2017–18 Temple Owls women's basketball team

2017–18 Temple Owls women's basketball
2017–18 Temple Owls women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	12–19 (3–13 The American)
Head coach	Tonya Cardoza (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Way Veney; Willnett Crockett; Crayton Jones;
Home arena	Liacouras Center; McGonigle Hall
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Temple Owls women's basketball team represented Temple University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the fifth for the Owls as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Owls, led by tenth year head coach Tonya Cardoza, played 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 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0	1.000	36	–	1	.973
No. 19 South Florida	13	–	3	.813	26	–	8	.765
UCF	12	–	4	.750	22	–	11	.667
Cincinnati	10	–	6	.625	19	–	13	.594
Houston	9	–	7	.563	20	–	12	.625
Wichita State	9	–	7	.563	14	–	17	.452
East Carolina	7	–	9	.438	16	–	15	.516
Tulane	5	–	11	.313	14	–	17	.452
Memphis	5	–	11	.313	10	–	20	.333
SMU	4	–	12	.250	10	–	20	.333
Temple	3	–	13	.188	12	–	19	.387
Tulsa	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Alliya Butts	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Sr	Holy Cross	Edgewater Park, NJ
F	1	Lena Niang	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Rivedale Baptist NC State	Bowie, MD
F	2	Breanna Perry	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Flushing	Mt. Morris, MI
G	3	Desiree Oliver	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Penn Hills	Pittsburgh, PA
G	4	Mykia Jones	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Sr	Millbrook Georgetown	Raleigh, NC
F	5	Tajae Stevenson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Paterson Kennedy	Paterson, NJ
G	10	Nicolette Mayo	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Hephzibah	Hephzibah, GA
C	11	Shannen Atkinson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Smithfield	Smithfield, VA
G	12	Emani Mayo	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Hephzibah	Hephzibah, GA
G	21	Khadijah Berger	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Hampton	Hampton, VA
G	22	Tanaya Atkinson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Hill Regional Career	New Haven, CT
G	23	Deja Reynolds	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Riverdale Baptist	Philadelphia, PA
F	24	Shantay Taylor	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Spring Valley	Columbia, SC
F	25	Mia Davis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	St. Frances Academy	Baltimore, MD

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
Last update: October 10, 2017

Schedule and results

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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
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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR												N/A
Coaches	RV	N/A	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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

References

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

[1] "Temple University Athletics". Owlsports.com. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[2] Graham Hays. "Temple Owls Women's Basketball - Owls News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[3] Temple Owls. "Temple Owls on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[4] "Temple University Athletics - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". Owlsports.com. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

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2017–18 Temple Owls women's basketball team

Contents

Media

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References