Temple University Athletics
Saturday, February 25
Philadelphia, Pa.
1:00 PM
Temple University
at
La Salle
Photo by: Mitchell Leff
Women's Basketball Plays Down the Road at La Salle in Final Regular Season Game on Saturday
2.24.12 | Women's Basketball
Owls looking to close out the regular season with their 13th straight win
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PHILADELPHIA - Having already locked up the number two seed in next weekend's 2012 Buick Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Basketball Championship at Saint Joseph's, Temple will be looking for its 13th straight win in the final game of the regular season. The Owls (19-8, 12-1) will make the short trip down road for Saturday's A-10 and Big 5 game at La Salle (13-15, 7-6), set for 1:00 p.m. in Tom Gola Arena.
Temple will also finish alone in second place in the Big 5 standings with a win on Saturday. Villanova clinched the city series last month after going a perfect 4-0. La Salle can finish no worse than eighth in the A-10 as the Explorers currently stand in a three-way tie for sixth. Fans can watch a live webcast of Saturday's game HERE, and live stats will be available HERE.
THE OPENING TIP
•Temple is 12-1 in the Atlantic 10 and riding a 12-game win streak, having lost just once since the start of 2012...Most recently the Owls got a 75-65 win vs. Saint Joseph's and an 84-41 win at Rhode Island.
•Shey Peddy tied her career high with 31 points in the win over SJU, hitting 12-of-18 from the field and 5-of-6 at the line.
•Between the 12-game win streak for the women and 11 wins in a row for the Temple men's team, the teams have won a combined 23 games in a row...Temple and Delaware are the only schools in NCAA Division?I whose men's and women's teams have not lost in the month of February.
•The Owls stand alone in second place in the A-10 with their lone loss coming to now-#19/22 St. Bonaventure, still only Temple's second regular-season A-10 loss since the 2009-10 season.
•Senior Shey Peddy, along with being named the A-10 and Big 5 Player of the Week, was honored as the U.S. Basketball Writers Assocation's (USBWA) National Player of the Week for her performances vs. Rhode Island and GW...She tied the program's single-game record for steals with 10 at URI, along with scoring a game-high 22 points, and scored 15 points while pulling down eight boards in the GW win.
•Temple's 27 steals in the Rhode Island win tied the program record for steals in a game, set in 1998.
•Having allowed their opponents 55 or fewer points in 13 games this season including nine A-10 games, the Owls lead all teams in the A-10 in scoring defense for conference games at 55.7 points per game.
•BJ Williams is currently leading all players in the A-10 with 132 assists (5.1 per game).
•For A-10 games only, Kristen McCarthy ranks fifth in the league in scoring (15.3), 11th in rebounding (6.7) and 10th in steals (1.8).
•Victoria Macaulay is averaging 10.5 ppg in A-10 games along with 8.8 rpg (third in the A-10 for league games)...Her 28 blocks in A-10 play rank first among all players at 2.2 blocks per game.
•Shey Peddy currently ranks second among all players in the A-10 with 17.1 points per game, and also ranks second in steals with 85 (3.1 per game).
•Four of the Owls' losses have been to teams ranked in the Top 25, while two other losses were to St. Bonaventure, now ranked 19th in the AP Poll, and St. John's, now ranked 20th in the AP Poll.
•La Salle is 13-15 overall with a 7-6 mark in the conference, and can finish no worse than eighth in the league standings...The Explorers are coming off a 69-47 win over George Washington earlier this week...Junior Brittany Wilson leads the team with 14.0 ppg while Alexis Scott is second with 12.3 ppg.
LAST TIME VS. LA SALLE
Kristen McCarthy's 22 points led Temple to a 72-63 win on Feb. 12, 2011, the 12th of what became a 15-game win streak for the Owls. Shey Peddy scored 16 points and tied for game-high honors with nine rebounds, while Natasha Thames tied her career high with 15 points (6-for-6 from the field) and also grabbed nine boards.
The Owls overcame a six-point deficit early in the second half with a 9-3 run to tie the game at 41-41, and after another tie at 43-43 Temple used a 7-0 run to take the lead for good.
PEDDY IS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) selected Peddy as its Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Feb. 19. Peddy is the season's final recipient of the award.
As the A-10 Player of the Week, Peddy was nominated for the weekly award, which was chosen by a representative of the USBWA board of directors from a list of Division I conference players of the week. Peddy averaged 18.5 points, 7.5 steals and 5.0 rebounds in two games as Temple's win streak reached 11 games. She had a career-high 10 steals in Sunday's win at Rhode Island, tying a school record set in 1985. She also scored 22 points in the win over the Rams and leads the Owls and is second in the A-10 in scoring with a 16.6 average.
McCARTHY CLOSE TO FOURTH ALL-TIME
With a game-high 14 points vs. Villanova on Dec. 22, Kristen McCarthy moved into fifth all-time at Temple in career scoring, now with 1,571 points. McCarthy started the season in 11th place and has advanced six spots. She is now three points away from standing alone in fourth as Kamesha Hairston ('07) holds that spot with 1,573 points.
STEALING RECORDS
With 27 steals as a team in an 84-41 win at Rhode Island on Feb. 19, the Owls tied the program record for steals in a game, set back in 1998. Shey Peddy recorded 10 of those steals to tie the individual single-game record set in 1985, while BJ Williams and Brittany Lewis contributed significantly with five steals apiece.
SECOND-HALF HEROICS
Temple trailed George Washington 32-30 at halftime on Feb. 15 before putting on an impressive display in the second half. The Owls scored 45 points on 64.3 percent shooting, at one point exploeded for an 18-0 run, and held the Colonials without a field goal for a 10-minute stretch.
BRACKETOLOGY
ESPN's Charlie Creme released his latest Bracketology on Feb. 20, in which he has Temple as a 10 seed playing seventh-seeded Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn.
DOZEN IN A ROW OVER THE HAWKS
Although a number of the games have been close, Temple has now won an impressive 12 in a row over its city rival Saint Joseph's. The average margin of victory in the streak is just 6.7 points, two games have gone to OT, and five were decided by three points or less.
TRIPLE DEUCE
For the first time since 1989, three Owls scored 20 or more points in Temple's 80-70 win at Saint Joseph's on Feb. 1. Shey Peddy led TU with 26, Victoria Macaulay scored a career-high 21, and Kristen McCarthy added a double-double of 20 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Macaulay's 20th and 21st points were in the final minute as she hit 2-of-2 at the line with 27 seconds remaining.
EXTRA POSSESSIONS
To say Temple had more opportunities on offense than Rhode Island in the Owls' win on Feb. 19 would be an understatement. Thanks to a season-low five turnovers, the fewest since a Temple team committed just three vs. Villanova on Dec. 21, 2004, the Owls took 68 total shots compared to the Rams' 38.
Temple forced URI to commit 30 turnovers, off which it got its record-tying 27 steals. It was the most turnovers by an opponent since UMass committed 32 of them just over a year ago.
PEDDY THEFT
Shey Peddy continues to find ways to grab the ball from Temple's opponents, as she leads the team and ranks second in the A-10 this season with 85 steals (3.1 per game). Peddy set the program's all-time record for steals in a single season last year with 104, recording at least one steal in all but one game. Her 3.2 spg a year ago ranked second in the A-10 and tied for 10th in NCAA Division I. This season, Peddy currently ranks 13th in NCAA Division I and recently tied Temple's program record for steals in a game with 10 in a win at Rhode Island.
PHILADELPHIA - Having already locked up the number two seed in next weekend's 2012 Buick Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Basketball Championship at Saint Joseph's, Temple will be looking for its 13th straight win in the final game of the regular season. The Owls (19-8, 12-1) will make the short trip down road for Saturday's A-10 and Big 5 game at La Salle (13-15, 7-6), set for 1:00 p.m. in Tom Gola Arena.
Temple will also finish alone in second place in the Big 5 standings with a win on Saturday. Villanova clinched the city series last month after going a perfect 4-0. La Salle can finish no worse than eighth in the A-10 as the Explorers currently stand in a three-way tie for sixth. Fans can watch a live webcast of Saturday's game HERE, and live stats will be available HERE.
THE OPENING TIP
•Temple is 12-1 in the Atlantic 10 and riding a 12-game win streak, having lost just once since the start of 2012...Most recently the Owls got a 75-65 win vs. Saint Joseph's and an 84-41 win at Rhode Island.
•Shey Peddy tied her career high with 31 points in the win over SJU, hitting 12-of-18 from the field and 5-of-6 at the line.
•Between the 12-game win streak for the women and 11 wins in a row for the Temple men's team, the teams have won a combined 23 games in a row...Temple and Delaware are the only schools in NCAA Division?I whose men's and women's teams have not lost in the month of February.
•The Owls stand alone in second place in the A-10 with their lone loss coming to now-#19/22 St. Bonaventure, still only Temple's second regular-season A-10 loss since the 2009-10 season.
•Senior Shey Peddy, along with being named the A-10 and Big 5 Player of the Week, was honored as the U.S. Basketball Writers Assocation's (USBWA) National Player of the Week for her performances vs. Rhode Island and GW...She tied the program's single-game record for steals with 10 at URI, along with scoring a game-high 22 points, and scored 15 points while pulling down eight boards in the GW win.
•Temple's 27 steals in the Rhode Island win tied the program record for steals in a game, set in 1998.
•Having allowed their opponents 55 or fewer points in 13 games this season including nine A-10 games, the Owls lead all teams in the A-10 in scoring defense for conference games at 55.7 points per game.
•BJ Williams is currently leading all players in the A-10 with 132 assists (5.1 per game).
•For A-10 games only, Kristen McCarthy ranks fifth in the league in scoring (15.3), 11th in rebounding (6.7) and 10th in steals (1.8).
•Victoria Macaulay is averaging 10.5 ppg in A-10 games along with 8.8 rpg (third in the A-10 for league games)...Her 28 blocks in A-10 play rank first among all players at 2.2 blocks per game.
•Shey Peddy currently ranks second among all players in the A-10 with 17.1 points per game, and also ranks second in steals with 85 (3.1 per game).
•Four of the Owls' losses have been to teams ranked in the Top 25, while two other losses were to St. Bonaventure, now ranked 19th in the AP Poll, and St. John's, now ranked 20th in the AP Poll.
•La Salle is 13-15 overall with a 7-6 mark in the conference, and can finish no worse than eighth in the league standings...The Explorers are coming off a 69-47 win over George Washington earlier this week...Junior Brittany Wilson leads the team with 14.0 ppg while Alexis Scott is second with 12.3 ppg.
SERIES RECORD
Temple is only 19-20 all-time against La Salle, but has dominated since 2001, winning all 13 meetings. Last year Temple won 72-63 at home, and two years ago the Owls won by a score of 55-34 at La Salle. The last win for the Explorers was back in 2000 on Temple's home court, 72-63. LAST TIME VS. LA SALLE
Kristen McCarthy's 22 points led Temple to a 72-63 win on Feb. 12, 2011, the 12th of what became a 15-game win streak for the Owls. Shey Peddy scored 16 points and tied for game-high honors with nine rebounds, while Natasha Thames tied her career high with 15 points (6-for-6 from the field) and also grabbed nine boards.
The Owls overcame a six-point deficit early in the second half with a 9-3 run to tie the game at 41-41, and after another tie at 43-43 Temple used a 7-0 run to take the lead for good.
PEDDY IS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) selected Peddy as its Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Feb. 19. Peddy is the season's final recipient of the award.
As the A-10 Player of the Week, Peddy was nominated for the weekly award, which was chosen by a representative of the USBWA board of directors from a list of Division I conference players of the week. Peddy averaged 18.5 points, 7.5 steals and 5.0 rebounds in two games as Temple's win streak reached 11 games. She had a career-high 10 steals in Sunday's win at Rhode Island, tying a school record set in 1985. She also scored 22 points in the win over the Rams and leads the Owls and is second in the A-10 in scoring with a 16.6 average.
McCARTHY CLOSE TO FOURTH ALL-TIME
With a game-high 14 points vs. Villanova on Dec. 22, Kristen McCarthy moved into fifth all-time at Temple in career scoring, now with 1,571 points. McCarthy started the season in 11th place and has advanced six spots. She is now three points away from standing alone in fourth as Kamesha Hairston ('07) holds that spot with 1,573 points.
STEALING RECORDS
With 27 steals as a team in an 84-41 win at Rhode Island on Feb. 19, the Owls tied the program record for steals in a game, set back in 1998. Shey Peddy recorded 10 of those steals to tie the individual single-game record set in 1985, while BJ Williams and Brittany Lewis contributed significantly with five steals apiece.
SECOND-HALF HEROICS
Temple trailed George Washington 32-30 at halftime on Feb. 15 before putting on an impressive display in the second half. The Owls scored 45 points on 64.3 percent shooting, at one point exploeded for an 18-0 run, and held the Colonials without a field goal for a 10-minute stretch.
BRACKETOLOGY
ESPN's Charlie Creme released his latest Bracketology on Feb. 20, in which he has Temple as a 10 seed playing seventh-seeded Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn.
DOZEN IN A ROW OVER THE HAWKS
Although a number of the games have been close, Temple has now won an impressive 12 in a row over its city rival Saint Joseph's. The average margin of victory in the streak is just 6.7 points, two games have gone to OT, and five were decided by three points or less.
TRIPLE DEUCE
For the first time since 1989, three Owls scored 20 or more points in Temple's 80-70 win at Saint Joseph's on Feb. 1. Shey Peddy led TU with 26, Victoria Macaulay scored a career-high 21, and Kristen McCarthy added a double-double of 20 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Macaulay's 20th and 21st points were in the final minute as she hit 2-of-2 at the line with 27 seconds remaining.
EXTRA POSSESSIONS
To say Temple had more opportunities on offense than Rhode Island in the Owls' win on Feb. 19 would be an understatement. Thanks to a season-low five turnovers, the fewest since a Temple team committed just three vs. Villanova on Dec. 21, 2004, the Owls took 68 total shots compared to the Rams' 38.
Temple forced URI to commit 30 turnovers, off which it got its record-tying 27 steals. It was the most turnovers by an opponent since UMass committed 32 of them just over a year ago.
PEDDY THEFT
Shey Peddy continues to find ways to grab the ball from Temple's opponents, as she leads the team and ranks second in the A-10 this season with 85 steals (3.1 per game). Peddy set the program's all-time record for steals in a single season last year with 104, recording at least one steal in all but one game. Her 3.2 spg a year ago ranked second in the A-10 and tied for 10th in NCAA Division I. This season, Peddy currently ranks 13th in NCAA Division I and recently tied Temple's program record for steals in a game with 10 in a win at Rhode Island.
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