2017–18 Temple Owls women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Temple Owls women's basketball team will represent Temple University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marks the fifth for the Owls as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Owls, led by tenth year head coach Tonya Cardoza, play their home games at McGonigle Hall and the Liacouras Center.[1][2][3] They finished the season 12–19, 3–13 in AAC play to finish a tie for last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament where they lost to UCF.

2017–18 Temple Owls women's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
2017–18 record12–19 (3–13 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Way Veney
  • Willnett Crockett
  • Crayton Jones
Home arenaLiacouras Center
McGonigle Hall
2017–18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 UConn160 1.000  361  .973
No. 19 South Florida133 .813  268  .765
UCF124 .750  2211  .667
Cincinnati106 .625  1913  .594
Houston97 .563  2012  .625
Wichita State97 .563  1417  .452
East Carolina79 .438  1615  .516
Tulane511 .313  1417  .452
Memphis511 .313  1020  .333
SMU412 .250  1020  .333
Temple313 .188  1219  .387
Tulsa313 .188  1021  .323
2018 American Tournament winner
As of 30 March 2018; 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.

Roster

2017–18 Temple Owls women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Alliya Butts 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) SrHoly Cross Edgewater Park, NJ
F 1 Lena Niang 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrRivedale Baptist
NC State
Bowie, MD
F 2 Breanna Perry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrFlushing Mt. Morris, MI
G 3 Desiree Oliver 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrPenn Hills Pittsburgh, PA
G 4 Mykia Jones 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SrMillbrook
Georgetown
Raleigh, NC
F 5 Tajae Stevenson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrPaterson Kennedy Paterson, NJ
G 10 Nicolette Mayo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrHephzibah Hephzibah, GA
C 11 Shannen Atkinson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SoSmithfield Smithfield, VA
G 12 Emani Mayo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrHephzibah Hephzibah, GA
G 21 Khadijah Berger 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrHampton Hampton, VA
G 22 Tanaya Atkinson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrHill Regional Career New Haven, CT
G 23 Deja Reynolds 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrRiverdale Baptist Philadelphia, PA
F 24 Shantay Taylor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoSpring Valley Columbia, SC
F 25 Mia Davis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrSt. Frances Academy Baltimore, MD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: October 10, 2017

Schedule and results

[4]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017*
2:00 pm
University of Charleston W 92–44 
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, PA
Regular season
11/10/2017*
7:00 pm
Delaware State W 96–72  1–0
McGonigle Hall (1,202)
Philadelphia, PA
11/13/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Rutgers L 67–84  1–1
McGonigle Hall (1,158)
Philadelphia, PA
11/16/2017*
7:00 pm
Wagner W 70–36  2–1
McGonigle Hall (903)
Philadelphia, PA
11/19/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Iona W 59–54  3–1
Hynes Athletic Center (619)
New Rochelle, NY
11/22/2017*
1:00 pm
at La Salle W 69–52  4–1
Tom Gola Arena (356)
Philadelphia, PA
11/25/2017*
2:00 pm
Ole Miss L 48–64  4–2
McGonigle Hall (1,187)
Philadelphia, PA
11/29/2017*
7:00 pm
Saint Joseph's W 69–66  5–2
McGonigle Hall (1,028)
Philadelphia, PA
12/02/2017*
2:00 pm
Harvard W 86–64  6–2
McGonigle Hall (1,084)
Philadelphia, PA
12/07/2017*
7:00 pm
Hampton W 65–56  7–2
McGonigle Hall (916)
Philadelphia, PA
12/10/2017*
2:00 pm
No. 22 Villanova L 65–69  7–3
McGonigle Hall (1,184)
Philadelphia, PA
12/16/2017*
2:00 pm
Marist W 83–77  8–3
McGonigle Hall (982)
Philadelphia, PA
12/21/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 4 South Carolina L 60–87  8–4
Liacouras Center (3,185)
Philadelphia, PA
12/30/2017
7:00 pm
at UCF L 46–76  8–5 (0–1)
CFE Arena (2,789)
Orlando, FL
01/07/2018
12:00 pm, ESPNU
SMU W 55–52  9–5 (1–1)
McGonigle Hall (782)
Philadelphia, PA
01/10/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
South Florida L 73–89  9–6 (1–2)
McGonigle Hall (702)
Philadelphia, PA
01/13/2018
1:00 pm
at Cincinnati L 72–80  9–7 (1–3)
Saint Ursula Academy Gym (302)
Cincinnati, OH
01/16/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Houston L 75–99  9–8 (1–4)
McGonigle Hall (1,008)
Philadelphia, PA
01/21/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 1 Connecticut L 57–113  9–9 (1–5)
McGonigle Hall (3,392)
Philadelphia, PA
01/24/2018*
7:00 pm
Penn L 59–74  9–10
McGonigle Hall (936)
Philadelphia, PA
01/28/2018
12:00 pm, ESPNU
at South Florida L 60–76  9–11 (1–6)
USF Sun Dome (2,080)
Tampa, FL
01/31/2018
8:00 pm, ESPN3
at SMU L 56–60  9–12 (1–7)
Moody Coliseum (1,325)
Dallas, TX
02/03/2018
1:00 pm
Tulsa W 76–75  10–12 (2–7)
McGonigle Hall (952)
Philadelphia, PA
02/07/2018
8:00 pm, ESPN3
at Tulane L 65–69  10–13 (2–8)
Devlin Fieldhouse (625)
New Orleans, LA
02/10/2018
2:00 pm, ADN
UCF L 57–64  10–14 (2–9)
McGonigle Hall (1,211)
Philadelphia, PA
02/14/2018
8:00 pm
at Wichita State L 81–88  10–15 (2–10)
Charles Koch Arena (1,169)
Wichita, KS
02/18/2018
2:00 pm, CBSSN
at No. 1 Connecticut L 45–106  10–16 (2–11)
XL Center (13,110)
Hartford, CT
02/21/2018
12:00 pm, ESPN3
Cincinnati L 52–70  10–17 (2–12)
Liacouras Center (4,305)
Philadelphia, PA
02/24/2018
1:00 pm
at East Carolina W 65–64  11–17 (3–12)
Williams Arena (1,171)
Greenville, NC
02/26/2018
7:00 pm, CBSSN
Memphis L 78–83 OT 11–18 (3–13)
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, PA
AAC Women's Tournament
03/03/2018
12:00 pm, ESPN3
(11) vs. (6) Wichita State
First Round
W 72–59  12–18
Mohegan Sun Arena (1,380)
Uncasville, CT
03/04/2018
12:00 pm, ESPN3
(11) vs. (3) UCF
Quarterfinals
L 70–77  12–19
Mohegan Sun Arena (3,392)
Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
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Coaches RV N/A NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

  1. "Temple University Athletics". Owlsports.com. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  2. Graham Hays. "Temple Owls Women's Basketball - Owls News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  3. Temple Owls. "Temple Owls on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  4. "Temple University Athletics - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". Owlsports.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
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