PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5, 2019 – USF women's basketball defeated Temple 63-53 in the American Athletic Conference opener on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia behind double-figure scoring from four Bulls.
USF (10-5) jumped out to a 19-11 first-quarter lead, and overcame numerous Owls (4-9) attacks to come away with its first conference victory. Early in the third quarter, USF forced Temple to call a timeout when the Bulls' took a 35-24 lead and held a 18-6 margin in offensive rebounds. The Owls got within four points of the Bulls midway through the fourth quarter, but a string of four Laura Ferreira (Lisboa, Portugal) points and Enna Pehadzic's (Horsens, Denmark) lone three-pointer of the night lengthened USF's lead to seal its first win of the new year.