2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball team will represent Temple University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marks the third for the Owls as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Owls, led by eighth year head coach Tonya Cardoza, played their home games at McGonigle Hall with four games at the Liacouras Center. They finished the season 23–12, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic Women's Tournament where they lost to South Florida. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Drexel, Quinnipiac and Ohio in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Michigan in the quarterfinals.

2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
2015–16 record23–12 (13–5 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Way Veney
  • Meg Barber
  • Willnett Crockett
Home arenaLiacouras Center
McGonigle Hall
2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 UConn180 1.000  380  1.000
No. 21 South Florida144 .778  2410  .706
Temple135 .722  2312  .657
Memphis126 .667  1813  .581
Tulane117 .611  2312  .657
Tulsa810 .444  1219  .387
SMU711 .389  1318  .419
East Carolina612 .333  1319  .406
Cincinnati414 .222  822  .267
UCF414 .222  723  .233
Houston216 .111  624  .200
American Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All Owls home games will have video streaming on Owls TV, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. There are no radio broadcasts for Owls women's basketball games. You can listen to audio of most games through the opponents website.

Roster

2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Alliya Butts 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) SoHoly Cross Edgewater Park, NJ
G 1 Erica Covile 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrJohn Glenn Detroit, MI
G 2 Feyonda Fitzgerald 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrLake Taylor Norfolk, VA
C 5 Ugo Nwaigwe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GSValley Stream
Wagner
Valley Stream, NY
F 12 Ruth Sherrill 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrThomas Edison
Hofstra
Alexandria, VA
G 21 Khadijah Berger 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoHampton Hampton, VA
G 22 Tanaya Atkinson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoHill Regional Career New Haven, CT
G 23 Deja Reynolds 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrRiverdale Baptist Philadelphia, PA
F 31 Chyanna Canada 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrWilliam Nottingham Syracuse, NY
G 32 Donnaizha Fountain 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS JrCambridge Rindge & Latin
Georgia Tech
Roxbury, MA
F 33 Monasia Bolduc 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrNazareth Academy
Walters State
Clintondale, NY
C 35 Safiya Martin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrSandy Creek Fayetteville, GA
C 42 Taylor Robinson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrLadue Horton Watkins St. Louis, MO
Head coach

Tonya Cardoza (Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

Way Veney (College of Charleston)
Meg Barber (New York)
Willnett Crockett (Connecticut)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015*
2:00 pm
Bloomfield W 65–42 
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, PA
Regular season
11/13/2015*
7:00 pm
Florida W 97–91  1–0
Liacouras Center (1,453)
Philadelphia, PA
11/18/2015*
7:00 pm
at La Salle W 77–48  2–0
Tom Gola Arena (419)
Philadelphia, PA
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm
at Rutgers L 51–61  2–1
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,725)
Piscataway, NJ
11/24/2015*
5:00 pm
at Quinnipiac L 56–58  2–2
TD Bank Sports Center (494)
Hamden, CT
11/29/2015*
2:00 pm
Saint Joseph's L 67–70  2–3
McGonigle Hall (928)
Philadelphia, PA
12/02/2015*
5:00 pm
Villanova W 61–55  3–3
McGonigle Hall (725)
Philadelphia, PA
12/06/2015*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at No. 13 Florida State L 47–75  3–4
Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,784)
Tallahassee, FL
12/09/2015*
7:00 pm
Sacred Heart W 92–62  4–4
McGonigle Hall (633)
Philadelphia, PA
12/12/2015*
12:00 pm
at Fordham W 57–44  5–4
Rose Hill Gymnasium (452)
Bronx, NY
12/19/2015*
1:00 pm
Delaware State W 100–59  6–4
Liacouras Center (4,578)
Philadelphia, PA
12/30/2015
7:00 pm
Memphis W 82–58  7–4 (1–0)
McGonigle Hall (1,177)
Philadelphia, PA
01/02/2016
3:00 pm
at Houston W 75–66  8–4 (2–0)
Hofheinz Pavilion (1,308)
Houston, TX
01/05/2016
8:00 pm
at SMU L 67–69  8–5 (2–1)
Moody Coliseum (514)
Dallas, TX
01/08/2016
5:00 pm, ESPNU
Tulsa W 66–46  9–5 (3–1)
McGonigle Hall (748)
Philadelphia, PA
01/10/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Cincinnati W 74–51  10–5 (4–1)
McGonigle Hall (915)
Philadelphia, PA
01/13/2016
2:00 pm
UCF W 71–63  11–5 (5–1)
CFE Arena (448)
Orlando, FL
01/16/2016
6:00 pm, CBSSN
at No. 1 Connecticut L 49–104  11–6 (5–2)
Gampel Pavilion (9,846)
Storrs, CT
01/21/2016*
7:00 pm
Penn L 54–60  11–7
McGonigle Hall (1,003)
Philadelphia, PA
01/26/2016
8:00 pm, ADN
at Tulane W 72–54  12–7 (6–2)
Devlin Fieldhouse (992)
New Orleans, LA
01/30/2016
2:30 pm, ESPN3
at East Carolina W 83–63  13–7 (7–2)
Williams Arena (1,699)
Greenville, NC
02/03/2016
12:00 pm, ADN
SMU W 55–35  14–7 (8–2)
Liacouras Center (2,846)
Philadelphia, PA
02/06/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 19 South Florida W 68–66  15–7 (9–2)
Liacouras Center (1,320)
Philadelphia, PA
02/09/2016
7:00 pm, ADN
Cincinnati W 74–49  16–7 (10–2)
Fifth Third Arena (329)
Cincinnati, OH
02/12/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Houston W 78–48  17–7 (11–2)
McGonigle Hall (1,298)
Philadelphia, PA
02/14/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 1 Connecticut L 60–85  17–8 (11–3)
McGonigle Hall (3,392)
Philadelphia, PA
02/18/2015
8:00 pm, ADN
at Memphis L 97–100 5OT 17–9 (11–4)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,521)
Memphis, TN
02/23/2016
7:00 pm
Tulane W 72–67  18–9 (12–4)
McGonigle Hall (1,074)
Philadelphia, PA
02/27/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at No. 21 South Florida L 62–76  18–10 (12–5)
USF Sun Dome (2,446)
Tampa, FL
02/29/2016
7:00 pm, ADN
UCF W 78–64  19–10 (13–5)
McGonigle Hall (834)
Philadelphia, PA
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/05/2016
8:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. Tulsa
Quarterfinals
W 78–52  20–10
Mohegan Sun Arena (5,071)
Uncasville, CT
03/06/2016
7:30 pm, ESPNU
vs. No. 20 South Florida
Semifinals
L 46–64  20–11
Mohegan Sun Arena (6,821)
Uncasville, CT
WNIT
03/18/2016*
7:00 pm
at Drexel
First Round
W 74–66  21–11
Daskalakis Athletic Center (641)
Philadelphia, PA
03/20/2016*
2:00 pm
at Quinnipiac
Second Round
W 64–62  22–11
TD Bank Sports Center (338)
Hamden, CT
03/24/2016*
7:00 pm
Ohio
Third Round
W 75–61  23–11
McGonigle Hall (570)
Philadelphia, PA
03/28/2016*
7:00 pm
at Michigan
Quarterfinals
L 76–77  23–12
Crisler Center (1,457)
Ann Arbor, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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