WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DROPS CONFERENCE OPENER TO SAINT JOSEPH'S

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple women's basketball team (4-8, 0-1 A-10) entered its game against Saint Joseph's (5-6, 1-0 A-10) with only seven players dressed for competition but the Owls made a game of their Atlantic 10 opener and city series contest with the Hawks before falling 73-68. Eight Temple players were serving a one-game suspension for a violation of team rules but the seven that remained gave Saint Joseph's quite a battle.

Sophomore guard Cynthia Jordan, making her second start of the season led the Owls with a game-high 26 points on 10-18 shooting. Foellow sophomore Ari Moore (19 points, eight rebounds) and senior guard Stacey Smalls (17 points) were the other Temple players in double figures. Jordan also led the Owls in assists (five) and steals (four). Redshirt freshman Rachel Marcus, in her first game action had a team-high tying eight rebounds.

Erin Brady led the Hawks with 20 points. Irina Krasnoshiok (16 points), Amra Mehmedic (11 points), Colleen MCGahan (10 points) and Stephanie Graff (10 points, game-high 13 rebounds).

Temple won the steals (13-3) and turnover (TU 9, SJU 24) battles but the Owls were out-rebounded 37-27 and the Hawks shot sixty percent from the field and seventy percent from the three-point arc.

Next up for the Owls, a home weekday matinee against Rhode Island on Thursday, January 9 at noon.

Temple University Athletics

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DROPS CONFERENCE OPENER TO SAINT JOSEPH'S

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