Temple University Athletics
Tuesday, February 17
McGonigle Hall
7:00 p.m.
Temple University
vs
Tulane
Photo by: Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University
Women's Basketball Hosts Tulane in "Pink" Game on Tuesday
2.16.15 | Women's Basketball
 PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple women's basketball team will host conference-foe Tulane on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at McGonigle Hall. The game will serve as a breast cancer awareness game as part of the WBCA's "Play4Kay" initiative, benefiting the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
Coach Kay Yow, former North Carolina State University head women's basketball coach, was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, and passed away on January 24, 2009, after facing her third bout with the disease. The Owls will be wearing pink and all fans are encouraged to as well. Donations can be made at the game or online at: http://www.play4kay.org/templewbb
Temple is 8-5 in conference play with a 12-14 overall mark. After losing two in a row to teams in the top-four in the conference, the Owls rebounded with a 72-60 win against Houston at home on Saturday. Against the Cougars, Temple shot nearly 70% in the first half to get by the Cougars. Five players scored in double figures for the Owls, led by 22 points from freshman Alliya Butts. The rookie also had a career-high six assists with three rebounds and a steal. Freshman Tanaya Atkinson and junior Erica Covile each scored 12 points in the win, with Atkinson tying a team-high with seven rebounds. Sophomore Feyonda Fitzgerald had 11 points and a season-high seven boards, while classmate Safiya Martin had 10 points and six boards.
Butts leads the Owls in scoring with 13.0 points per game, a number that rises to 16.5 points per outing in conference play. Covile has bolstered Temple on both sides of the ball, averaging 11.6 points and a team-high 8.9 rebounds per game. Fitzgerald has come off the bench in the last 13 games and is averaging 11.3 points a contest, while dishing out 68 total assists. Atkinson puts up 10.6 points and 7.0 boards per game, while senior Tyonna Williams is averaging 9.7 points per game and leading the team with 80 total assists.
Temple shoots 36.5% from the field and 31.6% from beyond-the-arc, while connecting on 71.4% of its free throws. The Owls struggled from the field early in the season, but have shot over 40% in five out of the last seven games, including a 51% shooting performance in their last outing. Temple is out-scoring opponents by a slim margin (+0.2), but is being out-rebounded by a similar number (-0.1).Â
Tulane is 19-6 overall with a 10-4 mark in American Athletic Conference play. The Green Wave had won three in a row before hitting a road block at No.2/1 UConn on Saturday. The Huskies snapped the Tulane streak, winning the 87-39 contest. Against UConn, Tulane shot 40.7 percent in the second half to finish the game at 30.9 percent (17-55). The Green Wave also shot better from three-point range in the second period, going 5-for-10. Freshman Kolby Morgan tallied nine points on a 4-for-10 day. Adesuwa Ebomwonyi followed suit with eight points, achieving her second straight game with seven or more points. Finally, senior guard Jamie Kaplan dished out a team high five assists to go with her five points.
Morgan leads the Green Wave with 12.4 points per game with a team-best 57 steals. She also averages 4.7 boards per contest. Danielle Blagg is second on the team with 9.4 points per game, while Leslie Vorpahl contributes 7.9 points per contest. Tiffany Dale, Chinwe Duru, and Kaplan also average over 6.5 points per outing, with Dale leading the team on the boards with 5.6 rebounds per game.Â
Tulane shoots 41.6% from the field and 31.6% from three-point range. The Green Wave are out-scoring opponents by nearly nine points per game and out-rebounding opponents by 0.6 boards per contest.
Temple and Tulane have met twice before, with each team grabbing a victory. The Owls took the first ever meeting between the programs, a 75-71 overtime victory on December 28, 2008.
Tulane nabbed the first American Athletic Conference victory between the teams, winning 77-63 on February 7 in New Orleans. In that game, the Green Wave shot 49.2%, holding the Owls to 36.7% from the field and just 12.5% from three-point range. Erica Covile led the Owls with 20 points, while also pulling down seven rebounds with two assists and two steals. Freshman Alliya Butts scored 19 points with three steals, while classmate Tanaya Atkinson had 12 points nine rebounds, and three steals. Rounding out the box score for Temple, senior Tyonna Williams had five points and four assists.
Temple had no answer for Chinwe Duru who finished with 23 points on 11-of-16 shooting, while tying for game-high honors with nine rebounds. Kolby Morgan finished with 15 points, four assists, and three steals, while Leslie Vorpahl had 13 points and seven assists and Jamie Kaplan added eight assists. Â
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Coach Kay Yow, former North Carolina State University head women's basketball coach, was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, and passed away on January 24, 2009, after facing her third bout with the disease. The Owls will be wearing pink and all fans are encouraged to as well. Donations can be made at the game or online at: http://www.play4kay.org/templewbb
Temple is 8-5 in conference play with a 12-14 overall mark. After losing two in a row to teams in the top-four in the conference, the Owls rebounded with a 72-60 win against Houston at home on Saturday. Against the Cougars, Temple shot nearly 70% in the first half to get by the Cougars. Five players scored in double figures for the Owls, led by 22 points from freshman Alliya Butts. The rookie also had a career-high six assists with three rebounds and a steal. Freshman Tanaya Atkinson and junior Erica Covile each scored 12 points in the win, with Atkinson tying a team-high with seven rebounds. Sophomore Feyonda Fitzgerald had 11 points and a season-high seven boards, while classmate Safiya Martin had 10 points and six boards.
Butts leads the Owls in scoring with 13.0 points per game, a number that rises to 16.5 points per outing in conference play. Covile has bolstered Temple on both sides of the ball, averaging 11.6 points and a team-high 8.9 rebounds per game. Fitzgerald has come off the bench in the last 13 games and is averaging 11.3 points a contest, while dishing out 68 total assists. Atkinson puts up 10.6 points and 7.0 boards per game, while senior Tyonna Williams is averaging 9.7 points per game and leading the team with 80 total assists.
Temple shoots 36.5% from the field and 31.6% from beyond-the-arc, while connecting on 71.4% of its free throws. The Owls struggled from the field early in the season, but have shot over 40% in five out of the last seven games, including a 51% shooting performance in their last outing. Temple is out-scoring opponents by a slim margin (+0.2), but is being out-rebounded by a similar number (-0.1).Â
Tulane is 19-6 overall with a 10-4 mark in American Athletic Conference play. The Green Wave had won three in a row before hitting a road block at No.2/1 UConn on Saturday. The Huskies snapped the Tulane streak, winning the 87-39 contest. Against UConn, Tulane shot 40.7 percent in the second half to finish the game at 30.9 percent (17-55). The Green Wave also shot better from three-point range in the second period, going 5-for-10. Freshman Kolby Morgan tallied nine points on a 4-for-10 day. Adesuwa Ebomwonyi followed suit with eight points, achieving her second straight game with seven or more points. Finally, senior guard Jamie Kaplan dished out a team high five assists to go with her five points.
Morgan leads the Green Wave with 12.4 points per game with a team-best 57 steals. She also averages 4.7 boards per contest. Danielle Blagg is second on the team with 9.4 points per game, while Leslie Vorpahl contributes 7.9 points per contest. Tiffany Dale, Chinwe Duru, and Kaplan also average over 6.5 points per outing, with Dale leading the team on the boards with 5.6 rebounds per game.Â
Tulane shoots 41.6% from the field and 31.6% from three-point range. The Green Wave are out-scoring opponents by nearly nine points per game and out-rebounding opponents by 0.6 boards per contest.
Temple and Tulane have met twice before, with each team grabbing a victory. The Owls took the first ever meeting between the programs, a 75-71 overtime victory on December 28, 2008.
Tulane nabbed the first American Athletic Conference victory between the teams, winning 77-63 on February 7 in New Orleans. In that game, the Green Wave shot 49.2%, holding the Owls to 36.7% from the field and just 12.5% from three-point range. Erica Covile led the Owls with 20 points, while also pulling down seven rebounds with two assists and two steals. Freshman Alliya Butts scored 19 points with three steals, while classmate Tanaya Atkinson had 12 points nine rebounds, and three steals. Rounding out the box score for Temple, senior Tyonna Williams had five points and four assists.
Temple had no answer for Chinwe Duru who finished with 23 points on 11-of-16 shooting, while tying for game-high honors with nine rebounds. Kolby Morgan finished with 15 points, four assists, and three steals, while Leslie Vorpahl had 13 points and seven assists and Jamie Kaplan added eight assists. Â
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