonville, FL
02/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Jacksonville	L 69–75 OT	18–10 (9–4)	Swisher Gymnasium (876) 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 (363) 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 (1,323) Ogden, UT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

 

See also

• 2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team