2024–25 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 2024–25 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by third-year head coach Jason Williams, played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference.
- Jason Williams (3rd season)
| 2024–25 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Record | 9–21 (6–10 Big South) |
| Head coach |
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| Associate head coach | Steven Rhodes |
| Assistant coach | Jennifer DeGraaf |
| Home arena | G. B. Hodge Center |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longwood | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC Upstate | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 4 | – | 27 | .129 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 Big South tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2023–24 season 16–16, 10–6 in Big South play, to finish in second place.[1] They would defeat Longwood,[2] before falling to Radford in the semifinals of the Big South tournament.[3] They received an automatic bid into the WNIT,[4] where they would fall to Charleston in the first round.[5]
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 5:00 pm, SECN+ |
at No. 22 Kentucky | L 43–98 | 0–1 |
Memorial Coliseum (4,007) Lexington, KY | |||||||
| November 9, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at UNC Greensboro | L 54–62 | 0–2 |
Fleming Gymnasium (342) Greensboro, NC | |||||||
| November 13, 2024* 6:30 pm |
at South Carolina State | W 60–52 | 1–2 |
SHM Memorial Center (353) Orangeburg, SC | |||||||
| November 16, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Western Carolina | L 52–80 | 1–3 |
G. B. Hodge Center (237) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| November 19, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Furman | L 53–81 | 1–4 |
Hayes Gymnasium (263) Tigerville, SC | |||||||
| November 22, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Queens | L 58–65 | 1–5 |
G. B. Hodge Center (178) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| November 25, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Clinton | W 71–50 | 2–5 |
G. B. Hodge Center (170) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| November 29, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Morehead State Spartan Shootout |
L 54–66 | 2–6 |
G. B. Hodge Center (152) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| November 30, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Bellarmine Spartan Shootout |
L 64–72 | 2–7 |
G. B. Hodge Center (149) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| December 3, 2024* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at No. 20 Iowa State | L 35–92 | 2–8 |
Hilton Coliseum (9,949) Ames, IA | |||||||
| December 5, 2024* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at No. 13 Kansas State | L 24–110 | 2–9 |
Bramlage Coliseum (3,386) Manhattan, KS | |||||||
| December 16, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Drake | L 34–84 | 2–10 |
Knapp Center (6,424) Des Moines, IA | |||||||
| December 19, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+ |
Lees–McRae | W 65–59 | 3–10 |
G. B. Hodge Center (818) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| Big South regular season | |||||||||||
| January 2, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Winthrop | L 54–63 | 3–11 (0–1) |
G. B. Hodge Center (112) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| January 8, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Presbyterian | L 58–59 | 3–12 (0–2) |
Templeton Center (642) Clinton, SC | |||||||
| January 11, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Radford | L 56–64 | 3–13 (0–3) |
Dedmon Center (638) Radford, VA | |||||||
| January 15, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UNC Asheville | W 60–57 | 4–13 (1–3) |
G. B. Hodge Center (240) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Gardner–Webb | L 73–79 | 4–14 (1–4) |
Paul Porter Arena (378) Boiling Springs, NC | |||||||
| January 22, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at High Point | L 31-84 | 4-15 (1-5) |
Qubein Center (736) High Point, NC | |||||||
| January 25, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Longwood | W 46-45 | 5-15 (2-5) |
G. B. Hodge Center (228) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| January 29, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Charleston Southern | L 58-62 | 5-16 (2-6) |
Buccaneer Field House (485) North Charleston, SC | |||||||
| February 1, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Radford | L 59-65 OT | 5-17 (2-7) |
G. B. Hodge Center (234) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| February 5, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Presbyterian | L 51-68 | 5-18 (2-8) |
G. B. Hodge Center (302) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Winthrop | W 52-48 | 6-18 (3-8) |
Winthrop Coliseum (340) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| February 12, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at UNC Asheville | W 60-51 | 7-18 (4-8) |
Kimmel Arena (231) Asheville, NC | |||||||
| February 15, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Gardner–Webb | W 68-59 | 8-18 (5-8) |
G. B. Hodge Center (233) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| February 22, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Charleston Southern | L 49-59 | 8-19 (5-9) |
G. B. Hodge Center (227) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| February 26, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
High Point | L 47-72 | 8-20 (5-10) |
G. B. Hodge Center (279) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| March 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Longwood | W 62-60 OT | 9-20 (6-10) |
Joan Perry Brock Center (1,387) Farmville, VA | |||||||
| Big South tournament | |||||||||||
| March 6, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(7) | vs. (2) Longwood Quarterfinals |
L 37–56 | 9–21 |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (1) Johnson City, TN | ||||||