Temple University Athletics
Wednesday, January 27
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Women's Basketball Looks for Fifth Straight Win at Saint Louis on Wednesday
1.26.10 | Women's Basketball
Owls are 4-0 all-time against the Billikens
Game Notes vs. Saint Louis
PHILADELPHIA - Temple is coming off its fourth straight win after defeating Penn by a score of 55-31 on Jan. 23, and the Owls will look for number five at Saint Louis on Wednesday, Jan. 27. Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. (EST). Gametracker is available for live stats here, and live webstreaming is available for a fee here.
The Owls have also won three straight A-10 games, earning wins vs. Fordham, Saint Joseph's and Rhode Island after losing their conference opener at #16/14 Xavier. The Owls sank a school-record 13 three-pointers, but could not overcome a large first-half deficit. Temple's 33-point win vs. Fordham in its next game was its largest margin of victory this season. Penn scored just 31 points against Temple, which is the lowest point total for any TU opponent this season.
Sophomore Kristen McCarthy and junior Qwedia Wallace lead the Owls with 12.7 and 12.0 points per game, respectively. Senior Jasmine Stone leads the team in rebounds at 8.6 per game, good enough for fifth place in the A-10.
Temple was without the services of starting point guard LaKeisha Eaddy (8.2 ppg, 3.8 apg) for its games vs. Xavier and Fordham after Eaddy suffered a concussion and broken nose in practice on Jan. 8. Eaddy returned in style on Jan. 16 vs. Saint Joseph's, scoring a game and season-high 17 points to help lead Temple to victory.
Sophomore BJ Williams (7.1 ppg, 3.1 apg) stepped in for Eaddy when she was out, and has now started in four of the last five games. Junior Marli Bennett (5.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg) has started every game this season, and scored a career-high 13 points at Rhode Island.
SCOUTING SAINT LOUIS
Saint Louis has been up and down this season, only once stringing together two wins in a row. The Billikens are 1-3 in A-10 play, with their only win coming against Rhode Island. They suffered a three-point, overtime loss to Massachusetts prior to that win, and most recently lost 92-50 at Xavier.
Junior Lauren Woods and senior Amanda Kemezys lead Saint Louis with 13.6 and 13.2 points per game, respectively. Kemezys is nearly averaging a double-double, leading the team and ranking second in the A-10 with 9.5 rebounds per game.
SERIES RECORD
Temple is 4-0 against Saint Louis all-time, as the Owls have defeated the Billikens once in each season since Saint Louis joined the A-10 in 2005-06. The four wins have come by an average of nearly 15 points. Last year's meeting in Philly was a 20-point, 76-56 win for Temple on Feb. 8.
HEIGHTENED SECURITY
Temple has held 14 of its 19 opponents this season to 55 points or fewer, and currently ranks 13th in NCAA Division I in scoring defense at 54.2 ppg.
Temple's win vs. Penn on Jan. 23 showcased one of its best defensive performances this season. Penn's 31 points were a season-low by a TU opponent, and rank as the second-lowest for any A-10 opponent this season.
CONSISTENT KRISTEN
Kristen McCarthy has been TU's most consistent performer on offense all season long. The sophomore, who has started all 19 games, is leading the team at 12.7 ppg and has now scored in double figures in seven straight contests.
DOUBLING UP
Senior Jasmine Stone has tallied five double-doubles this season which ranks as the most on the team and is tied for the third-most this season in the A-10. Most recently, Stone led TU with a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds in the Owls' win at Rhode Island on Jan. 19.
BRINGING OUT THE "A"-10 GAME
Over Temple's first four conference games, sophomore BJ Williams was a major factor. Williams started in three of the four after only making one previous start this season, and averaged 11.5 points per game (7.3 ppg overall). Most notable were the assists she dished out- 24 total (6.0 apg).
Williams is currently the only player in the A-10 to have two 10+ assist games this season. (1/16 vs. Fordham, 1/23 vs. Penn).
1,000-POINT WATCH
LaKeisha Eaddy has scored 988 points heading into today's contest at Saint Louis.
THE VOTES RETURN
After Temple's three losses to ranked teams, the Owls stopped receiving votes in the national polls. But after going 4-0 since then, Temple is back, getting 6 votes in the AP Poll and 3 votes in the ESPN/USA Today Poll.
NEXT UP...
Temple gets a major break from traveling over the next month, as the Owls will play four games at home and two in Philly, starting with a home game vs. St. Bonaventure this Saturday (Jan. 30) and ending with a home game vs. Duquesne on Feb. 17.
PHILADELPHIA - Temple is coming off its fourth straight win after defeating Penn by a score of 55-31 on Jan. 23, and the Owls will look for number five at Saint Louis on Wednesday, Jan. 27. Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. (EST). Gametracker is available for live stats here, and live webstreaming is available for a fee here.
The Owls have also won three straight A-10 games, earning wins vs. Fordham, Saint Joseph's and Rhode Island after losing their conference opener at #16/14 Xavier. The Owls sank a school-record 13 three-pointers, but could not overcome a large first-half deficit. Temple's 33-point win vs. Fordham in its next game was its largest margin of victory this season. Penn scored just 31 points against Temple, which is the lowest point total for any TU opponent this season.
Sophomore Kristen McCarthy and junior Qwedia Wallace lead the Owls with 12.7 and 12.0 points per game, respectively. Senior Jasmine Stone leads the team in rebounds at 8.6 per game, good enough for fifth place in the A-10.
Temple was without the services of starting point guard LaKeisha Eaddy (8.2 ppg, 3.8 apg) for its games vs. Xavier and Fordham after Eaddy suffered a concussion and broken nose in practice on Jan. 8. Eaddy returned in style on Jan. 16 vs. Saint Joseph's, scoring a game and season-high 17 points to help lead Temple to victory.
Sophomore BJ Williams (7.1 ppg, 3.1 apg) stepped in for Eaddy when she was out, and has now started in four of the last five games. Junior Marli Bennett (5.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg) has started every game this season, and scored a career-high 13 points at Rhode Island.
SCOUTING SAINT LOUIS
Saint Louis has been up and down this season, only once stringing together two wins in a row. The Billikens are 1-3 in A-10 play, with their only win coming against Rhode Island. They suffered a three-point, overtime loss to Massachusetts prior to that win, and most recently lost 92-50 at Xavier.
Junior Lauren Woods and senior Amanda Kemezys lead Saint Louis with 13.6 and 13.2 points per game, respectively. Kemezys is nearly averaging a double-double, leading the team and ranking second in the A-10 with 9.5 rebounds per game.
SERIES RECORD
Temple is 4-0 against Saint Louis all-time, as the Owls have defeated the Billikens once in each season since Saint Louis joined the A-10 in 2005-06. The four wins have come by an average of nearly 15 points. Last year's meeting in Philly was a 20-point, 76-56 win for Temple on Feb. 8.
HEIGHTENED SECURITY
Temple has held 14 of its 19 opponents this season to 55 points or fewer, and currently ranks 13th in NCAA Division I in scoring defense at 54.2 ppg.
Temple's win vs. Penn on Jan. 23 showcased one of its best defensive performances this season. Penn's 31 points were a season-low by a TU opponent, and rank as the second-lowest for any A-10 opponent this season.
CONSISTENT KRISTEN
Kristen McCarthy has been TU's most consistent performer on offense all season long. The sophomore, who has started all 19 games, is leading the team at 12.7 ppg and has now scored in double figures in seven straight contests.
DOUBLING UP
Senior Jasmine Stone has tallied five double-doubles this season which ranks as the most on the team and is tied for the third-most this season in the A-10. Most recently, Stone led TU with a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds in the Owls' win at Rhode Island on Jan. 19.
BRINGING OUT THE "A"-10 GAME
Over Temple's first four conference games, sophomore BJ Williams was a major factor. Williams started in three of the four after only making one previous start this season, and averaged 11.5 points per game (7.3 ppg overall). Most notable were the assists she dished out- 24 total (6.0 apg).
Williams is currently the only player in the A-10 to have two 10+ assist games this season. (1/16 vs. Fordham, 1/23 vs. Penn).
1,000-POINT WATCH
LaKeisha Eaddy has scored 988 points heading into today's contest at Saint Louis.
THE VOTES RETURN
After Temple's three losses to ranked teams, the Owls stopped receiving votes in the national polls. But after going 4-0 since then, Temple is back, getting 6 votes in the AP Poll and 3 votes in the ESPN/USA Today Poll.
NEXT UP...
Temple gets a major break from traveling over the next month, as the Owls will play four games at home and two in Philly, starting with a home game vs. St. Bonaventure this Saturday (Jan. 30) and ending with a home game vs. Duquesne on Feb. 17.
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