PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple women's basketball team was picked to finish sixth in the 2018-19 American Athletic Conference preseason poll, as voted on by the league's coaches. The Owls had a pair of selections to the All-Conference preseason team, as Alliya Butts and Mia Davis garnered nods.
Butts is set for her fifth year at Temple after missing the 2017-18 season due to injury. The Edgewater Park, N.J. native is a three-time All-Conference and All-Big 5 selection, and was the 2014-15 Big 5 Rookie of the Year. She holds the program career record for threes, and is eighth on the program's all-time scoring list with 1,481 points.