# 2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team

The 2015–16 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team represented 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 Tammy George, 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 they 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.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 6:00 pm | at Norfolk State | W 82–62 | 1–0 | Echols Hall (433) Norfolk, VA |
| 11/15/2015* 6:00 pm | at Maryland Eastern Shore | 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 UNC Asheville | L 59–68 | 4–3 | Kimmel Arena (360) Asheville, NC |
| 12/01/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | UNC Greensboro | 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 Morehead State | 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 | North Carolina Central | 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 | Western Carolina | 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 Northern Kentucky 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. ||||||