Owls open up scoring
February 21, 2012 by Jake Adams
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The emergence of Victoria Macaulay creates a wide-spread offense. The women’s basketball team’s 21-point win against George Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 15 marked the second straight game the Owls had five players score in double digits. On only two other occasions this season did four players score at least 10 points in the same game. [...]
Pass-first mentality
February 21, 2012 by Joey Cranney
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The Owls’ guards win with unselfish play. The men’s basketball team doesn’t care how it gets to 78 points, all that matters is that when the Owls score that many points, they don’t lose. No. 22 Temple (21-5, 10-2 Atlantic Ten Conference) has reached or eclipsed that mark 11 times this season, going a perfect [...]
Women’s basketball finds offensive rhythm late in win
February 16, 2012 by Brandon Stoneburg
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The Owls women’s basketball team used a huge second half performance and a well-balanced offense to extend its winning streak to ten games with a 75-54 win in Wednesday’s matinee against the visiting George Washington Colonials. “We had contributions from a lot of guys. It was another game with five guys in double figures which [...]
Women’s basketball ups intensity
February 14, 2012 by Alexandra Olivier
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Senior guards Shey Peddy and BJ Williams get in sync. There is a chemistry on the women’s basketball team that is steering them towards success. This chemistry has resulted in yet another win, this time against the Massachusetts Minutewomen, 77-55, at the Liacouras Center on Saturday night. Senior guards Shey Peddy and BJ Williams have [...]
Macaulay steps up in A-10 play
February 14, 2012 by Jake Adams
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Victoria Macaulay fills a void in the Owls’ frontcourt. It’s night and day. That’s what coach Tonya Cardoza called junior center Victoria Macaulay’s emergence during Atlantic Ten Conference play as a dual threat scorer and rebounder. “Her whole game has changed and I’m happy to see it, because it’s rewarding to finally see something click,” [...]
Sharing a sport abroad
February 14, 2012 by Elizabeth Sim
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A pair of women’s soccer players spread passion for soccer. Women’s soccer players junior Kate Yurkovic and sophomore Jenna Gosnay gave back through love of the game. Soccer is a universal sport, as Gosnay and Yurkovic experienced while participating in a volunteer program run by Soccer Without Borders during winter break. The organization reaches out [...]
Moore emerges as POY standout
February 14, 2012 by Joey Cranney
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Ramone Moore is a leading candidate for A-10 Player of the Year. When asked if he thinks he could win the Atlantic Ten Conference Player of the Year Award, redshirt-senior guard Ramone Moore smiled and avoided the question. “I let my game speak for itself,” Moore said. “I don’t want to get into a battle [...]
Fiery offense
February 13, 2012 by Connor Showalter
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The Owls hold on for a win against A-10 foe Xavier after taking a 20-point lead at halftime last Saturday at home. Xavier’s senior guard Tu Holloway had to deal with Temple defenders shadowing him during much of Saturday night’s game at the Liacouras Center. The Musketeer’s go-to shooter managed to record 23 points against [...]
Owls handle Xavier in front of ‘white-out’ crowd
February 12, 2012 by Alexandra Olivier
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The Owls defeated Xavier 85-72 on Saturday night. Led by senior Ramone Moore the Temple Owls defeated the Xavier Musketeers 85-72 Saturday night at the Liacouras Center. Accompanying Moore’s game high 30 points, graduate center Micheal Eric dominated in the paint with a season-high 16 rebounds and 11 points – his first double-double since returning [...]
Women’s basketball team knocks out UMass
February 11, 2012 by Connor Showalter
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With the Owls’ 77-50 win against the Massachusetts Minutewomen on Saturday, the team now claims sole possession of second place in the Atlantic Ten Conference. Temple (16-8, 9-1 A-10) saw its hopes of a A-10 regular season title slip away prior to the game, as first-place No. 25 St. Bonaventure (24-2) extended its perfect conference [...]





