Temple Owls
American (20-11, 13-5)
Big Wins: 11/13 Florida (97-91), 12/2 Villanova (61-55), 2/6 South Florida (68-66)
Bad Losses: 11/24 at Quinnipiac (56-58), 11/29 St. Joseph’s (67-70), 1/5 at SMU (67-69)
Coach: Tonya Cardoza
Probable Starters:
Alliya Butts, Sophomore, Guard, 15.2 ppg, 2.8 apg, 2.5 spg
Feyonda Fitzgerald, Junior, Guard, 13.0 ppg, 5.4 apg
Tanaya Atkinson, Sophomore, Guard, 12.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg
Donnaizha Fountain, Sophomore, Guard, 10.1 ppg, 6.7 rpg
Erica Covile, Senior, Guard, 9.5 ppg, 7.2 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Khadijah Berger, Sophomore, Guard, 3.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Ugo Nwaigwe, Senior, Center, 2.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.4 (69th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.7 (183, 5)
Field-Goal Percentage: 38.9 (205, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.6 (127, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.0 (118, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 29.9 (228, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.1 (153, 8)
Rebound Margin: 0.9 (143, 6)
Assists Per Game: 13.7 (120, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.3 (123, 4)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2015 NIT First Round win over Marist
2015 NIT Second Round win over Pennsylvania
2015 NIT Third Round win over North Carolina State
2015 NIT Quarterfinal win over Middle Tennessee
2012 NIT First Round win over Quinnipiac
2012 NIT Second Round win over Harvard
2012 NIT Third Round loss to Syracuse
2011 NCAA Round of 64 win over Arizona State
2011 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Notre Dame
2010 NCAA Round of 64 win over James Madison
2010 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Connecticut
2009 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Florida
2008 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Arizona State
2007 NCAA Round of 64 win over Nebraska
2007 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Duke
*all team stats through 3/3
