2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team

The 2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team will represent the University of South Carolina Upstate in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by twelfth year head coach Tammy George, played their games at G. B. Hodge Center and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 9–21, 2–12 in A-Sun play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun Tournament to Stetson.

2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
2016–17 record9–21 (2–12 A-Sun)
Head coach
  • Tammy George (12th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jason Rasnake
  • Johnette Walker
  • Tobias Pinson
Home arenaG. B. Hodge Center
2016–17 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Stetson13–1 .929  26–7  .788
Florida Gulf Coast †12–2 .857  26–9  .743
Jacksonville11–3 .786  23–9  .719
Kennesaw State8–6 .571  10–20  .333
NJIT4–10 .286  11–19  .367
North Florida3–11 .214  10–20  .333
Lipscomb3–11 .214  6–24  .200
USC Upstate2–12 .143  9–21  .300
† 2017 ASUN Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017; 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
2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Brittney Delva 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrAmos P. Goby HS
South Georgia Tech College		 Boynton Beach, FL
G 1 Tamera Thrope 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoGreensboro Day School Greensboro, NC
G 3 Breanna Jefferson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrVirginia Episcopal School Lynchburg, VA
G 10 Rylie Parkhurst 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrMiamisburg HS Miamisburg, OH
G 13 Raven Jefferson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrLiberty Christian Academy Lynchburg, VA
G 14 Vanessa Agrusa 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoFranklin HS Franklin, NC
C 15 Coco Ritter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrOrangeburg-Wilkerson HS Orangeburg, SC
G 20 Bailey Wensler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoPerkins-Tryon HS Stillwater, OK
C 21 Riley Popplewell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrSouth Central HS Union Mills, IN
G 23 DeNisha Swain 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoPotter's House Christian Academy Jacksonville, FL
C 24 A'Lexxus Davis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrPotter's House Christian Academy Jacksonville, FL
C 30 Morgan Williams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SoDutch Fork HS
Coker College		 Irmo, SC
G 35 Victoria Hadler 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoDeerfield HS Deerfield Beach, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[1]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
8:30 pm, ESPN3		 Converse W 93–35  1–0
 G. B. Hodge Center (615)
Spartanburg, SC
11/14/2016*
7:00 pm		 at Presbyterian W 55–48  2–0
 Templeton Center (212)
Clinton, SC
11/17/2016*
7:00 pm		 at Purdue L 41–71  2–1
 Mackey Arena (5,611)
West Lafayette, IN
11/20/2016*
1:00 pm		 at Illinois L 57–77  2–2
 State Farm Center (1,133)
Champaign, IL
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 William & Mary L 46–49  2–3
 G. B. Hodge Center (201)
Spartanburg, SC
11/23/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Warren Wilson W 91–53  3–3
 G. B. Hodge Center (210)
Spartanburg, SC
11/26/2016*
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 Gardner–Webb L 53–57  3–4
 G. B. Hodge Center (228)
Spartanburg, SC
11/30/2016*
2:00 pm		 at Furman L 37–57  3–5
 Timmons Arena (207)
Greenville, SC
12/03/2016*
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Bob Jones W 92–50  4–5
 G. B. Hodge Center (201)
Spartanburg, SC
12/10/2016*
6:30 pm		 at No. 13 West Virginia L 33–91  4–6
 WVU Coliseum (1,435)
Morgantown, WV
12/12/2016*
7:00 pm		 at South Carolina State W 73–67 OT 5–6
 SHM Memorial Center (107)
Orangeburg, SC
12/15/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Campbell L 41–56  5–7
 G. B. Hodge Center (235)
Spartanburg, SC
12/17/2016*
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 UNC Asheville L 59–70  5–8
 G. B. Hodge Center (356)
Spartanburg, SC
12/30/2016*
5:00 pm, ESPN3		 Maryland Eastern Shore W 76–63  6–8
 G. B. Hodge Center (271)
Spartanburg, SC
01/03/2017*
5:00 pm		 at North Carolina Central W 68–58  7–8
 McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium (277)
Durham, NC
Atlantic Sun regular season
01/07/2017
4:30 pm, ESPN3		 NJIT W 75–58  8–8 (1–0)
 G. B. Hodge Center (237)
Spartanburg, SC
01/14/2017
4:30 pm, ESPN3		 Jacksonville L 47–65  8–9 (1–1)
 G. B. Hodge Center (325)
Spartanburg, SC
01/16/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 North Florida L 67–78  8–10 (1–2)
 G. B. Hodge Center (317)
Spartanburg, SC
01/21/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Stetson L 68–80  8–11 (1–3)
 Edmunds Center (588)
DeLand, FL
01/23/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Florida Gulf Coast L 43–93  8–12 (1–4)
 Alico Arena (1,821)
Fort Myers, FL
01/28/2017
4:30 pm, ESPN3		 Kennesaw State L 71–79 OT 8–13 (1–5)
 G. B. Hodge Center (289)
Spartanburg, SC
02/02/2017
7:30 pm, ESPN3		 at Lipscomb L 77–84  8–14 (1–6)
 Allen Arena (592)
Nashville, TN
02/04/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Kennesaw State L 67–74  8–15 (1–7)
 KSU Convocation Center (723)
Kennesaw, GA
02/08/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Lipscomb W 89–75  9–15 (2–7)
 G. B. Hodge Center (402)
Spartanburg, SC
02/11/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at North Florida L 74–77 3OT 9–16 (2–8)
 UNF Arena (336)
Jacksonville, FL
02/13/2017
4:30 pm, ESPN3		 at Jacksonville L 46–59  9–17 (2–9)
 Swisher Gymnasium (301)
Jacksonville, FL
02/18/2017
4:30 pm, ESPN3		 Florida Gulf Coast L 50–80  9–18 (2–10)
 G. B. Hodge Center (418)
Spartanburg, SC
02/20/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Stetson L 55–77  9–19 (2–11)
 G. B. Hodge Center (328)
Spartanburg, SC
02/25/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at NJIT L 66–70  9–20 (2–12)
 Fleisher Center 
Newark, NJ
Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament
03/03/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 (8) at (1) Stetson
Quarterfinals		 L 49–70  9–21
 Edmunds Center (640)
DeLand, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References
  1. http://upstatespartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/2016-17/schedule
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