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Dayton hands women’s basketball team its fourth consecutive loss

04 December 2007

Now is not the time for a team to playing its worst basketball of the season. The women’s basketball team dropped its fourth game in a row in a 62-49 loss to Dayton at University

Florida hands Owls third straight loss

04 December 2007

Heading into Saturday’s showdown with Florida, the women’s basketball team had committed 44 turnovers in its last two games. The consequence was two losses totaling a combined deficit of 43 points. So, for the third

Staley switches up starting lineup

04 December 2007

Coming off two straight blowout losses to Rutgers and Miami (Ohio), the women’s basketball team changed its starting lineup Saturday against Florida by benching senior center Lady Comfort and sophomore guard LaKeisha Eaddy. In their

Owls tripped up by RedHawks

04 December 2007

The women’s basketball team was humbled for the second consecutive game, this time by Miami (Ohio) as the Owls fell, 70-53, to the RedHawks Wednesday at Millett Hall. The RedHawks defense forced 23 turnovers, 19

Staley says loss worst of her tenure

04 December 2007

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

Owls break Big 5 record

04 December 2007

The last time the women’s basketball team lost a Big 5 game was December of 2003. Think of a time before anyone had TiVo. Temple reeled off its record-setting 16th consecutive Big 5 win Thursday

Golden says he’s staying at Temple

04 December 2007

Football coach Al Golden withdrew his name from consideration for the open coaching position at UCLA yesterday, the two-year coach said. “I’m flattered to have been contacted about the coaching vacancy at UCLA,” Golden said

Owls tie Big 5 record

04 December 2007

For the past five seasons the women’s basketball team has stood in the way of any potential Big 5 contenders. A resume filled with dominating and nail-biting victories all amassed to a 19-1 record over

Guards spark Owls in Western Michigan

04 December 2007

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

Behind Olmos, Owls hold off Dragons

04 December 2007

Two years ago, Temple fans would beg for seldom-used Sergio Olmos to be inserted when the clock approached zero and the men’s basketball team had the game in control. On Saturday, the center walked off