2014–15 Temple Owls women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Temple Owls women's basketball team will represent Temple University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marks the second for the Owls as members of the American Athletic Conference. The team, coached by head coach Tonya Cardoza in her seventh season, plays their home games at McGonigle Hall with four games at the Liacouras Center. They finished the season 20–17, 12–6 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament to East Carolina. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Marist, Penn and NC State in the first, second and third rounds, Middle Tennessee in the quarterfinals before losing to West Virginia in the semifinals.

2014–15 Temple Owls women's basketball
WNIT, Semifinals
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	20–17 (12–6 The American)
Head coach	Tonya Cardoza (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Way Veney (7th season) Meg Barber (3rd season) Willnett Crockett (6th season)
Home arena	Liacouras Center McGonigle Hall

2014–15 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0		1.000			38	–	1		.974
No. 25 South Florida	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
Tulsa	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Temple	12	–	6		.667			20	–	17		.541
East Carolina	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Tulane	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Memphis	7	–	11		.389			14	–	17		.452
UCF	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
Cincinnati	4	–	14		.222			8	–	23		.258
SMU	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
Houston	1	–	17		.056			6	–	24		.200
† American Tournament winner winner As of 7 April 2015 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All Owls home games will have video streaming on Owls TV, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. There are no radio broadcasts for Owls women's basketball games. You can listen to audio of most games through the opponents website.

Roster

2014–15 Temple Owls women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Alliya Butts 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Holy Cross Edgewater Park, N.J. G 1 Erica Covile 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr John Glenn Detroit, Mich. G 2 Feyonda Fitzgerald 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Lake Taylor Norfolk, Va. F 12 Ruth Sherrill 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Thomas Edison Alexandria, Va. F 13 Mama Traore 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Lycee Notre Dame du Niger Mali, Africa G 21 Khadijah Berger 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Hampton Hampton, Va. G 22 Tanaya Atkinson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Hill regional Career New Haven, Conn. G 23 Tyonna Williams 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Riverdale Baptist Fort Washington, Md. G 32 Donnaizha Fountain 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Cambridge Rindge & Latin Roxbury, Mass. F 33 Monasia Bolduc 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Cedar Ridge Hillsborough, N.C. C 35 Safiya Martin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Sandy Creek Fayetteville, Ga. C 42 Taylor Robinson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Ladue Horton Watkins St. Louis, Mo.	Head coach Tonya Cardoza Assistant coach(es) Way Veney Meg Barber Willnett Crockett Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-09-13

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/14/2014* 4:30 pm		La Salle	W 75–72	1–0	Liacouras Center (N/A) Philadelphia, PA
11/18/2014* 7:00 pm		at Saint Joseph's	L 74–78 OT	1–1	Hagan Arena (1,351) Philadelphia, PA
11/21/2014* 9:30 pm		vs. Georgetown Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	W 81–58	2–1	Allen Fieldhouse (N/A) Lawrence, KS
11/22/2014* 5:00 pm		at Kansas Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	L 56–76	2–2	Allen Fieldhouse (2,132) Lawrence, KS
11/23/2014* 12:30 pm		vs. Alabama Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	L 51–58	2–3	Allen Fieldhouse (N/A) Lawrence, KS
11/30/2014* 5:00 pm		vs. Harvard Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	W 81–69	3–3	Mohegan Sun Arena (2,307) Uncasville, CT
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm		Delaware	L 58–69	3–4	Liacouras Center (565) Philadelphia, PA
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		Fordham	L 64–71	3–5	McGonigle Hall (542) Philadelphia, PA
12/10/2014* 6:00 pm		No. 17 Rutgers	L 55–88	3–6	McGonigle Hall (867) Philadelphia, PA
12/14/2014* 2:00 pm		Florida State	L 62–66	3–7	McGonigle Hall (816) Philadelphia, PA
12/18/2014* 5:00 pm		at Howard	W 78–48	4–7	Burr Gymnasium (76) Washington, D.C.
12/22/2014* 11:30 am		at Villanova	L 59–64	4–8	The Pavilion (1,319) Villanova, PA
12/28/2014 8:30 pm, ESPNU		at Memphis	W 58–57	5–8 (1–0)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,278) Memphis, TN
12/30/2014 7:00 pm		SMU	W 77–64	6–8 (2–0)	McGonigle Hall (903) Philadelphia, PA
01/03/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Cincinnati	W 81–64	7–8 (3–0)	Fifth Third Arena (460) Cincinnati, OH
01/05/2015* 7:00 pm		at Penn	L 50–52	7–9	Palestra (637) Philadelphia, PA
01/11/2015 12:00 pm, CBSSN		South Florida	L 58–70	7–10 (3–1)	McGonigle Hall (714) Philadelphia, PA
01/14/2015 7:00 pm, SNY		at No. 2 Connecticut	L 58–92	7–11 (3–2)	Gampel Pavilion (6,712) Storrs, CT
01/17/2015 2:00 pm		UCF	W 72–57	8–11 (4–2)	McGonigle Hall (1,011) Philadelphia, PA
01/20/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Cincinnati	W 83–50	9–11 (5–2)	McGonigle Hall (578) Philadelphia, PA
01/27/2015 7:00 pm, ADN		at UCF	W 71–54	10–11 (6–2)	CFE Arena (1,096) Orlando, FL
02/01/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 2 Connecticut	L 49–83	10–12 (6–3)	McGonigle Hall (2,646) Philadelphia, PA
02/04/2015 12:00 pm, ADN		Memphis	W 84–61	11–12 (7–3)	Liacouras Center (2,814) Philadelphia, PA
02/07/2015 12:00 pm, ADN		at Tulane	L 63–77	11–13 (7–4)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,366) New Orleans, LA
02/10/2015 8:00 pm		at Tulsa	L 67–75	11–14 (7–5)	Reynolds Center (860) Tulsa, OK
02/14/2015 5:00 pm, ADN		Houston	W 72–60	12–14 (8–5)	Liacouras Center (8,121) Philadelphia, PA
02/17/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Tulane	W 69–58	13–14 (9–5)	McGonigle Hall (651) Philadelphia, PA
02/22/2015 12:00 pm, ESPNU		at South Florida	L 53–79	13–15 (9–6)	USF Sun Dome (1,940) Tampa, FL
02/25/2015 8:00 pm, ADN		at SMU	W 55–39	14–15 (10–6)	Moody Coliseum (534) Dallas, TX
02/28/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		East Carolina	W 79–69	15–15 (11–6)	McGonigle Hall (1,196) Philadelphia, PA
03/02/2015 8:00 pm, ADN		at Houston	W 56–45	16–15 (12–6)	Hofheinz Pavilion (283) Houston, TX
2015 AAC Tournament
03/07/2015 12:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. East Carolina Quarterfinals	L 71–77	16–16	Mohegan Sun Arena (N/A) Uncasville, CT
WNIT
03/19/2015* 7:00 pm		at Marist First Round	W 67–54	17–16	McCann Field House (1,458) Poughkeepsie, NY
03/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Penn Second Round	W 61–56	18–16	Palestra (890) Philadelphia, PA
03/26/2015* 7:00 pm		NC State Third Round	W 80–79 OT	19–16	McGonigle Hall (438) Philadelphia, PA
03/29/2015* 5:00 pm		at Middle Tennessee Quarterfinals	W 69–57	20–16	Murphy Center (2,587) Murfreesboro, TN
04/01/2015* 7:00 pm		at West Virginia Semifinals	L 58–66 OT	20–17	WVU Coliseum (3,025) Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2014–15 Temple Owls men's basketball team