Women's Basketball Heads to Iona

PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple women's basketball team will go on the road for the first time this season, playing at Iona on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The match-up will air on ESPN3.

SCOUTING TEMPLE
> Temple is 2-1 overall, playing its first three games at home.
> Tanaya Atkinson leads the Owls, averaging a double-double of 25.7 points and 12.0 rebounds per game.
> Freshman Mia Davis averages 12.0 points and 11.3 boards per game.
> Freshman Desiree Oliver averages 8.7 points per game, while classmate Emani Mayo averages 7.0.
> Freshman Breanna Perry adds 6.7 points per game, while senior Khadijah Berger chips in with 5.7 points and a team-best 5.9 assists per game.
> As a team, Temple shoots 43.8% from the field and 27.9% from three.

LAST TIME OUT
> Temple cruised to a 70-36 victory over visiting Wagner on Thursday night at McGonigle Hall.
> Temple's defense shined, allowing just seven Wagner points in each of the first two quarters.
> Eight different players scored for Temple, led by 24 points from senior Tanaya Atkinson and 18 from freshman Desiree Oliver.
> The Owls recorded 14 steals, forcing 28 turnovers from Wagner.
> Atkinson finished the game with her third-straight double-double, pulling down 10 boards, while adding a team-high five steals.
> Oliver got her 18 points while shooting 7-for-11 from the field and draining three from beyond-the-arc.
> Freshman Emani Mayo had seven points with four assists.

SCOUTING IONA
> Iona is 0-2, opening the season with back-to-back road games.
> Gaels' freshman Toyosi Abiola was named MAAC Rookie of the Week on Monday.
> Iona is led by Toyosi's 19.0 points per game.
> Alexis Lewis, a preseason MAAC selection, averages 17.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per outing.
> Treyanna Clay adds 13.0 points per game to the Gaels' offense.
> As a team, Iona shoots 37.5% from the field and 27.0% from long range.

LAST TIME OUT
> Iona mounted a second half comeback, but fell at Jacksonsville, 71-62 on Monday.
> Jacksonville led by 17 points at the half, and increased the lead to as many as 22 points in the third quarter.
> The Gaels got the deficit down to just three points late in the fourth, trailing just 65-62 with under a minute to play.
> However, Iona couldn't complete the rally, and Jacksonville scored the final six points of the game.
> Clay scored a career-best 20 points, while Abiola netted 18.
> Lewis chipped in with 13 points and four steals.

THE MATCH-UP
> The Owls are 5-0 all time against Iona.
> Temple is 2-0 at Iona and 3-0 at home against the Gaels.
> The teams met for five-straight seasons from 1996 to 2000.
> The largest Temple win came December 10, 1997 when the Owls won 62-43 at Iona.
> The closest game was a 69-67 overtime Temple win at Iona on December 19, 1999.
> Temple set a Liacouras Center record the last time they played Iona, tallying 81 field goal attempts in a 70-67 win on December, 27 2000.

Women's Basketball Heads to Iona

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Players Mentioned

Tanaya Atkinson

Khadijah Berger

Mia Davis

Emani Mayo

Desiree Oliver

Breanna Perry

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