Junior guard Donnaizha Fountain was only on the bench for one minute in Saturday’s game. Fellow starters junior guard Alliya Butts and senior forward Ruth Sherrill only got two minutes of rest throughout the game.
In Temple’s 83-48 victory against Villanova at The Pavilion, the Owls’ starters scored all 83 points and collectively only came off the court for 12 of the possible 200 minutes.
“It’s not something we intended to do,” coach Tonya Cardoza said. “I felt we did a really good job defending and because of that, we weren’t tired. We got our breaks when we could.