Temple University Athletics
Sunday, December 2
McGonigle Hall
2:00 PM
Temple University
vs
Syracuse
Natasha Thames
Photo by: Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University
Women's Basketball Hosts Syracuse on Sunday at 2 PM in McGonigle Hall
11.30.12 | Women's Basketball
Game Notes vs. Syracuse (PDF)
PHILADELPHIA - In their final home game of the 2012 calendar year, Temple women's basketball will host Syracuse in a 2:00 p.m. game on Sunday, Dec. 2 at McGonigle Hall. The Owls (4-2) are coming off a big, 70-56 win at Bowling Green, while the Orangewomen are undefeated this season at 7-0.
Fans can check out live stats of the game HERE, and subscribers can watch a live webcast HERE.
THE OPENING TIP
•This game will be the last at home for the Owls until January 7...They will play their next six contests on the road.
•The Owls are coming off their best performance of the season in a 70-56 win at Bowling Green on Nov. 28...Temple scored a season-high 70 points, shot a season-high 53.7 percent from the field and recorded a season-low 14 turnovers.
•Freshman Sally Kabengano scored a career-high 17 points in leading Temple to the win at Bowling Green, while sophomore Rateska Brown came off the bench for a career-high 15 points.
•Senior Victoria Macaulay notched her third double-double with a career-high 27 points to go with 10 rebounds in leading the Owls to a win over Northeastern on Nov. 17...She also blocked a career-high five shots (tying the Liacouras Center single-game record) and played a career-high 40 minutes.
•Fifth-year head coach Tonya Cardoza has a record of 97-40 and is just three wins away from reaching the 100-win milestone.
•Sophomore Tyonna Williams scored a game and career-high 15 points in Temple's loss to Rutgers on Nov. 21...She hit three shots from behind the arc, tying her career high which had also been set against Rutgers back in 2011.
•Turnovers have proven costly for the Owls, who committed over 20 of them in each of their last four games prior to Bowling Green...In the 2011-12 season, Temple committed more than 20 turnovers a total of just four times.
•Temple currently ranks second among all teams in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage defense at .330, and the Owls are fourth in scoring defense at 54.0 points per game.
•Temple has six freshmen on a roster of 11, making the Owls the second-most inexperienced team in NCAA Division I women's basketball this season.
•Syracuse is undefeated so far at 7-0 and most recently earned a 91-64 win at Dartmouth on Nov. 29...The Orangewomen are among the top teams receiving votes in both polls.
SCOUTING SYRACUSE
Syracuse is undefeated so far this season at 7-0, and all but one of those wins have come away from home. The Orangewomen recently earned a 41-point (80-39) win at Saint Joseph's just two days after the Hawks had upset #5 Maryland, and more recently Syracuse handled Dartmouth on the road by a score of 91-64.
Syracuse is coming off a 22-15 season and an appearance in the WNIT Semifinals, and the Orangewomen returned four starters from that squad as well as eight of the top nine scorers. Center Kayla Alexander currently leads the team with 20.6 ppg and 8.4 rpg.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. SYRACUSE
Temple and Syracuse have met only twice, and the Orangewomen won both. The most recent meeting was earlier this year, also in McGonigle Hall, when Syracuse defeated the Owls 82-68 in a WNIT Third-Round game. The only meeting prior to that was a one-point (75-74) Syracuse win back in 1981.
SECOND-HALF SURGE
In all six of Temple's games so far this season, the Owls have scored more points in the second half than in the first. The Owls have 139 first-half points compared to 192 second-half points. They won the only game in which they were tied at halftime (vs. Montana), but a big second half was not enough to overcome deficits at Nebraska and against Rutgers.
DEFENSE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT
While the Owls have struggled on offense and with ball handling at times this season, their defense continues to hold strong, and it shows in the stats. Temple ranks second among all teams in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage defense at .330, and ranks fourth in scoring defense at 54.0 points per game. The Owls also rank second in defensive rebounds at 29.7 per game.
SPARK OFF THE BENCH
The Owls' second-leading scorer, sophomore Rateska Brown, has yet to start a single game in her career. Brown provides the always-valued “spark” off the bench for Temple, and has scored in double figures in three of six games so far including the last two straight. Brown particularly shined in a win at Bowling Green (Nov. 28), scoring a career-high 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting overall and going 3-of-6 from behind the arc.
KABENGANO PLAYING LIKE A VETERAN
It can be a daunting task to come in as a freshman and be a starter, but Sally Kabengano is playing like a veteran for the Owls. She ranks third on the team with 7.3 ppg and is also third with 6.8 rpg. In Temple's recent win at Bowling Green, Kabengano scored a game and career-high 17 points, and in the Owls' loss to Rutgers she pulled down a game and career-high 10 rebounds.
YOUTH IN SPADES
Based on input from Division I women's basketball sports information directors around the country, Temple has been determined to be the second-most inexperienced team in NCAA DI.
The information, collected by UIC's Mike Laninga, took the total number of years of experience on a team and divided it by the number of current players on the roster. Temple's players have an average of 0.727 years of experience to tie for second with SIU-Carbondale. San Jose State came in at number one with an average of 0.44 years per player. The Owls are not alone in the Atlantic 10, as Dayton and Rhode Island are among others tied for sixth on the list, and Butler is tied for 16th.
MACAULAY DOUBLES UP THREE TIMES
For a third time in the Owls' first four games, senior center Victoria Macaulay notched a double-double in the Owls' win over Northeastern on Nov. 17. She scored a career-high 27 points to go with 10 rebounds, while also blocking a career-high five shots and playing a career-high 40 minutes. Against Seton Hall on Nov. 14, she added 13 rebounds to 16 points, and in Temple's season-opening win vs. Montana, Macaulay pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds while scoring 21 points.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
Two members of this year's team have the unique distinction of being the first players not from North America since at least 1980 if not all-time. While four Owls since 1980 have hailed from Ontario, Canada, no others have been from overseas.
Freshman May Dayan hails from Ashdod, Israel, and freshman Sally Kabengano calls Stockholm, Sweden, her home. Both played for national teams in their home countries.
PHILADELPHIA - In their final home game of the 2012 calendar year, Temple women's basketball will host Syracuse in a 2:00 p.m. game on Sunday, Dec. 2 at McGonigle Hall. The Owls (4-2) are coming off a big, 70-56 win at Bowling Green, while the Orangewomen are undefeated this season at 7-0.
Fans can check out live stats of the game HERE, and subscribers can watch a live webcast HERE.
THE OPENING TIP
•This game will be the last at home for the Owls until January 7...They will play their next six contests on the road.
•The Owls are coming off their best performance of the season in a 70-56 win at Bowling Green on Nov. 28...Temple scored a season-high 70 points, shot a season-high 53.7 percent from the field and recorded a season-low 14 turnovers.
•Freshman Sally Kabengano scored a career-high 17 points in leading Temple to the win at Bowling Green, while sophomore Rateska Brown came off the bench for a career-high 15 points.
•Senior Victoria Macaulay notched her third double-double with a career-high 27 points to go with 10 rebounds in leading the Owls to a win over Northeastern on Nov. 17...She also blocked a career-high five shots (tying the Liacouras Center single-game record) and played a career-high 40 minutes.
•Fifth-year head coach Tonya Cardoza has a record of 97-40 and is just three wins away from reaching the 100-win milestone.
•Sophomore Tyonna Williams scored a game and career-high 15 points in Temple's loss to Rutgers on Nov. 21...She hit three shots from behind the arc, tying her career high which had also been set against Rutgers back in 2011.
•Turnovers have proven costly for the Owls, who committed over 20 of them in each of their last four games prior to Bowling Green...In the 2011-12 season, Temple committed more than 20 turnovers a total of just four times.
•Temple currently ranks second among all teams in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage defense at .330, and the Owls are fourth in scoring defense at 54.0 points per game.
•Temple has six freshmen on a roster of 11, making the Owls the second-most inexperienced team in NCAA Division I women's basketball this season.
•Syracuse is undefeated so far at 7-0 and most recently earned a 91-64 win at Dartmouth on Nov. 29...The Orangewomen are among the top teams receiving votes in both polls.
SCOUTING SYRACUSE
Syracuse is undefeated so far this season at 7-0, and all but one of those wins have come away from home. The Orangewomen recently earned a 41-point (80-39) win at Saint Joseph's just two days after the Hawks had upset #5 Maryland, and more recently Syracuse handled Dartmouth on the road by a score of 91-64.
Syracuse is coming off a 22-15 season and an appearance in the WNIT Semifinals, and the Orangewomen returned four starters from that squad as well as eight of the top nine scorers. Center Kayla Alexander currently leads the team with 20.6 ppg and 8.4 rpg.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. SYRACUSE
Temple and Syracuse have met only twice, and the Orangewomen won both. The most recent meeting was earlier this year, also in McGonigle Hall, when Syracuse defeated the Owls 82-68 in a WNIT Third-Round game. The only meeting prior to that was a one-point (75-74) Syracuse win back in 1981.
SECOND-HALF SURGE
In all six of Temple's games so far this season, the Owls have scored more points in the second half than in the first. The Owls have 139 first-half points compared to 192 second-half points. They won the only game in which they were tied at halftime (vs. Montana), but a big second half was not enough to overcome deficits at Nebraska and against Rutgers.
DEFENSE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT
While the Owls have struggled on offense and with ball handling at times this season, their defense continues to hold strong, and it shows in the stats. Temple ranks second among all teams in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage defense at .330, and ranks fourth in scoring defense at 54.0 points per game. The Owls also rank second in defensive rebounds at 29.7 per game.
SPARK OFF THE BENCH
The Owls' second-leading scorer, sophomore Rateska Brown, has yet to start a single game in her career. Brown provides the always-valued “spark” off the bench for Temple, and has scored in double figures in three of six games so far including the last two straight. Brown particularly shined in a win at Bowling Green (Nov. 28), scoring a career-high 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting overall and going 3-of-6 from behind the arc.
KABENGANO PLAYING LIKE A VETERAN
It can be a daunting task to come in as a freshman and be a starter, but Sally Kabengano is playing like a veteran for the Owls. She ranks third on the team with 7.3 ppg and is also third with 6.8 rpg. In Temple's recent win at Bowling Green, Kabengano scored a game and career-high 17 points, and in the Owls' loss to Rutgers she pulled down a game and career-high 10 rebounds.
YOUTH IN SPADES
Based on input from Division I women's basketball sports information directors around the country, Temple has been determined to be the second-most inexperienced team in NCAA DI.
The information, collected by UIC's Mike Laninga, took the total number of years of experience on a team and divided it by the number of current players on the roster. Temple's players have an average of 0.727 years of experience to tie for second with SIU-Carbondale. San Jose State came in at number one with an average of 0.44 years per player. The Owls are not alone in the Atlantic 10, as Dayton and Rhode Island are among others tied for sixth on the list, and Butler is tied for 16th.
MACAULAY DOUBLES UP THREE TIMES
For a third time in the Owls' first four games, senior center Victoria Macaulay notched a double-double in the Owls' win over Northeastern on Nov. 17. She scored a career-high 27 points to go with 10 rebounds, while also blocking a career-high five shots and playing a career-high 40 minutes. Against Seton Hall on Nov. 14, she added 13 rebounds to 16 points, and in Temple's season-opening win vs. Montana, Macaulay pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds while scoring 21 points.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
Two members of this year's team have the unique distinction of being the first players not from North America since at least 1980 if not all-time. While four Owls since 1980 have hailed from Ontario, Canada, no others have been from overseas.
Freshman May Dayan hails from Ashdod, Israel, and freshman Sally Kabengano calls Stockholm, Sweden, her home. Both played for national teams in their home countries.
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