2015-2016 USC Upstate Spartans

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2015-2016 USC Upstate Spartans Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
44 Michael Buchanan Jr C 7-0 285 Mar 25, 1994 Las Vegas (NV) United States Palo Verde High School
5 Tanner Castora Fr G 6-2 180 - Strongsville (OH) United States Strongsville High School
1 Mike Cunningham Fr G 6-1 180 Aug 25, 1995 Washington (DC) United States DuVal High School
10 Josh Cuthbertson Jr F 6-5 210 Feb 4, 1995 New Bern (NC) United States West Craven High School
21 Blake Edwards Fr G 6-0 180 - Chapin (SC) United States Chapin High School
0 Damien Goodwin Jr F 6-8 210 Sep 10, 1993 Atlanta (GA) United States Columbia High School
11 Deion Holmes Fr SG 6-2 188 Oct 3, 1996 Chesnee (SC) United States Chesnee High School
24 Malik Moore Fr SF 6-6 190 Jan 8, 1997 Asheville (NC) United States Clyde A. Erwin High School
33 Jacob Schulte So F 6-7 237 Oct 2, 1995 Newport (KY) United States Newport Central Catholic High School
13 Carson Smith RS-Jr F 6-6 194 Jul 10, 1995 Fort Mill (SC) United States Fort Mill High School
2 Marvin Smith Sr F 6-6 210 - Memphis (TN) United States Ridgeway High School
3 Jure Span Fr SG 6-4 175 Apr 3, 1995 Ljubljana Slovenia COMBINE Academy
14 Tristan Thomas Jr SG 6-3 190 Jan 13, 1993 Iowa City (IA) United States Bangor High School
4 Ramel Thompkins So F 6-7 202 Mar 11, 1996 Vidalia (GA) United States Vidalia High School
15 Philip Whittington Fr F 6-8 227 May 21, 1997 Columbus (GA) United States Northside High School

Recent USC Upstate Spartans History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 10-20 (5-11) 8th (Big South) 1st Rnd N/A
2022-2023 16-16 (10-8) 4th (Big South) 3rd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2021-2022 15-17 (10-6) 4th (Big South) 3rd Rnd The Basketball Classic 2nd Rnd
2020-2021 5-18 (5-11) 9th (Big South) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 13-20 (7-11) 7th (Big South) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 6-26 (1-15) 11th (Big South) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 7-25 (2-12) 8th (A-Sun) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 17-16 (7-7) 4th (A-Sun) 1st Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2015-2016 10-22 (4-10) 7th (A-Sun) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 24-12 (8-6) 3rd (A-Sun) Runner Up CIT 2nd Rnd
2013-2014 19-15 (11-7) 3rd (A-Sun) 2nd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2012-2013 16-17 (9-9) 4th (A-Sun) 2nd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 21-13 (13-5) 2nd (A-Sun) 1st Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2010-2011 5-25 (4-16) 11th (A-Sun) N/A N/A
2009-2010 6-23 (6-14) 9th (A-Sun) N/A N/A
2008-2009 9-21 (8-12) 8th (A-Sun) N/A N/A
2007-2008 7-23 (5-11) 10th (A-Sun) N/A N/A
2006-2007 N/A N/A (A-Sun) N/A N/A
2005-2006 N/A N/A (A-Sun) N/A N/A
2004-2005 0-1 19th (A-Sun) N/A N/A

2015-2016 USC Upstate Spartans Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Michael Buchanan Atlantic Sun Second Team All-Conference
Deion Holmes Atlantic Sun All-Freshmen Team

2015-2016 USC Upstate Spartans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Cunningham D. Holmes J. Cuthbertson M. Smith M. Buchanan
Rotation   J. Span D. Goodwin P. Whittington  
Rotation   T. Thomas J. Schulte    
Rotation     M. Moore    
Lim PT B. Edwards   R. Thompkins    

2015-2016 USC Upstate Spartans Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Deion Holmes 32 25.1 12.2 2.6 1.4 0.6 0.2 2.1
Michael Buchanan 31 21.7 11.6 6.0 1.4 0.5 1.0 2.0
Mike Cunningham 32 29.0 9.8 2.6 2.7 0.8 0.0 1.8
Josh Cuthbertson 31 27.1 9.5 4.5 2.7 0.6 0.1 1.7
Damien Goodwin 3 19.7 8.7 4.7 0.7 0.0 0.3 2.3
Philip Whittington 28 13.1 6.2 4.5 0.5 0.3 0.7 1.1
Marvin Smith 32 20.6 5.5 4.5 0.8 0.3 0.2 1.5
Jacob Schulte 32 17.9 5.4 2.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8
Malik Moore 32 15.9 5.4 4.0 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.9
Jure Span 32 22.3 4.7 1.9 3.1 0.6 0.3 1.4
Ramel Thompkins 13 9.1 2.5 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
Tristan Thomas 20 10.2 2.4 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.5
Blake Edwards 6 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3

2015-2016 USC Upstate Spartans Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Eddie Payne Head Coach 2002-2003 N/A
Kyle Perry Associate Head Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (USC Upstate, 2009 to 2014)
Kente Hart Assistant Coach 2011-2012 N/A
Josh Chavis Assistant Coach 2015-2016 N/A
Lee Fowler Athletic Director 2013-2014 N/A