SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Closing out its three-game road swing to open the 2024-25 season, USC Upstate women's basketball faces its first game in the state of South Carolina as it travels to South Carolina State Wednesday. The Spartans and Bulldogs meet for the second straight season and 10^th time overall—meeting in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2018-19—with a 6:30 p.m. ET tip-off in Orangeburg, S.C.
 
Wednesday's Matchup
November 13, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. ET
USC Upstate (0-2; 0-0 Big South) at South Carolina State (1-1; 0-0 MEAC)
 
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How They Stack Up
Records: USC Upstate (0-2; 0-0 Big South); South Carolina State (1-1; 0-0 MEAC)
Series: USC Upstate leads 7-2
Last Five Meetings: Nov. 20, 2023 (UPST 58; SCST 53); Nov. 16, 2021 (UPST 70; SCST 51); Dec. 14, 2019 (UPST 58; SCST 47); Nov. 28, 2018 (SCST 71; UPST 66); Dec. 9, 2017 (UPST 63; SCST 44)
 
Last Time Out
November 9, 2024: UNC Greensboro 62; USC Upstate 54
November 8, 2024: South Carolina State 59; Presbyterian 54
 
Players to Watch
USC Upstate: Dropping a season-best 15 points behind a 6-of-11 (1-of-1 from three) shooting performance, junior guard Jeni Levine finished three markers shy of her career-high, leading the Spartans in scoring at UNC Greensboro. She also passed out a season-best five assists, the most in a contest by a Spartan this season, entering Wednesday's game tied for the team lead in the category with six assists. Levine also enters the South Carolina State contest averaging a team-leading 9.5 points per game.
 
South Carolina State: Shooting 78.6 percent (11-of-14) from the field this season, junior guard Angie Juste-Jean leads all Bulldog scorers, averaging 15.5 points per game. The Coastal Carolina transfer posted a team-high 22 points in the season opener against Furman, finishing 8-of-9 from the field while adding a pair of steals.
 
Up Next for the Spartans
For the first time during the 2024-25 campaign, USC Upstate returns home to the G.B. Hodge Center as it welcomes Western Carolina Saturday afternoon. The Spartans and Catamounts are set for a 2 p.m. ET tip-off.
 
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