Temple University Athletics
2000-01 Season Review in Brief
8.1.01 | Women's Basketball
Under first-year head coach Dawn Staley, the Temple women's basketball program produced its first winning season since the 1989-90 campaign and placed third in the Atlantic 10 Conference ... The Owls also qualified for a post-season invitation for the first time since the 1988-89 season and broke the school record for home attendance ... Temple opened the season with three consecutive wins and won five of its first six ... The team went 7-4 in the non-conference portion of its schedule and was undefeated at home ... In the A-10 Conference slate, the Owls won their first three en route to an 11-5 mark and third-place finish ... The key victory was a thrilling 72-69 overtime win over visiting Massachusetts in the regular-season finale, which also marked the largest women's crowd (2,263) in the four-year existence of The Liacouras Center ... In the A-10 Tournament, the third-seeded Owls defeated La Salle before being eliminated by George Washington in the semifinal round ... Temple's 19-10 win-loss mark earned an invitation to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where the visiting Owls were eliminated in the first round by James Madison, 59-57 ... Sophomore guard Stacy Smalls was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference second team and was also tabbed as the A-10's Most Improved Player of the Year ... Freshman guard Christine Cruz was named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team.
