Temple University Athletics
Wednesday, November 28
Bowling Green, Ohio
7:00 PM
Temple University
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Bowling Green
Freshman May Dayan
Photo by: Mitchell Leff
Women's Basketball Heads to Bowling Green on Wednesday
11.26.12 | Women's Basketball
Game Notes vs. Bowling Green (PDF)
PHILADELPHIA - The first of seven road games over the next eight contests will take Temple women's basketball to Bowling Green (3-2) for a 7:00 p.m. tip-off on Wednesday, Nov. 28. The Owls (3-2) have only one more home game before January, which is this coming Sunday, Dec. 2 against Syracuse at 2:00 p.m. in McGonigle Hall.
Fans can watch live stats of the Bowling Green game HERE, or listen to an audio broadcast (produced by Bowling Green) HERE.
THE OPENING TIP
•This game marks the first of seven road games Temple will play over its next eight contests.
•The Owls had won two in a row before most recently falling short against Rutgers at home on Nov. 21, 66-50.
•Senior Victoria Macaulay notched her third double-double with a career-high 27 points to go with 10 rebounds in leading the Owls to a win over Northeastern on Nov. 17...She also blocked a career-high five shots (tying the Liacouras Center single-game record) and played a career-high 40 minutes.
•Fifth-year head coach Tonya Cardoza has a record of 96-40 and is just four wins away from reaching the 100-win milestone.
•Sophomore Tyonna Williams scored a game and career-high 15 points in Temple's loss to Rutgers on Nov. 21...She hit three shots from behind the arc, tying her career high which had also been set against Rutgers back in 2011.
•Turnovers have proven costly for the Owls, who have now committed over 20 of them in each of their last four games...In the 2011-12 season, Temple committed more than 20 turnovers a total of just four times.
•Temple currently leads all teams in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage defense at .319, and the Owls are fourth in scoring defense at 53.6 points per game.
•Macaulay was selected to the Preseason Atlantic 10 First Team and Preseason Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team.
•The Owls were picked to finish fifth of 16 teams in the 2012-13 A-10 Preseason Poll.
•Temple has six freshmen on a roster of 11, making the Owls the second-most inexperienced team in NCAA Division I women's basketball this season.
•Bowling Green is 3-2 so far under first-year head coach Jennifer Roos...At this past weekend's Lady Rebel Roundup in Las Vegas, the Falcons lost to Villanova, 53-42, before defeating host UNLV, 64-54.
DEFENSE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT
While the Owls have struggled on offense and with ball handling at times this season, their defense continues to hold strong, and it shows in the stats. Temple leads all teams in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage defense at .319, and ranks fourth in scoring defense at 53.6 points per game. The Owls also rank second in defensive rebounds at 30.2 per game.
SCOUTING BOWLING GREEN
Bowling Green is 3-2 so far under first-year head coach Jennifer Roos. At this past weekend's Lady Rebel Roundup in Las Vegas, the Falcons lost to Villanova, 53-42, before defeating host UNLV, 64-54. Senior guard Chrissy Steffen leads the team with 12.2 ppg while redshirt senior forward Danielle Havel is averaging 10.0 ppg along with a team-best 6.8 rpg.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. BOWLING GREEN
Temple and Bowling Green are meeting for just the third time, and each has won a game against the other. Temple won the most recent meeting on its home court in 2008, 70-55.
MACAULAY DOUBLES UP THREE TIMES
For a third time in the Owls' first four games, senior center Victoria Macaulay notched a double-double in the Owls' win over Northeastern on Nov. 17. She scored a career-high 27 points to go with 10 rebounds, while also blocking a career-high five shots and playing a career-high 40 minutes. Against Seton Hall on Nov. 14, she added 13 rebounds to 16 points, and in Temple's season-opening win vs. Montana, Macaulay pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds while scoring 21 points.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
Two members of this year's team have the unique distinction of being the first players not from North America since at least 1980 if not all-time. While four Owls since 1980 have hailed from Ontario, Canada, no others have been from overseas. Freshman May Dayan hails from Ashdod, Israel, and freshman Sally Kabengano calls Stockholm, Sweden, her home. Both played for national teams in their home countries, and both have started in every game for the Owls so far.
SECOND-HALF SURGE
In all five of Temple's games so far this season, the Owls have scored more points in the second half than in the first. The Owls have 110 first-half points compared to 151 second-half points. They won the only game in which they were tied at halftime (vs. Montana), but a big second half was not enough to overcome deficits at Nebraska and against Rutgers.
PHILADELPHIA - The first of seven road games over the next eight contests will take Temple women's basketball to Bowling Green (3-2) for a 7:00 p.m. tip-off on Wednesday, Nov. 28. The Owls (3-2) have only one more home game before January, which is this coming Sunday, Dec. 2 against Syracuse at 2:00 p.m. in McGonigle Hall.
Fans can watch live stats of the Bowling Green game HERE, or listen to an audio broadcast (produced by Bowling Green) HERE.
THE OPENING TIP
•This game marks the first of seven road games Temple will play over its next eight contests.
•The Owls had won two in a row before most recently falling short against Rutgers at home on Nov. 21, 66-50.
•Senior Victoria Macaulay notched her third double-double with a career-high 27 points to go with 10 rebounds in leading the Owls to a win over Northeastern on Nov. 17...She also blocked a career-high five shots (tying the Liacouras Center single-game record) and played a career-high 40 minutes.
•Fifth-year head coach Tonya Cardoza has a record of 96-40 and is just four wins away from reaching the 100-win milestone.
•Sophomore Tyonna Williams scored a game and career-high 15 points in Temple's loss to Rutgers on Nov. 21...She hit three shots from behind the arc, tying her career high which had also been set against Rutgers back in 2011.
•Turnovers have proven costly for the Owls, who have now committed over 20 of them in each of their last four games...In the 2011-12 season, Temple committed more than 20 turnovers a total of just four times.
•Temple currently leads all teams in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage defense at .319, and the Owls are fourth in scoring defense at 53.6 points per game.
•Macaulay was selected to the Preseason Atlantic 10 First Team and Preseason Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team.
•The Owls were picked to finish fifth of 16 teams in the 2012-13 A-10 Preseason Poll.
•Temple has six freshmen on a roster of 11, making the Owls the second-most inexperienced team in NCAA Division I women's basketball this season.
•Bowling Green is 3-2 so far under first-year head coach Jennifer Roos...At this past weekend's Lady Rebel Roundup in Las Vegas, the Falcons lost to Villanova, 53-42, before defeating host UNLV, 64-54.
DEFENSE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT
While the Owls have struggled on offense and with ball handling at times this season, their defense continues to hold strong, and it shows in the stats. Temple leads all teams in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage defense at .319, and ranks fourth in scoring defense at 53.6 points per game. The Owls also rank second in defensive rebounds at 30.2 per game.
SCOUTING BOWLING GREEN
Bowling Green is 3-2 so far under first-year head coach Jennifer Roos. At this past weekend's Lady Rebel Roundup in Las Vegas, the Falcons lost to Villanova, 53-42, before defeating host UNLV, 64-54. Senior guard Chrissy Steffen leads the team with 12.2 ppg while redshirt senior forward Danielle Havel is averaging 10.0 ppg along with a team-best 6.8 rpg.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. BOWLING GREEN
Temple and Bowling Green are meeting for just the third time, and each has won a game against the other. Temple won the most recent meeting on its home court in 2008, 70-55.
MACAULAY DOUBLES UP THREE TIMES
For a third time in the Owls' first four games, senior center Victoria Macaulay notched a double-double in the Owls' win over Northeastern on Nov. 17. She scored a career-high 27 points to go with 10 rebounds, while also blocking a career-high five shots and playing a career-high 40 minutes. Against Seton Hall on Nov. 14, she added 13 rebounds to 16 points, and in Temple's season-opening win vs. Montana, Macaulay pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds while scoring 21 points.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
Two members of this year's team have the unique distinction of being the first players not from North America since at least 1980 if not all-time. While four Owls since 1980 have hailed from Ontario, Canada, no others have been from overseas. Freshman May Dayan hails from Ashdod, Israel, and freshman Sally Kabengano calls Stockholm, Sweden, her home. Both played for national teams in their home countries, and both have started in every game for the Owls so far.
SECOND-HALF SURGE
In all five of Temple's games so far this season, the Owls have scored more points in the second half than in the first. The Owls have 110 first-half points compared to 151 second-half points. They won the only game in which they were tied at halftime (vs. Montana), but a big second half was not enough to overcome deficits at Nebraska and against Rutgers.
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