# 2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball team represented Temple University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the third for the Owls as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Owls, led by eighth year head coach Tonya Cardoza, played their home games at McGonigle Hall with four games at the Liacouras Center. They finished the season 23–12, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic women's tournament, where they lost to South Florida. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Drexel, Quinnipiac and Ohio in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Michigan in the quarterfinals.

## Media

All Owls home games will have video streaming on Owls TV, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. There are no radio broadcasts for Owls women's basketball games. You can listen to audio of most games through the opponents website.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2015* 2:00 pm | Bloomfield | W 65–42 | | McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 7:00 pm | Florida | W 97–91 | 1–0 | Liacouras Center (1,453) Philadelphia, PA |
| 11/18/2015* 7:00 pm | at La Salle | W 77–48 | 2–0 | Tom Gola Arena (419) Philadelphia, PA |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm | at Rutgers | L 51–61 | 2–1 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,725) Piscataway, NJ |
| 11/24/2015* 5:00 pm | at Quinnipiac | L 56–58 | 2–2 | TD Bank Sports Center (494) Hamden, CT |
| 11/29/2015* 2:00 pm | Saint Joseph's | L 67–70 | 2–3 | McGonigle Hall (928) Philadelphia, PA |
| 12/02/2015* 5:00 pm | Villanova | W 61–55 | 3–3 | McGonigle Hall (725) Philadelphia, PA |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at No. 13 Florida State | L 47–75 | 3–4 | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,784) Tallahassee, FL |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | Sacred Heart | W 92–62 | 4–4 | McGonigle Hall (633) Philadelphia, PA |
| 12/12/2015* 12:00 pm | at Fordham | W 57–44 | 5–4 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (452) Bronx, NY |
| 12/19/2015* 1:00 pm | Delaware State | W 100–59 | 6–4 | Liacouras Center (4,578) Philadelphia, PA |
| 12/30/2015 7:00 pm | Memphis | W 82–58 | 7–4 (1–0) | McGonigle Hall (1,177) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/02/2016 3:00 pm | at Houston | W 75–66 | 8–4 (2–0) | Hofheinz Pavilion (1,308) Houston, TX |
| 01/05/2016 8:00 pm | at SMU | L 67–69 | 8–5 (2–1) | Moody Coliseum (514) Dallas, TX |
| 01/08/2016 5:00 pm, ESPNU | Tulsa | W 66–46 | 9–5 (3–1) | McGonigle Hall (748) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Cincinnati | W 74–51 | 10–5 (4–1) | McGonigle Hall (915) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/13/2016 2:00 pm | UCF | W 71–63 | 11–5 (5–1) | CFE Arena (448) Orlando, FL |
| 01/16/2016 6:00 pm, CBSSN | at No. 1 Connecticut | L 49–104 | 11–6 (5–2) | Gampel Pavilion (9,846) Storrs, CT |
| 01/21/2016* 7:00 pm | Penn | L 54–60 | 11–7 | McGonigle Hall (1,003) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/26/2016 8:00 pm, ADN | at Tulane | W 72–54 | 12–7 (6–2) | Devlin Fieldhouse (992) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/30/2016 2:30 pm, ESPN3 | at East Carolina | W 83–63 | 13–7 (7–2) | Williams Arena (1,699) Greenville, NC |
| 02/03/2016 12:00 pm, ADN | SMU | W 55–35 | 14–7 (8–2) | Liacouras Center (2,846) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/06/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 19 South Florida | W 68–66 | 15–7 (9–2) | Liacouras Center (1,320) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/09/2016 7:00 pm, ADN | Cincinnati | W 74–49 | 16–7 (10–2) | Fifth Third Arena (329) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/12/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Houston | W 78–48 | 17–7 (11–2) | McGonigle Hall (1,298) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/14/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 1 Connecticut | L 60–85 | 17–8 (11–3) | McGonigle Hall (3,392) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/18/2015 8:00 pm, ADN | at Memphis | L 97–100 $^{5OT}$ | 17–9 (11–4) | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,521) Memphis, TN |
| 02/23/2016 7:00 pm | Tulane | W 72–67 | 18–9 (12–4) | McGonigle Hall (1,074) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at No. 21 South Florida | L 62–76 | 18–10 (12–5) | USF Sun Dome (2,446) Tampa, FL |
| 02/29/2016 7:00 pm, ADN | UCF | W 78–64 | 19–10 (13–5) | McGonigle Hall (834) Philadelphia, PA |
| American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Tulsa Quarterfinals | W 78–52 | 20–10 | Mohegan Sun Arena (5,071) Uncasville, CT |
| 03/06/2016 7:30 pm, ESPNU | vs. No. 20 South Florida Semifinals | L 46–64 | 20–11 | Mohegan Sun Arena (6,821) Uncasville, CT |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 7:00 pm | at Drexel First Round | W 74–66 | 21–11 | Daskalakis Athletic Center (641) Philadelphia, PA |
| 03/20/2016* 2:00 pm | at Quinnipiac Second Round | W 64–62 | 22–11 | TD Bank Sports Center (338) Hamden, CT |
| 03/24/2016* 7:00 pm | Ohio Third Round | W 75–61 | 23–11 | McGonigle Hall (570) Philadelphia, PA |
| 03/28/2016* 7:00 pm | at Michigan Quarterfinals | L 76–77 | 23–12 | Crisler Center (1,457) Ann Arbor, MI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||