2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team

2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
Record9–21 (2–12 A-Sun)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jason Rasnake
  • Johnette Walker
  • Tobias Pinson
Home arenaG. B. Hodge Center
Seasons
2016–17 ASUN women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Stetson 13 – 1   .929 26 – 7   .788
Florida Gulf Coast † 12 – 2   .857 26 – 9   .743
Jacksonville 11 – 3   .786 23 – 9   .719
Kennesaw State 8 – 6   .571 10 – 20   .333
NJIT 4 – 10   .286 11 – 19   .367
North Florida 3 – 11   .214 10 – 20   .333
Lipscomb 3 – 11   .214 6 – 24   .200
USC Upstate 2 – 12   .143 9 – 21   .300
† 2017 ASUN Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team represented 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.

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
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Brittney Delva 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Amos P. Goby HS
South Georgia Tech College 		Boynton Beach, FL
G 1 Tamera Thrope 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC
G 3 Breanna Jefferson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Virginia Episcopal School Lynchburg, VA
G 10 Rylie Parkhurst 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Miamisburg HS Miamisburg, OH
G 13 Raven Jefferson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Liberty Christian Academy Lynchburg, VA
G 14 Vanessa Agrusa 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Franklin HS Franklin, NC
C 15 Coco Ritter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Orangeburg-Wilkerson HS Orangeburg, SC
G 20 Bailey Wensler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Perkins-Tryon HS Stillwater, OK
C 21 Riley Popplewell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr South Central HS Union Mills, IN
G 23 DeNisha Swain 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Potter's House Christian Academy Jacksonville, FL
C 24 A'Lexxus Davis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Potter's House Christian Academy Jacksonville, FL
C 30 Morgan Williams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Dutch Fork HS
Coker College 		Irmo, SC
G 35 Victoria Hadler 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So 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
11/11/2016*
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. ^ "2016-17 Women's Basketball Schedule". UpstateSpartans.com. University of South Carolina Upstate. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022.