GAME #4 TULANE (16-7, 12-6 AAC) vs. #5 TEMPLE (11-10, 11-7 AAC) Tuesday, March 8, 2021 | 12:00 PM EST 22 Fort Worth, Texas | Dickies Arena 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS HEADLINES #5 TEMPLE #4 TULANE Date Opponent Time/Result THE OWLS Overall AAC Overall AAC Dec. 4 Villanova + L, 90-72 > Temple enters the conference tournament as the 11-10 11-7 Record 16-7 12-6 Dec. 6 at FGCU L, 78-69 fifth seed with a record of 11-10 (11-7 AAC). 7-4 7-3 Home 9-3 7-3 Dec. 17 at #1 South Carolina L, 103-41 4-6 4-4 Away 7-4 5-3 > Senior Mia Davis leads the Owls with 18.6 points and Dec. 20 SMU * W, 73-57 0-0 0-0 Neutral 0-0 0-0 Dec. 23 Tulsa * W, 69-52 7.6 rebounds per game. W2 W2 Streak W2 W2 Dec. 30 at Tulane * Postponed > Davis was named First Team All-Conference for the 0-2 0-1 AP/Coaches 0-2 0-2 Jan. 6 at ECU * W, 66-57 third-straight season. She is the only Owl to earn the Jan. 9 UCF * W, 61-58 honor three times in their career. Tonya Cardoza Lisa Stockton Jan. 13 Cincinnati * L, 71-65 > Rookie Jasha Clinton is Temple’s second-leading Record Yr. Record Yr. Jan. 16 at SMU * Cancelled scorer with 14.0 points per game. The guard adds 238-172 13th Current School 538-298 27th Jan. 20 at Houston * L, 46-80 3.9 assists,3.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game 238-172 13th Overall 601-325 30th Jan. 23 Wichita State * W, 65-55 for the Owls. Clinton earned a spot on the AAC Jan. 27 at USF * Postponed Individual Leaders Jan. 30 at Tulane * L, 44-80 All-Freshman team. Davis 17.6 Points 16.8 Jordan Jan. 31 at Tulane * L, 69-71 > Junior Alexa Williamson is the third Owl averaging Davis 7.6 Rebounds 7.9 Freeman Feb. 3 at Cincinnati * W, 69-53 double-digits this season with 12.3 per game. The Alexander 4.9 Assists 3.1 Clark Feb. 6 at Wichita State * W, 65-57 Houston, Pa. native adds 6.5 rebounds per game for Williamson 1.3 Blocks 1.5 Heide Feb. 10 Houston * L, 52-89 Temple. Williamson leads the Owls with 1.3 blocks Clinton 2.0 Steals 2.0 Jordan Feb. 13 ECU * W, 58-57 per game. Feb. 17 at Tulsa * W, 68-46 AAC Per Game Team Stats Per Game AAC Feb. 20 at Memphis * Postponed > Sophomore Asonah Alexander leads Temple 6th 61.5 Offense 69.1 1st Feb. 24 #13 USF * L, 47-56 with 4.9 assists per outing. The 5-10 guard is the 7th 66.1 Defense 60.1 3rd Feb. 27 at UCF * L, 61-37 third-leading rebounder for the Owls, pulling down 7th -4.6 Scoring Margin +9.0 2nd Mar. 2 Memphis * W, 89-66 5.5 boards per night. 7th 38.7% FG % 43.1% 1st Mar. 4 Memphis * W, 66-52 6th 39.5% FG % Defense 36.6% 3rd SCOUTING TULANE 11th 25.4% 3-Point % 29.4% 7th 8th 64.8% FT % 67.3% 4th 2021 American Athletic Conference Championship > Tulane arrives in Texas as the fourth-seed with their 7th 37.3 Rebounds 39.2 5th Dickies Arena - Forth Worth, Texas mark of 16-7 (12-6 AAC). 9th -3.6 Rebound Margin +2.9 4th Mon., Mar. 8 First Round Bye > The Green Wave is led by the 2021 AAC Freshman 4th 14.2 Assists 14.6 3rd Tues. Mar. 9 Quarterfinals vs. #4 Tulane 12 p.m. of the Year JerKaila Jordan. Jordan averages 16.8 6th 3.4 Blocks 3.7 5th Wed., Mar. 10 Semifinals 5:30 p.m. points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game. The 7th 8.5 Steals 8.7 5th Thurs., Mar. 11 Championship 10 p.m. rookie was a unanimous selection for both Fresh- 7th -1.1 Turnover Margin 0.5 6th man of the Year and All-Freshman team, while also 4th 0.8 A-TO Ratio 0.9 2nd All times Eastern | Home games in cherry earning a spot on First Team All-AAC. * American Athletic Conference game | + Philadelphia > Third Team All-Conference honoree Krystal Free- Big 5 game | ^ Played at the Liacouras Center man is the second-leading scorer for Tulane with TEMPLE PROBABLE STARTERS 12.4 points per game. The forward leads the Green Wave on the boards with 7.9 rebounds per outing. P # Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG > Tulane leads the conference in both scoring offense G 1 Jasha Clinton 5-8 Fr. 14.0 3.5 G 2 Asonah Alexander 5-10 So. 4.6 5.5 (69.1) and field goal percentage (43.1). G 12 Emani Mayo 5-8 Sr. 6.8 3.9 F 20 Alexa Williamson 6-1 Jr. 12.3 6.5 TUNING IN TULANE'S LAST TIME OUT F 25 Mia Davis 6-0 Sr. 17.6 7.6 > Tulane won their second-straight game on Mar. 2 at FACEBOOK @templewbb home against ECU. TEMPLE KEY RESERVES P # Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG INSTAGRAM @templewbb > JJordan scored a game-high 20 points and chipped in four rebounds, three steals, an assist and a block. G 3 Rayniah Walker 5-10 So. 2.3 2.2 TWITTER @templewbb > Arsula Clark was the second-leading scorer for Tu- G 5 Jada Graves 5-9 Gr. 2.3 2.8 lane with 13 points. Clark added six rebounds, three G 11 Kash Ayuso 5-6 Fr. 2.6 1.3 TELECAST ESPN+ assists and three steals to her stat line. > Freeman rounded out the box score for the Green LIVE STATS StatBroadcast TULANE PROBABLE STARTERS Wave with her double double of 11 points and 13 rebounds. P # Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG COMMUNICATIONS > Tulane shot 54.3% from the floor and 46.7% from G 00 Arsula Clark 5-9 Sr. 12.0 4.5 long range while holding ECU to a field goal per- G 14 Dynah Jones 5-9 Jr. 8.9 2.5 NOREEN MULLEDY F 23 Krystal Freeman 6-0 Sr. 12.4 7.9 centage of 31.1 and a three-point percentage of 18.5. G 25 JerKaila Jordan 5-9 Fr. 16.8 4.1 Strategic Communications Coordinator > Tulane held a 44-32 edge in the rebounding column. F 42 Mia Heide 6-3 Jr. 4.8 6.0 [email protected] > Despite the win, Tulane committed a season-high 27 turnovers, which allowed ECU to score 35 points off 508-344-0166 the Green Wave’s mistakes. 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 .........