Ashley Morris missed the second of two free throws with two minutes, eight seconds remaining in the second half.
It was no harm as Temple’s senior guard grabbed the offensive rebound and set the offense back up. On the same possession, Morris drained a mid-range jumper to put the Owls up 68-64.
The Owls used a late [...]

Massachusetts took 11 shots in overtime against Temple Sunday. They made only two.
Temple, however, took 12 shots from the foul line, sinking 11.
It was the Owls ability to get to the free throw line and pressure on the defensive side that led to a 16-6 advantage in the extra period and an 80-70 victory over [...]

Ashley Morris knows the feeling.As the senior guard sunk two free throws to give Temple a 59-52 lead which put the game out of reach against La Salle Saturday, it was an experience she felt before.Morris and the Owls won another Big Five game – their 18th in a row – by defeating La Salle, [...]

It was a day of streaks.
Temple and La Salle traded baskets for over seven minutes early into the second half. With the score tied at 42, the Owls went on a 10-0 run. LaSalle then followed with seven consecutive points to cut the lead to three.
It was an ugly basketball game between two of the [...]

On an afternoon in which both Temple and Rhode Island had trouble putting the ball in the basket, Lady Comfort was there to clean up the mess.
The Temple senior collected 14 rebounds, nine on the offensive glass as the Owls (11-10, 4-1 A-10) left Kingston, R.I. with a sloppy 48-34 victory over the Rams (9-11, [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Dawn Staley’s New Year’s resolution might be to get her old team back.
The women’s basketball coach witnessed what she called her worst loss in eight seasons at the helm of Temple when the Owls fell to No. 6 Rutgers, 70-34, Sunday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.
“Sometimes basketball throws you a curveball,” [...]

Neither a blowout loss to the third-ranked team in the nation, nor a seven-day layoff seemed to have any lingering effect on the women’s basketball team when it faced Western Michigan Sunday.
In the first half, that is. The second half, however, was a different story.
The Owls returned to action at Western Michigan with a 72-68 [...]

Halftime speeches are underrated.
The women’s basketball team played a sloppy first half against Ball State Wednesday, and held a slim lead over the Cardinals at the break.
In the locker room, coach Dawn Staley tried to get her team focused.
“I think sometimes you need a wake up call,” she said.
After shooting 39 percent from the field [...]

Two of the women’s basketball team’s biggest challenges in the Atlantic Ten Conference dealt the Owls’ two of their most devastating losses last season.
After finishing among the top four in the A-10 last season, George Washington, Temple, Xavier and Charlotte again look to be the favorites to fight for the conference title. A preseason poll [...]

In coach Bob Bertucci’s 13 seasons at Temple, he has never experienced a season like this.
The Owls have posted 20 or more wins in nine seasons and have earned four NCAA tournament bids, reaching the Sweet 16 in 2002.
But this year has been different for Bertucci.
The Owls own a 10-16 record after topping Villanova, Fordham [...]