Basketball - The Temple News

McCarthy goes undrafted, hopes to keep playing

17 April 2012 Jake Adams

Kristen McCarthy hopes to continue her basketball career. Senior guard Kristen McCarthy sat at home in La Puenta, Calif. with family waiting to hear those words. But they never came. McCarthy watched the Women’s National

Peddy goes pro

16 April 2012 Jake Adams

The Chicago Sky select Shey Peddy in the second round. A nervous Shey Peddy played on her phone and pretended not to have the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Draft on her mind. Peddy told The Temple

Hollis-Jefferson reflects on roots

10 April 2012

The Owls will rely on the junior forward to pick up the offense. In the city of Chester, Pa., basketball is a way of life. From the early development on the playgrounds and in the

End of an era

27 March 2012 Jake Adams

The women’s basketball team lost its WNIT Sweet 16 matchup to Syracuse, 82-68, on Thursday, March 22 at McGonigle Hall. Seniors Shey Peddy, Kristen McCarthy, BJ Williams and center Joelle Connelly never got the swan-song

Men’s basketball team: Season in review

27 March 2012 Joey Cranney

The Owls’ season was spoiled by an early exit in the postseason. The men’s basketball season that was riding high for a one-month stretch from mid-January to mid-February came to a crashing end as the

Women’s basketball comes up short in WNIT Sweet 16

22 March 2012 Jake Adams

The women’s basketball team said goodbye to one of the most talented senior classes in school history as the Owls’ dropped their Women’s National Invitational tournament Sweet 16 match against Syracuse. Despite getting 20 points

Owls await WNIT Sweet 16 opponent

19 March 2012 Jake Adams

Women’s basketball defeats Harvard and Quinnipiac in WNIT. The women’s basketball team has reached the NCAA tournament in each of the previous eight years. But when the tournament committee didn’t call Temple’s name on March

Seniors disappoint in season’s conclusion

19 March 2012 Joey Cranney

The Owls’ seniors didn’t show up for their final game. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – As the horn sounded on South Florida’s 58-44 win against the men’s basketball team in the second round of the NCAA tournament

Owls blow chance in A-10 semis

19 March 2012 Jake Adams

Women’s basketball lose in A-10’s to Dayton. The final 10 seconds of the women’s basketball team’s loss in the Atlantic Ten Conference tournament semifinals to eventually champion Dayton could have been the season’s defining moment.

Early exit

19 March 2012 Connor Showalter

The Owls lost in the second round to the South Florida Bulls. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For guards, redshirt-senior Ramone Moore and Juan Fernandez, and graduate center Micheal Eric, the team’s early exit in the NCAA