GAME TEMPLE (5-7, 5-4 AAC) at CINCINNATI (3-10, 2-7 AAC) Wednesday, February 3, 2021 | 6:00 PM 13 Cincinnatio, Ohio | Fifth Third Arena 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS HEADLINES TEMPLE CINCINNATI Date Opponent Time/Result THE OWLS Overall AAC Overall AAC Dec. 4 Villanova + L, 90-72 > Temple enters Saturday’s game with a record of 5-7 5-7 5-4 Record 3-10 2-7 Dec. 6 at FGCU L, 78-69 (5-4 AAC). The Owls are currently ranked third in the 4-2 4-1 Home 1-7 0-5 Dec. 17 at #1 South Carolina L, 103-41 1-5 1-3 Away 2-3 2-1 American Athletic Conference. Dec. 20 SMU * W, 73-57 0-0 0-0 Neutral 0-0 0-0 Dec. 23 Tulsa * W, 69-52 > The Owls are shooting 38.8% from the floor, 23.4% L2 L2 Streak L3 L3 Dec. 30 at Tulane * Postponed from three-point range, and 64.4% from the foul line 0-1 0-0 AP/Coaches 0-1 0-1 Jan. 6 at ECU * W, 66-57 thus far this season. Jan. 9 UCF * W, 61-58 > Senior Mia Davis leads the Owls with 18.0 points and Tonya Cardoza Michelle Clark-Heard Jan. 13 Cincinnati * L, 71-65 8.8 rebounds per game. The forward is shooting Record Yr. Record Yr. Jan. 16 at SMU * Cancelled 47.3% from the floor thus far this season. 232-169 13th Current School 49-31 3rd Jan. 20 at Houston * L, 46-80 > Rookie Jasha Clinton is Temple’s second-leading 232-169 13th Overall 227-111 11th Jan. 23 Wichita State * W, 65-55 scorer with 12.7 points per game, while adding 3.7 Jan. 27 at USF * Postponed Individual Leaders Jan. 30 at Tulane * L, 44-80 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.7 steals per game for the Davis 18.8 Points 23.1 Thomas Jan. 31 at Tulane * L, 69-71 Owls. Clinton leads Temple in three-pointers (16) Davis 8.0 Rebounds 8.3 Thomas Feb. 3 at Cincinnati * 6:00 PM and steals (23). Alexander 5.8 Assists 3.2 Thomas Feb. 6 at Wichita State * 3:00 PM > Junior Alexa Williamson is the third Owl averaging Alexander 1.3 Blocks 1.0 Thomas/Niang Feb. 10 Houston * 3:30 PM double-digit points this season with 10.8 per game. Clinton 1.9 Steals 1.1 Thomas/Hayes Feb. 13 ECU *^ 12:00 PM Williamson boasts a team-best field goal percent- Feb. 17 at Tulsa * 7:00 PM AAC Per Game Team Stats Per Game AAC Feb. 20 at Memphis * 2:00 PM age of 48.4% and adds 6.7 rebounds per game for 5th 62.7 Offense 60.2 7th Feb. 24 USF 3:30 PM the Cherry and White. 10th 71.0 Defense 68.6 9th Feb. 27 at UCF * 1:00 PM > Sophomore Asonah Alexander ranks 16th in the 10th -9.3 Scoring Margin -8.4 9th Mar. 2 Memphis * 3:30 PM country with her 5.8 assists per outing. Alexander 7th 38.8% FG % 39.5% 5th is also one of Temple’s top rebounders with 6.7 per 7th 40.9% FG % Defense 41.5% 9th contest. 10th 23.4% 3-Point % 20.9% 11th 2021 American Athletic Conference Championship 6th 64.4% FT % 70.1% 4th Dickies Arena - Forth Worth, Texas 6th 37.8 Rebounds 35.4 9th Mon., March 8 First Round SCOUTING CINCINNATI 9th -3.5 Rebound Margin -0.8 8th Tues., March 9 Quarterfinals > The Bearcats sit at 3-10 on the year and 2-7 in AAC T-4th 13.6 Assists 13.1 6th Wed., March 10 Semifinals play. Cincinnati’s two conference wins came against 7th 3.2 Blocks 4.3 1st Thurs., March 11 Championship Wichita State on Jan. 2 (65-59) and Temple on Jan. 8th 7.7 Steals 7.6 9th 13 (71-65). 9th -3.4 Turnover Margin -2.4 8th All times Eastern | Home games in cherry > Ilmar’I Thomas leads the Bearcats with 23.1 points, 6th 0.7 A-TO Ratio 0.8 4th * American Athletic Conference game | + Philadelphia 8.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.0 blocks Big 5 game | ^Played at the Liacouras Center per game. > Thomas, alongside Temple’s Mia Davis, was named TEMPLE PROBABLE STARTERS the American Athletic Conference Preseason co-Player of the Year. P # Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG > The forward was named to the Midseason Watch G 1 Jasha Clinton 5-8 Fr. 12.7 3.7 List for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the G 2 Asonah Alexander 5-10 So. 4.3 6.7 G 12 Emani Mayo 5-8 Sr. 7.8 3.5 Year by Her Hoop Stats. F 20 Alexa Williamson 6-1 Jr. 10.8 6.7 > The Bearcats lead the AAC in blocks as they aver- F 25 Mia Davis 6-0 Sr. 18.8 8.0 TUNING IN age 4.3 per contest. FACEBOOK @templewbb TEMPLE KEY RESERVES CINCINNATI'S LAST TIME OUT P # Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG INSTAGRAM @templewbb > Cincinnati fell to Wichita State 60-52 on Jan. 27 at G 3 Rayniah Walker 5-10 So. 3.5 2.8 TWITTER @templewbb home. G 5 Jada Graves 5-9 Gr. 2.3 2.1 > The Bearcats were trailing 50-38 heading into the G 11 Kash Ayuso 5-6 Fr. 3.2 1.0 TELECAST ESPN+ fourth quarter, but Cincinnati used a 14-3 run to cut the Shockers’ lead, 55-52. LIVE STATS StatBroadcast > However, Cincinnati missed their final five shots in CINCINNATI PROBABLE STARTERS the last two-and-a-half minutes and Wichita State P # Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG COMMUNICATIONS walked away with the win. G 4 Riane Burton 6-1 Fr. 2.3 1.8 > Hayes led the Bearcats with 17 points, four assists F 15 Arame Niang 6-3 R-Sr. 7.5 5.5 NOREEN MULLEDY and two steals. G 20 Jillian Hayes 6-1 Fr. 8.3 5.2 F 23 Ilmar'I Thomas 5-10 Sr. 23.1 8.3 Strategic Communications Coordinator > Thomas and Arame Niang added 13 points apiece. G 33 Sofia Gritzali 5-6 So. 2.5 2.0 [email protected] > Cincinnati ended the game shooting 31.6% from the floor and 20% from three-point range. 508-344-0166 2021-20 TEMPLE NUMERICAL ROSTER QUICK FACTS # NAME YR POS HT HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 1 Jasha Clinton Fr. G 5-8 Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne Location ...............................................Philadelphia, Pa. 2 Asonah Alexander So. G 5-10 Prospect Park, N.J./The Patrick School Founded ....................................................................1884 3 Rayniah Walker So. G 5-10 Cheltenham, Md./Bullis School Enrollment .............................................................41,000 5 Jada Graves Gr. G 5-9 Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison/Elon President..........................................Richard M. Englert 10 Nicolette Mayo Jr. G 5-8 Hephzibah, Ga./Hephzibah Interim Director of Athletics .................. Fran Dunphy 11 Kash Ayuson Fr. G 5-6 West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Lakes Nickname ................................................................. Owls Mascot ................................................................... Hooter 12 Emani Mayo Jr. G 5-8 Hephzibah, Ga./Hephzibah Colors .................................... Cherry (201c) and White 14 Janelle Johnson Fr. G 5-9 Bridgeport, Conn./St. Luke's School Affiliation ...............................................NCAA Division I 20 Alexa Williamson Jr. F 6-1 Houston, Pa./Chartiers-Houston Conference ...................................... American Athletic 22 Aniya Matthews Fr. C 6-3 York, Pa./Dallastown Area Home Court ...........................McGonigle Hall (3,900) 24 Shantay Taylor Gr. F 6-3 Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley Alt. Home Court ...............Liacouras Center (10,000) 25 Mia Davis Sr. F 6-0 Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Academy Website .........................................www.owlsports.com Twitter .........................................................@templewbb 2021-20 TEMPLE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Instagram ...................................................@templewbb # NAME YR POS HT HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 2 Asonah Alexander So. G 5-10 Prospect Park, N.J./The Patrick School HISTORY 11 Kash Ayuso Fr. G 5-6 West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Lakes First Year of Competition ................................ 1923-24 1 Jasha Clinton Fr. G 5-8 Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne Record .................................................845-706-3 (.545) 25 Mia Davis Sr. F 6-0 Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Academy NCAA Appearances .....................................................11 NCAA Record .............................................................5-11 5 Jada Graves Gr. G 5-9 Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison/Elon WNIT Appearances ....................................................... 6 14 Janelle Johnson Fr. G 5-9 Bridgeport, Conn./St. Luke's School WNIT Record .............................................................12-7 22 Aniya Matthews Fr. C 6-3 York, Pa./Dallastown Area 12 Emani Mayo Sr. G 5-8 Hephzibah, Ga./Hephzibah COACHING STAFF 10 Nicolette Mayo Sr. G 5-8 Hephzibah, Ga./Hephzibah Head Coach ..................Tonya Cardoza (Virginia '91) 24 Shantay Taylor Gr. C 6-3 Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley Associate Head Coach ..........Way Veney (ECU '00) 3 Rayniah Walker So. G 5-10 Cheltenham, Md./Bullis School Assistant Coach .......Willnett Crockett (UConn '06) 20 Alexa Williamson Jr. F 6-1 Houston, Pa./Chartiers-Houston Assistant Coach ......Sam Guastella (Quinnipiac '15) Dir. of Operations ..Jazmin Horne (St. Joseph's '17) COACHING STAFF Asst. Dir. of Ops. ...........Talisa Samano (Temple '10) Head Coach: Tonya Cardoza (13th season – Virginia ’91) Video Coordinator ..........Joey Raniero (Temple '18) Associate Head Coach: Way Veney (13th season – East Carolina ’00) Strength Coach .......... Tim Teefy (West Virginia '99) Assistant Coach: Willnett Crockett (12th season – UConn ’06) Athletic Trainer ....Christina Kennedy (Cortland '10) Assistant Coach: Sam Guastella (1st season – Quinnipiac '15) MEDIA RELATIONS WBB Contact .................................Noreen Mulledy Office Phone .........................................(215) 204-2587 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Cell Phone .............................................(508) 344-0166 JASHA Clinton .......................JAY-shuh ANIYA Matthews.................