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Davis and Butts Named to Women's Basketball All-Conference Team
3.8.19 | Women's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA — The Temple women's basketball team was honored with a pair of American Athletic Conference regular season awards on Friday, as sophomore Mia Davis and graduate Alliya Butts were both named to the All-Conference team.
Davis, a forward from Baltimore, Md., was named to the All-Conference first team, a year removed from a spot on the All-Freshman team. She's in the midst of a fantastic sophomore season, leading the Owls in scoring and rebounding. Davis averages 19.0 points and 9.2 rebounds per outing, numbers that rank her second in both categories in the conference, while standing in the top-10 in the conference in field goal percentage (47.6%), three point percentage (37.8%) and free throw percentage (75.2%). She's racked up 12 double-doubles this season, and has hit the 20+ mark 13 times in 28 games. This season, Davis also set a career high with 33 points in a win over Houston, tying her career-best with 17 boards in that same game.
Butts, a guard from Edgewater Park, N.J., was named to the All-Conference second team, making her the only four-time All-Conference selection in Temple women's basketball program history. Butts is second on the Owls and fifth in the conference in scoring, averaging 15.3 points per game. She leads Temple with 4.8 assists and 2.1 steals per contest, ranking in the top three in the American in both categories. She's tallied six games with 20 or more points this season, including a career-best 34 points in a win at Tulsa. Butts also dished a career-best 10 assists this season, while recording 16 games with five or more helpers. Temple's all-time leader in threes (291) and steals (279), she also ranks second all-time in points (1,926) and fourth in assists (414).
Davis and Butts will lead the Owls into the American Athletic Conference Tournament, which begins on Friday night. Temple has earned the #6 seed and will play #11 Memphis at 8:00 p.m. on ESPN3.
2019 All-American Athletic Conference Teams
First Team All-Conference
Kay Kay Wright, UCF
IImar'I Thomas, Cincinnati
Napheesa Collier, UConn
Katie Lou Samuelson, UConn
Crystal Dangerfield, UConn
Mia Davis, Temple
Second Team All-Conference
Antoinette Miller, Cincinnati
Dorian Branch, Houston
Enna Pehadzic, USF
Alliya Butts, Temple
Krystal Freeman, Tulane
Third Team All-Conference
Megan Walker, UConn
Lashonda Monk, ECU
Angela Harris, Houston
Alicia Froling, SMU
Crystal Polk, Tulsa
Davis, a forward from Baltimore, Md., was named to the All-Conference first team, a year removed from a spot on the All-Freshman team. She's in the midst of a fantastic sophomore season, leading the Owls in scoring and rebounding. Davis averages 19.0 points and 9.2 rebounds per outing, numbers that rank her second in both categories in the conference, while standing in the top-10 in the conference in field goal percentage (47.6%), three point percentage (37.8%) and free throw percentage (75.2%). She's racked up 12 double-doubles this season, and has hit the 20+ mark 13 times in 28 games. This season, Davis also set a career high with 33 points in a win over Houston, tying her career-best with 17 boards in that same game.
Butts, a guard from Edgewater Park, N.J., was named to the All-Conference second team, making her the only four-time All-Conference selection in Temple women's basketball program history. Butts is second on the Owls and fifth in the conference in scoring, averaging 15.3 points per game. She leads Temple with 4.8 assists and 2.1 steals per contest, ranking in the top three in the American in both categories. She's tallied six games with 20 or more points this season, including a career-best 34 points in a win at Tulsa. Butts also dished a career-best 10 assists this season, while recording 16 games with five or more helpers. Temple's all-time leader in threes (291) and steals (279), she also ranks second all-time in points (1,926) and fourth in assists (414).
Davis and Butts will lead the Owls into the American Athletic Conference Tournament, which begins on Friday night. Temple has earned the #6 seed and will play #11 Memphis at 8:00 p.m. on ESPN3.
2019 All-American Athletic Conference Teams
First Team All-Conference
Kay Kay Wright, UCF
IImar'I Thomas, Cincinnati
Napheesa Collier, UConn
Katie Lou Samuelson, UConn
Crystal Dangerfield, UConn
Mia Davis, Temple
Second Team All-Conference
Antoinette Miller, Cincinnati
Dorian Branch, Houston
Enna Pehadzic, USF
Alliya Butts, Temple
Krystal Freeman, Tulane
Third Team All-Conference
Megan Walker, UConn
Lashonda Monk, ECU
Angela Harris, Houston
Alicia Froling, SMU
Crystal Polk, Tulsa
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