2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team

The 2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina Upstate in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by thirteenth year head coach Tammy George, play their games at G. B. Hodge Center and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 11–19, 6–8 in A-Sun play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun Tournament to Lipscomb.

2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
2017–18 record11–19 (6–8 A-Sun)
Head coach
  • Tammy George (13th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jason Rasnake
  • Johnette Walker
  • Darian Riley
Home arenaG. B. Hodge Center
2017–18 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Florida Gulf Coast131 .929  315  .861
Jacksonville122 .857  249  .727
Stetson86 .571  1715  .531
Lipscomb77 .500  1219  .387
USC Upstate68 .429  1119  .367
North Florida59 .357  1318  .419
Kennesaw State311 .214  719  .269
NJIT212 .143  426  .133
2018 ASUN Tournament winner
As of 19 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The season marked the final season for USC Upstate as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference, as the school announced on November 15, 2017 that they will be moving to the Big South Conference for the 2018–19 season.

Media

All home games and conference road are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Non conference road games are typically available on the opponents website.

Roster

2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Brittney Delva 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SrAmos P. Goby HS
South Georgia Tech College
Boynton Beach, FL
G 1 Tamera Thrope 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrGreensboro Day School Greensboro, NC
G 3 Breanna Jefferson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoVirginia Episcopal School Lynchburg, VA
G 10 Rylie Parkhurst 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoMiamisburg HS Miamisburg, OH
G 11 Camilla Kilinc 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrFilbornaskolan School
Monroe CC
Helsingborg, Sweden
G 15 Anda Kuzmina 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrLatvijas Universitate Riga, Latvia
G 20 Bailey Wensler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrPerkins-Tryon HS Stillwater, OK
C 21 Riley Popplewell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoSouth Central HS Union Mills, IN
G 22 Diamon Shiflet 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrGreer HS Taylors, SC
G 23 DeNisha Swain 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrPotter's House Christian Academy Jacksonville, FL
C 24 A'Lexxus Davis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrPotter'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
F 32 Latasha Johnson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS FrWoodmont HS Greenville, SC
F 33 Michaela Gibbons 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrHopewell HS Troutman, NC
G 35 Victoria Hadler 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS SoDeerfield HS Deerfield Beach, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 16, 2017

Schedule

[4]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
8:00 pm
at East Carolina L 53–66  0–1
Williams Arena (954)
Greenville, TN
11/15/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Presbyterian L 69–83  0–2
G. B. Hodge Center (317)
Spartanburg, SC
11/17/2017*
9:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at Virginia Tech L 56–87  0–3
Cassell Coliseum (2,162)
Blacksburg, VA
11/19/2017*
2:00 pm
at Campbell L 49–69  0–4
Gore Arena (864)
Buies Creek, NC
11/21/2017*
5:00 pm, ESPN3
Converse W 71–51  1–4
G. B. Hodge Center (151)
Spartanburg, SC
11/24/2017*
3:00 pm, ESPN3
Omaha L 66–69  1–5
G. B. Hodge Center (218)
Spartanburg, SC
11/28/2017*
11:00 am
at Gardner–Webb L 39–60  1–6
Paul Porter Arena (347)
Boiling Springs, NC
11/30/2017*
5:00 pm, ESPN3
Bob Jones W 79–45  2–6
G. B. Hodge Center (187)
Spartanburg, SC
12/03/2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Furman L 59–80  2–7
G. B. Hodge Center (120)
Spartanburg, SC
12/05/2017*
7:00 pm
at William & Mary L 63–83  2–8
Kaplan Arena (549)
Williamsburg, VA
12/09/2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
South Carolina State W 63–44  3–8
G. B. Hodge Center (148)
Spartanburg, SC
12/16/2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
UNC Asheville L 70–76  3–9
G. B. Hodge Center (164)
Spartanburg, SC
12/19/2017*
6:00 pm
at Oklahoma State L 71–108  3–10
Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,830)
Stillwater, OK
12/30/2017*
4:30 pm, ESPN3
North Carolina Central W 66–61  4–10
G. B. Hodge Center (192)
Spartanburg, SC
01/02/2018*
5:00 pm, ESPN3
Brevard W 109–39  5–10
G. B. Hodge Center 
Spartanburg, SC
Atlantic Sun regular season
01/06/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at NJIT W 97–59  6–10 (1–0)
Wellness and Events Center (199)
Newark, NJ
01/13/2018
4:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stetson L 61–62  6–11 (1–1)
Edmunds Center (357)
DeLand, FL
01/15/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Florida Gulf Coast L 60–93  6–12 (1–2)
Alico Arena (2,347)
Fort Myers, FL
01/20/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
North Florida L 61–65  6–13 (1–3)
G. B. Hodge Center (232)
Spartanburg, SC
01/22/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Jacksonville L 45–71  6–14 (1–4)
G. B. Hodge Center (231)
Spartanburg, SC
01/27/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Kennesaw State W 65–61  7–14 (2–4)
G. B. Hodge Center (264)
Spartanburg, SC
02/01/2018
7:30 pm, ESPN3
at Lipscomb L 78–97  7–15 (2–5)
Allen Arena (367)
Nashville, TN
02/03/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Kennesaw State W 70–64  8–15 (3–5)
KSU Convocation Center (471)
Kennesaw, GA
02/07/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Lipscomb W 80–64  9–15 (4–5)
G. B. Hodge Center (438)
Spartanburg, SC
02/10/2018
1:30 pm, ESPN3
Florida Gulf Coast L 44–88  9–16 (4–6)
G. B. Hodge Center (315)
Spartanburg, SC
02/12/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Stetson W 69–64  10–16 (5–6)
G. B. Hodge Center (318)
Spartanburg, SC
02/17/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Jacksonville L 49–65  10–17 (5–7)
Swisher Gymnasium (489)
Jacksonville, FL
02/19/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at North Florida L 61–79  10–18 (5–8)
UNF Arena (259)
Jacksonville, FL
02/24/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
NJIT W 74–67  11–18 (6–8)
G. B. Hodge Center (237)
Spartanburg, SC
Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament
03/02/2018
8:00 pm, ESPN3
(5) at (4) Lipscomb
Quarterfinals
L 53–95  11–19
Allen Arena (401)
Nashville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

  1. "USC Upstate" (PDF). Upstatespartans.com. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  2. "South Carolina Upstate Spartans Women's Basketball - Spartans News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  3. USC Upstate Spartans. "USC Upstate Spartans on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  4. "2017-18 USC Upstate Women's Basketball Schedule - USC Upstate". Upstatespartans.com. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
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