SOLD OUT - Women's Basketball Faces #1 UConn at McGonigle Hall on Sunday

Sunday, January 21

McGonigle Hall

1:00 p.m.

Temple University

UConn

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SOLD OUT - Women's Basketball Faces #1 UConn at McGonigle Hall on Sunday

1.19.18 | Women's Basketball

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PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple women's basketball team will face #1 UConn at home on Sunday at McGonigle Hall. The game starts at 1:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2 with Tiffany Greene (pxp) and Sue Bird (analyst) on the call. Tickets are sold out, but a limited number of student tickets will be available at the door with Temple ID.

RING OF HONOR ADDITIONS
> 1920s standout Dora Lurie and stellar point guard Donna Kennedy will be inducted into the Temple Basketball Ring of Honor during halftime of the game.
> Lurie (1919-22) was the star player for Temple teams that posted 67 straight wins, including winning the 1922 Eastern Intercollegiate Championship.
> Kennedy (1979-83) set school records for career assists and steals, and led the Owls to a pair of Big 5 Championships.

SCOUTING TEMPLE
> Temple is 9-8 overall, with a 1-4 record in American Athletic Conference play.
> The Owls are led by senior Tanaya Atkinson, who averages team-best totals of 23.1 points and 10.0 rebounds, while adding 2.9 assists per game, which ties for the team lead.
> Freshman Mia Davis is second on the team with 11.8 points and 8.7 rebounds per outing.
> Rookie Emani Mayo averages 8.6 points and 2.4 assists per game.
> Freshman Desiree Oliver adds 8.0 points and 2.7 assists per game, but is sidelined due to injury.
> Senior Khadijah Berger averages 4.7 points and a team-best 2.9 assists per game.
> As a team, Temple shoots 39.4% from the field and 30.2% from three.
> The Owls have out-rebounded opponents by an average of 4.1 boards per game, but have a negative turnover margin (-1.7).

LAST TIME OUT
> Visiting Houston shot a massive 57.7% from three, racking up a school record 15 makes from long range, as the Cougars topped Temple, 99-75, on Tuesday night. > Temple shot nearly 50% from the field, but Houston's high octane offense finished at 36-68 (52.9%) for the game.
> Tanaya Atkinson and Mia Davis each scored 20 points in the loss.
> Atkinson added five rebounds and four assists, while Davis pulled down six boards.
> Emani Mayo finished her night with 14 points and a pair of assists, while Breanna Perry notched eight points and a team-best seven rebounds.

SCOUTING UCONN
> #1 UConn enters Sunday's game riding a 146-game win streak against unranked opponents.
> The Huskies have six players scoring in double-figures, led by Kate Lou Samuelson's 16.8 points per game.
> Kia Nurse adds 15.1 points per game, and a team-best 43 threes, shooting 50% from long-range.
> Azura Stevens is averaging 14.9 ponts and a team-best 8.4 rebounds per outing.
> Napheesa Collier is also a threat on both ends of the floor, with 14.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.
> Crystal Dangerfield has scored 10.6 points per game with team-high averages of 4.5 assist and 2.8 steals per game.
> Gabby Williams rounds out the top players on the top team with 10.6 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 4.4 assists per contest.
> As a team, UConn shoots 52.4% from the field and 39.2% from three.
> The Huskies lead the nation in both scoring offense and field goal percentage.

LAST TIME OUT
> #1 UConn won a closer-than-expected 86-70 game at home against Tulsa.
> The Huskies saw their lead close to 10 in te fourth quarter, before ending the game on an 8-0 run.
> Azura Stevens came off the bench to score a team-best 22 points.
> Napheesa Collier tallied 19 points and eight rebounds.
> Kia Nurse finished with 17 points in the win.

THE MATCH-UP
> Temple is 2-9 all-time against UConn, winning the first two match-ups, but falling in nine-straight.
> The Owls and the Huskies have met eight times since the start of the American Athletic Conference, with UConn winning all eight meetings.

LAST TIME THEY MET
> The top-ranked UConn Huskies doubled up on #23/20 Temple, as the Owls fell 90-45.
> The win was the 102nd-straight for UConn.
> UConn's offense rolled, as the Huskies shot 59% from the field for the game.
> The Huskies only got better in the second half, combining shoot 70% (21-30) in the final 20 minutes.
> Senior Feyonda Fitzgerald finished with 12 points, five rebounds, and three assists.
> Junior Alliya Butts ended the game with 10 points and two steals, while classmate Khadijah Berger had six points and six boards.