2016–17 Temple Owls women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Temple Owls women's basketball team represented Temple University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked 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 and the Liacouras Center. They finished the season 24–8, 13–3 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament, where they lost to South Florida. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, which was their first time since 2007, where they were upset by Oregon in the first round.

2016–17 Temple Owls women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
Record	24–8 (13–3 The American)
Head coach	Tonya Cardoza (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Way Veney Willnett Crockett C. J. Jones
Home arena	Liacouras Center McGonigle Hall

2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			36	–	1		.973
Temple	13	–	3		.813			24	–	8		.750
South Florida	11	–	5		.688			24	–	9		.727
UCF	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
SMU	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Tulane	7	–	9		.438			18	–	15		.545
Cincinnati	7	–	9		.438			16	–	14		.533
Memphis	7	–	9		.438			14	–	16		.467
Tulsa	5	–	11		.313			10	–	21		.323
Houston	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
East Carolina	2	–	14		.125			11	–	19		.367
† 2017 The American Tournament winner As of March 31, 2017 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

2016–17 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) Jr Holy Cross Edgewater Park, NJ F 1 Lena Niang (I)  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Rivedale Baptist NC State Bowie, MD G 2 Feyonda Fitzgerald 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Lake Taylor Norfolk, VA G 4 Takora McIntyre 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Fenway Dorchester, MA C 11 Shannen Atkinson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Smithfield Smithfield, VA F 12 Ruth Sherrill 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Thomas Edison Hofstra Alexandria, VA G 21 Khadijah Berger 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Hampton Hampton, VA G 22 Tanaya Atkinson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Hill Regional Career New Haven, CT G 23 Deja Reynolds 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Riverdale Baptist Philadelphia, PA F 24 Shantay Taylor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Spring Valley Columbia, SC 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) Sr Nazareth Academy Walters State Clintondale, NY C 35 Safiya Martin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Sandy Creek Fayetteville, GA C 42 Taylor Robinson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Ladue Horton Watkins St. Louis, MO	Head coach Tonya Cardoza (Virginia) Assistant coach(es) Way Veney (College of Charleston) Willnett Crockett (Connecticut) C. J. Jones (Francis Marion) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2016* 5:30 pm		UDC	W 107–22		McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		at Saint Joseph's	W 86–70	1–0	Hagan Arena (934) Philadelphia, PA
11/14/2016* 5:00 pm		La Salle	W 86–70	2–0	McGonigle Hall (1,081) Philadelphia, PA
11/19/2016* 1:00 pm		at No. 19 Florida	L 76–83	2–1	Patriot Gym (540) Ocala, FL
11/27/2016* 2:00 pm		Quinnipiac	W 71–68	3–1	McGonigle Hall (1,159) Philadelphia, PA
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm		at Harvard	L 62–73	3–2	Lavietes Pavilion (437) Cambridge, MA
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm		Vermont	W 53–39	4–2	McGonigle Hall (1,404) Philadelphia, PA
12/07/2016* 5:30 pm		at Hampton	L 65–71	4–3	Hampton Convocation Center (1,274) Hampton, VA
12/10/2016* 1:00 pm		at Villanova	W 83–48	5–3	The Pavilion (441) Villanova, PA
12/15/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 17 DePaul	W 84–74	6–3	McGonigle Hall (721) Philadelphia, PA
12/17/2016* 2:00 pm		at Rutgers	W 48–37	7–3	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,422) Piscataway, NJ
12/22/2016* 2:00 pm		Fairfield	W 73–59	8–3	McGonigle Hall (772) Philadelphia, PA
01/01/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at Memphis	W 73–67 OT	9–3 (1–0)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse  Memphis, TN
01/04/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Kennesaw State	W 79–38	10–3	KSU Convocation Center (406) Kennesaw, GA
01/08/2017 2:00 pm, ESPNU		Tulane	W 86–71	11–3 (2–0)	McGonigle Hall (1,336) Philadelphia, PA
01/11/2017 7:00 pm, ADN		East Carolina	W 78–47	12–3 (3–0)	McGonigle Hall (719) Philadelphia, PA
01/14/2017 3:00 pm, ADN		at Tulsa	W 58–49	13–3 (4–0)	Reynolds Center (284) Tulsa, OK
01/18/2017 8:00 pm		at Houston	W 69–57	14–3 (5–0)	Hofheinz Pavilion (533) Houston, TX
01/21/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Memphis	W 66–51	15–3 (6–0)	McGonigle Hall (1,117) Philadelphia, PA
01/25/2017* 7:00 pm		at Penn	W 63–53	16–3	Palestra (414) Philadelphia, PA
01/29/2017 12:00 pm, CBSSN		No. 23 South Florida	L 51–55	16–4 (6–1)	McGonigle Hall (1,271) Philadelphia, PA
02/01/2017 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		No. 1 Connecticut	L 69–97	16–5 (6–2)	Liacouras Center (4,371) Philadelphia, PA
02/05/2017 2:00 pm, CBSSN		at Tulane	W 76–50	17–5 (7–2)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,351) New Orleans, LA
02/08/2017 12:00 pm, ADN		Tulsa	W 70–43	18–5 (8–2)	Liacouras Center (3,402) Philadelphia, PA
02/11/2017 5:00 pm		at East Carolina	W 76–43	19–5 (9–2)	Williams Arena (1,889) Greenville, NC
02/15/2017 7:00 pm		SMU	W 66–52	20–5 (10–2)	McGonigle Hall (917) Philadelphia, PA
02/19/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 22 South Florida Play 4Kay	W 77–71	21–5 (11–2)	USF Sun Dome (2,281) Tampa, FL
02/22/2017 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3	No. 23	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 45–90	21–6 (11–3)	XL Center (10,149) Hartford, CT
02/25/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 23	Cincinnati	W 88–64	22–6 (12–3)	McGonigle Hall (1,312) Philadelphia, PA
02/27/2017 7:00 pm	No. 25	at UCF	W 66–60	23–6 (13–3)	CFE Arena (2,473) Orlando, FL
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3	(2) No. 25	vs. (10) Houston Quarterfinals	W 67–58	24–6	Mohegan Sun Arena (4,559) Uncasville, CT
03/05/2017 7:30 pm, ESPNU	(2) No. 25	vs. (3) South Florida Semifinals	L 58–63	24–7	Mohegan Sun Arena (6,491) Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	(7 B)	vs. (10 B) Oregon First Round	L 70–71	24–8	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	25	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	20	21	22	23	RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2016–17 Temple Owls men's basketball team