2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball team

2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball
2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	23–12 (13–5 The American)
Head coach	Tonya Cardoza (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Way Veney; Meg Barber; Willnett Crockett;
Home arena	Liacouras Center; McGonigle Hall

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 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0	1.000	38	–	0	1.000
No. 21 South Florida	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Temple	13	–	5	.722	23	–	12	.657
Memphis	12	–	6	.667	18	–	13	.581
Tulane	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
Tulsa	8	–	10	.444	12	–	19	.387
SMU	7	–	11	.389	13	–	18	.419
East Carolina	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Cincinnati	4	–	14	.222	8	–	22	.267
UCF	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233
Houston	2	–	16	.111	6	–	24	.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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Alliya Butts	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	So	Holy Cross	Edgewater Park, NJ
G	1	Erica Covile	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	John Glenn	Detroit, MI
G	2	Feyonda Fitzgerald	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Lake Taylor	Norfolk, VA
C	5	Ugo Nwaigwe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	Valley Stream Wagner	Valley Stream, NY
F	12	Ruth Sherrill	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Thomas Edison Hofstra	Alexandria, VA
G	21	Khadijah Berger	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Hampton	Hampton, VA
G	22	Tanaya Atkinson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Hill Regional Career	New Haven, CT
G	23	Deja Reynolds	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Riverdale Baptist	Philadelphia, PA
F	31	Chyanna Canada	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	William Nottingham	Syracuse, NY
G	32	Donnaizha Fountain	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Cambridge Rindge & Latin Georgia Tech	Roxbury, MA
F	33	Monasia Bolduc	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Nazareth Academy Walters State	Clintondale, NY
C	35	Safiya Martin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Sandy Creek	Fayetteville, GA
C	42	Taylor Robinson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Ladue Horton Watkins	St. Louis, MO

Head coach

Tonya Cardoza (Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

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

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

[1]

Date time, TV	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.

References

"Temple University Athletics - 2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule". Owlsports.com. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

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[1] "Temple University Athletics - 2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule". Owlsports.com. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

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2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball team

Media

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References