2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team

2015–16 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings
	† 2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner ; As of April 2, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball
2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball
WBI, Semifinals
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
2015–16 record	22–11 (10–4 A-Sun)
Head coach	(11th season);
Assistant coaches	Ayana McWilliams; Jason Rasnake; Bill Tender;
Home arena	G. B. Hodge Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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 , 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.

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		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		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		Jacksonville, FL
C	24	A'Lexxus Davis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So		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

(Charlotte)

Assistant coach(es)

Ayana McWilliams (Brevard)
Jason Rasnake (North Carolina State)
Bill Tender (Wofford)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[]

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 pm	at	W 82–62	1–0	Echols Hall (433) Norfolk, VA
11/15/2015* 6:00 pm	at	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	L 59–68	4–3	Kimmel Arena (360) Asheville, NC
12/01/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		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	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		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		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 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.

References[]

^ http://www.upstatespartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/2015-16/schedule

[1] ttp://www.upstatespartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/2015-16/schedule

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Roster[]

Schedule[]

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2015–16 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings
v t	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