2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team

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2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball
USC Upstate Spartans logo.svg
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
2016–17 record9–21 (2–12 A-Sun)
Head coach
  • (12th season)
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 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 , 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 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 Jacksonville, FL
C 24 A'Lexxus Davis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr 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[]

[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  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 		L 53–57  3–4
 G. B. Hodge Center (228)
Spartanburg, SC
11/30/2016*
2:00 pm 		at  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  W 73–67 OT 5–6
 SHM Memorial Center (107)
Orangeburg, SC
12/15/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		L 41–56  5–7
 G. B. Hodge Center (235)
Spartanburg, SC
12/17/2016*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		L 59–70  5–8
 G. B. Hodge Center (356)
Spartanburg, SC
12/30/2016*
5:00 pm, ESPN3 		W 76–63  6–8
 G. B. Hodge Center (271)
Spartanburg, SC
01/03/2017*
5:00 pm 		at  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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