PHILADELPHIA -- Four players from the Temple women's basketball team were honored with Philadelphia Big 5 Awards, as announced on Monday. The Owls' Alliya Butts was named to the All-Big 5 first team, Feyonda Fitzgerald and Tanaya Atkinson were selected as second-team All-Big 5, while Erica Covile was named the city series' top free throw shooter.
Butts earns All-Big recognition for the second-straight season. The sophomore guard leads the 22-11 Owls averaging 15.2 points per game. Butts leads the Owls with 2.42 steals per game, and her 80 total takeaways ranks her 36th in the nation in the category.