2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team

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.

2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball
WBI, Semifinals
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
Record22–11 (10–4 A-Sun)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ayana McWilliams
  • Jason Rasnake
  • Bill Tender
Home arenaG. B. Hodge Center
Seasons
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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "2015-16 USC Upstate Women's Basketball Schedule - USC Upstate". UpstateSpartans.com. University of South Carolina Upstate. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016.