# 2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team

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.

## Schedule

| 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. ||||||