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game 29 - temple vs. mempHIs TEMPLE UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 GAME NOTES Larry Dougherty, Sr. Associate AD/Communications, [email protected] Karen Auerbach, Asso. Dir., Athletic Communications, [email protected] O: 215-204-2588 C: 215-651-1822 Twitter: @TUMBBHoops Website: www.OwlSports.com game INformatIoN matcHUp Date/Time ..........................................March 3, 2016/7:00 p.m. Site ..................................Philadelphia, Pa. (Liacouras Center) TV ......................................................ESPNU (PBP, Alex Faust; ..........................................................Color, Malcolm Huckaby) Radio ....1210 AM WPHT (PBP, Harry Donahue; Color, John Baum) Live Stats ..................sidearmstats.com/temple/mbball/media Twitter Updates................................................@TUMBBHoops TEMPLE COMPARISON MEMPHIS Series ........................................................Memphis leads, 8-7 Owls 18-10 ..........Overall Record ........16-13 Tigers at Temple ................................................Memphis leads, 4-2 18-10, 12-4 American 68.6 ..........Scoring Offense ........77.1 16-13, 7-9 American at Memphis ..............................................................Tied, 3-3 67.9 ..........Scoring Defense ........71.4 at neutral sites ............................................Temple leads, 2-1 HEAD COACH +0.7..........Point Differential ........+5.7 HEAD COACH First Meeting ......................Temple, 71-64 @ Temple (1/17/53) Fran Dunphy (La Salle ‘70) .405............FG Percentage ...........410 Josh Pastner (Arizona ‘98) Last Meeting................Memphis, 67-65 @ Memphis (1/13/16) .416......FG Percentage Defense ...400 Last Temple win......80-75 @ American Quarterfinals (3/13/15) Overall Record: 521-281 (27th Yr.) Overall Record: 164-71 (7th Yr.) 8.0..............3PT Per Game ............6.0 Streak ................................................................................L 1 at School: 211-118 (10th Yr.) at School: Same vs. Memphis: 2-3 .342 ..........3PT Percentage ..........319 vs. Temple: 3-2 scHeDUle/resUlts .306 ......Opp. 3PT Percentage ......317 LAST TIME OUT .693 ............FT Percentage ...........720 LAST TIME OUT NOVEMBER W, 63-61 vs. UCF 36.5 ......Rebounds Per Game ......41.2 W, 92-82 vs. Tulsa Nov. 13 $vs. #1/1 North Carolina (CBS SN) . L, 91-67 2/27/2016 -1.9 ..........Rebound Margin ........+2.4 2/28/2016 Nov. 19 #vs. Minnesota (ESPNU). W, 75-70 13.4 ..........Assists Per Game ........14.9 Nov. 20 #vs. #22/20 Butler (ESPN2) . L, 74-69 LEADERS 5.2 ............Steals Per Game...........7.7 LEADERS Nov. 22 #vs. #16/16 Utah (ESPNU). L, 74-68 Pts: Quenton DeCosey (15.9 ppg) 3.2............Blocks Per Game ..........5.8 Pts: Dedric Lawson (15.5 ppg) Nov. 29 DELAWARE (ESPN3). W, 69-50 Rebs: Jaylen Bond (7.9 rpg) 9.1..........Turnovers Per Game ......12.7 Rebs: Dedric Lawson (9.3 rpg) DECEMBER Assists: Josh Brown (4.7 apg) +2.0..........Turnover Margin ........+1.4 Assists: Ricky Tarrant, Jr. (3.4 apg) Dec. 2 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (ESPN3) . W, 79-70 Dec. 5 at Wisconsin (CBS). L, 76-60 projecteD starters Dec. 9 ^at Penn . W, 77-73 # Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG Notes Dec. 13 ^SAINT JOSEPH’S (CBS SN). L, 66-65 (OT) 1 Josh Brown G 6-3/185 Jr. 8.0 4.5 4.7 Career-tying nine assists, eight rebs vs. UCF (2/27) Dec. 19 DELAWARE STATE (ESPN3) . W, 78-63 4 Daniel Dingle G 6-7/235 R-Jr. 4.6 2.8 1.4 Career-high 15 pts vs. UConn (2/11), 4-5 3-pt FG’s Dec. 29 *at #22/23 Cincinnati (ESPN2) . W, 77-70 25 Quenton DeCosey G 6-5/205 Sr. 15.9 6.0 2.5 Has reached double-digit points in 25 of 28 games JANUARY 0 Obi Enechionyia F 6-8/220 So. 11.2 3.7 0.6 Averaging 15.8 ppg over the last 10 games Jan. 2 *HOUSTON (ESPNews) . L, 77-50 15 Jaylen Bond F 6-8/240 Sr. 9.5 7.9 1.3 18 pts/14 rebs (tying season high) vs. USF on 2/14 Jan. 5 *at #23/24 UConn (CBS SN). W, 55-53 Jan. 9 *EAST CAROLINA (ESPNews) . W, 78-60 HeaDlINes Jan. 13 *at Memphis (CBS SN). L, 67-65 • Temple is tied with SMU at the top of the American Athletic Conference standings with a record of 12-4, and holds Jan. 16 *CINCINNATI (ESPNU) . W, 67-65 (2OT) the tiebreaker with the Mustangs as well as with third-place Cincinnati. Jan. 20 ^vs. La Salle (Palestra) (CBS SN) . W, 62-49 • Four seniors along with five four-year student managers will be honored for Senior Night on Thursday prior to tip- Jan. 24 *#8 SMU (ESPN2) . W, 89-80 off against Memphis. Seniors Quenton DeCosey and Devontae Watson are four-year letterwinners for Temple, while Jaylen Bond and Devin Coleman are both in their second season after transferring. Jan. 27 *at East Carolina (ESPN3) . L, 64-61 • The Owls are coming off a nail-biter of a win, 63-61 against UCF on Feb. 27. DeCosey drained a 15-foot jumper with Jan. 31 *at USF (CBS SN). W, 70-63 three seconds remaining to break a tie and lift the Owls to victory. FEBRUARY • Temple’s win vs. UCF was its 10th home win of the season, a feat the Owls have now achieved in eight of the last nine seasons. Feb. 4 *TULSA (ESPNU) . W, 83-79 (OT) • Overall, the Owls have won 10 of their last 13 games including a streak of five straight, and they have a 7-2 record Feb. 6 *at UCF (ESPNU) . W, 62-60 against the next five teams in the conference standings. Feb. 11 *UCONN (ESPN2). W, 63-58 • Sophomore Obi Enechionyia is averaging 15.8 ppg over the last 10 contests. Enechionyia hit 6-of-9 from long range en route to a career-high 26 points in a win at Houston on Feb. 21, and was also the Owls’ leading scorer at Tulsa Feb. 14 *USF (CBS SN) . W, 77-65 with 17 points. He led Temple for a third game in a row vs. UCF on Feb. 27 with 18 points. Feb. 17 ^#1/1 VILLANOVA (ESPN2). L, 83-67 • The Owls trailed by 10 in the second half at Houston before closing the game with an 8-2 run, capped by two free Feb. 21 *at Houston (ESPNews) . W, 69-66 throws from Josh Brown to get the win and avenge a home loss to the Cougars on Jan. 2. Feb. 23 *at Tulsa (ESPNews) . L, 74-55 • With 7.9 rebounds per game, senior Jaylen Bond leads the team and ranks eighth in the conference. • When Temple edged UCF on the road on Feb. 6, 62-60, the Owls gave 10th-year head coach Fran Dunphy his 517th Feb. 27 *UCF (ESPNews) . W, 63-61 career victory to make him the all-time winningest coach in Philadelphia Big 5 history. MARCH • DeCosey is Temple’s leading scorer this season with 15.9 points per game, ranking third in the conference, and has Mar. 3 *MEMPHIS (ESPNU) . 7:00 p.m. scored in double figures in 25 of 28 contests. He has scored 1,431 points to rank 25th all-time in program history. When he scores at least 15 points, the Owls are 13-1 this season. Mar. 6 *at Tulane (ESPN3) . 2:00 p.m. • With a win vs. #8 SMU on Jan. 24, Temple has now taken down a Top 10 team in seven of the last eight seasons. Mar. 10-13 . at The American Tournament (Orlando, Fla.) • With 8.0 made three-pointers per game, Temple leads all teams in the American Athletic Conference. • As a team, the Owls lead the nation in fewest turnovers per game at 9.1. They have recorded single digit turnovers in 17 of 28 games, tallying as few as five (vs. Delaware on Nov. 29 and at USF on Jan. 31). Home games in CAPS; $ - Veterans Classic • The Owls have three regular-season wins over Top 25 teams, the most since 1999-00. This season also marks the # - Puerto Rico Tip-Off first since 1998 that the Owls have beaten two Top 25 opponents on the road. Temple has beaten at least one ranked ^ - Big 5 games; * - American Athletic Conference games opponent for nine straight seasons. ** - American Tournament (Orlando, Fla.) • Memphis is coming off a 92-82 win vs. Tulsa on Feb. 28 after losing its two previous games to USF and SMU. The Tigers won five in a row early in the season, but have since won or lost no more than two in a row. All times Eastern • Freshman guard Dedric Lawson and senior forward Shaq Goodwin lead Memphis with 15.5 and 15.1 ppg, respec- tively. The two are also the team’s rebouding leaders with 9.3 and 8.1 rpg, respectively. 31 NCAA TOURNAMENTS 2 NIT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 FINAL FOURS 7 ELITE EIGHTS 9 ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIPS program INformatIoN roster # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School/Previous ALL-TIME RECORD 0 Obi Enechionyia So. F 6-8 220 Springfield, Va. St. James (Md.) School • 118th season of basketball 1 Josh Brown Jr. G 6-3 185 Newark, N.J. St. Anthony’s • Years: 1885 to present 3 Levan Shawn Alston, Jr. Fr. G 6-4 170 Philadelphia, Pa. The Haverford School • Overall record: 1,867-1,034 4 Daniel Dingle R-Jr. G/F 6-7 235 Bronx, N.Y. St. Raymond’s 10 Mark Williams Jr. F 6-8 240 Cleveland, Ohio Montrose Christian • American record: 29-23 11 Trey Lowe Fr. G 6-6 165 Ewing, N.J. Ewing • NCAA Tournament Record: 33-31 15 Jaylen Bond Sr. F 6-8 240 Philadelphia, Pa. Plymouth-Whitemarsh/Texas 22 Mike Robbins Jr. G 6-4 185 Wynnewood, Pa. Lower Merion THE LIACOURAS CENTER 23 Devontae Watson Sr. F/C 6-11 215 Ambridge, Pa. Lincoln Park Charter 24 Ernest Aflakpui Fr.