Preview 2011-12 ROSTER Numerical Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School 1 Khalif Wyatt Jr. G 6-4 210 Norristown, Pa. Norristown 2 Will Cummings Fr. G 6-1 170 Jacksonville, Fla. Providence School 3 Anthony Lee R-Fr. F 6-9 210 Columbia, Md. West Oak Academy (Fla.) 4 Juan Fernandez Sr. G 6-4 195 Rio Tercero, Argentina Dr. Alexis Carrel 10 Ramone Moore Sr. G 6-4 190 , Pa. Southern 11 T.J. DiLeo R-Jr. G 6-3 205 Cinnaminson, N.J. Cinnaminson 15 Jimmy McDonnell R-Fr. F 6-10 195 Jackson, N.J. Jackson Memorial 22 Aaron Brown So. G 6-5 210 Hackensack, N.J. St. Benedict’s Prep 25 Nick Pendergast Fr. F 6-5 175 Bridgewater, Conn. Kent School 31 Jake Godino Sr. G 6-0 170 Chester, Pa. Delaware County Christian 32 Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson Jr. F 6-6 210 Chester, Pa. Chester 33 Scootie Randall Sr. F 6-6 215 Philadelphia, Pa. Communications Tech 50 Micheal Eric Gr. F/C 6-11 240 Lagos, Nigeria Church Farm (Pa.) School RS Dalton Pepper R-Jr. F 6-5 230 Levittown, Pa. Pennsbury Alphabetical Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School 22 Aaron Brown So. G 6-5 210 Hackensack, N.J. St. Benedict’s Prep 2 Will Cummings Fr. G 6-1 170 Jacksonville, Fla. Providence School 11 T.J. DiLeo R-Jr. G 6-3 205 Cinnaminson, N.J. Cinnaminson 50 Micheal Eric Gr. F/C 6-11 240 Lagos, Nigeria Church Farm (Pa.) School 4 Juan Fernandez Sr. G 6-4 195 Rio Tercero, Argentina Dr. Alexis Carrel 31 Jake Godino Sr. G 6-0 170 Chester, Pa. Delaware County Christian 32 Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson Jr. F 6-6 210 Chester, Pa. Chester 3 Anthony Lee R-Fr. F 6-9 210 Columbia, Md. West Oak Academy (Fla.) 15 Jimmy McDonnell R-Fr. F 6-10 195 Jackson, N.J. Jackson Memorial 10 Ramone Moore Sr. G 6-4 190 Philadelphia, Pa. Southern 25 Nick Pendergast Fr. F 6-5 175 Bridgewater, Conn. Kent School RS Dalton Pepper R-Jr. F 6-5 230 Levittown, Pa. Pennsbury 33 Scootie Randall Sr. F 6-6 215 Philadelphia, Pa. Communications Tech 1 Khalif Wyatt Jr. G 6-4 210 Norristown, Pa. Norristown

Head Coach: (La Salle ‘70) - 6th season Record (Career/School): 420-220 (23rd season)/110-57 (6th season) Assistant Coach: Dave Duke (Villanova ’74) - 6th season Assistant Coach: Dwayne Killings (Hampton ‘03) - 1st season Assistant Coach: Shawn Trice (Penn ’95) - 6th season Director of Operations: Jeff Wilson (Temple ‘04) - 6th season

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: BY CLASS: BY STATE/COUNTRY: Khalif – Kah-LEAF Graduate (1): Eric Argentina (1): Fernandez Godino – GO-deen-oh Senior (4): Fernandez, Godino, Connecticut (1): Pendergast Rahlir- Rah-LEER Moore, Randall Florida (1): Cummings Junior (4): DiLeo, Hollis-Jefferson, Maryland (1): Lee Pepper, Wyatt New Jersey (3): Brown, DiLeo, Sophomore (1): Brown McDonnell Freshman (4): Cummings, Lee, Nigeria (1): Eric McDonnell, Pendergast Pennsylvania (6): Godino, Hollis-Jefferson, Moore, Pepper, Randall, Wyatt 25 • 2011-12 Men’s Basketball Media Guide Preview TEMPLE OWLS OUTLOOk Coming off its fourth straight NCAA Tournament ap - NCAA second round win, pearance, the men’s basketball team re - had a solid junior season as turns four senior starters and eight of its top nine players from well, leading the squad in last year’s squad that posted a 26-8 record. These four seniors assists (117) while ranking Juan have averaged 25.7 wins over their first three seasons, includ - second in three-pointers Fernandez ing a dramatic 66-64 win over Penn State in the second round (50) and third in scor - of the 2011 NCAA Tournament. ing (11.2 ppg.). The Sixth-year head coach Fran Dunphy’s Owls sport one of 6-4 point guard the top backcourts in the country in returning all-Atlantic 10 earned second Conference performers, seniors Ramone Moore and Juan Fer - team all- nandez. The duo are among the five players selected to the Philadel - conference’s preseason first team all-league squad. phia Big 5 The team’s top scorer last season (15.2 ppg.), Moore dou - and third bled his scoring output from his sophomore campaign, and team all- proved deadly from long-range, draining 41 three-pointers.The Atlantic 10 Philadelphia native, who garnered first team all-Philadelphia accolades. Big 5 and second team all-Atlantic 10 honors, saved his best The for primetime, scoring a career-high 30 points in an upset of Argentine then #9/10 Georgetown while his 23 native par - points in TU’s NCAA win over Penn ticipated in State tied Fernandez for game- the 2011 Pan high honors. American After wearing #23 his first Games this three seasons, Moore will don October, taking a #10 in honor of his 10-year- week off from school to play for old cousin, Zaire Moore, his home country. who was killed over the Returning in the frontcourt are summer in a tragic starters, 6-11 graduate student Micheal Eric and 6- automobile accident. 6 forward Scootie Randall, who will be looking to re - Fernandez, who bound from season-ending injuries last February. will forever be First it was Eric who went down with a fractured right linked to his last patella on Feb. 15. The Lagos, Nigeria native was in the midst second shot that of his best season with career best scoring (7.1 ppg.) and re - bested Penn bounding (5.9 rpg,) averages. Two days later Randall (10.7 State in ppg.), the Atlantic 10 and Big 5 Most Improved Player, suffered Temple’s an injury to his right foot, which would sideline him until the thrilling NCAA Tournament (seven minutes in two games). Randall, 66-64 who will also be looking to recover from knee surgery in June, was averaging 17.8 points over his previous eight games prior to his injury, starting that run off with a 28-point effort at Xavier. Dunphy also returns four other letterwinners that saw quality minutes during last season’s NCAA run. Rahlir Hol - lis-Jefferson, a 6-6 junior forward, leads that group. A power forward, he started the final 10 games last season Ramone Moore due to injuries to Randall and Eric, averaged 5.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, while connecting on a team- high 52.2 percent (71-136) from the field. Khalif Wyatt, a 6-4 junior guard, played in all 34 games, making five starts. Named the A-10 Sixth Man of the Year, he averaged 10.1

www.OwlSports.com • 26 TEMPLE OWLS Preview points while hitting a team-best 42.1 percent (48-114) from three-point range. Redshirt junior T.J. DiLeo (2.2 ppg.) pro - vided steady play off the bench, playing in 33 Micheal Eric games and averaging 13 minutes per contest. Sophomore Aaron Brown, who started the final nine games, averaged 3.3 points in a solid rookie campaign. Anthony Lee, named to the preseason all- Atlantic 10 Rookie team, redshirted last season due to a back injury. The 6-9 Columbia, Md. native played well in an Iowa summer league and is expected to bolster the Owls’ frontcourt. Another redshirt freshman, 6-10 Jimmy Mc - Donnell, also returns for the Owls as does sen - ior walk-on guard Jake Godino (1.2 ppg.). Freshman Will Cummings, the First Coast Player of the Year from the Providence School in Jacksonville, Fla., is the Owls’ lone incoming recruit. The 6-1 point guard averaged 18.1

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points, 8.1 assists and four steals per game during his senior year. Rounding out the team is freshman walk-on Nick Pendergast, a 6-5 forward out of the Kent (Ct.) School. Ten postseason teams, including perennial power - houses Duke and Texas, are among the 14 opponents that comprise Temple’s 2011-12 men’s basketball non- conference schedule. Besides Duke and Texas, the Owls’ schedule features two other teams that participated in the 2011 NCAA Tournament (Purdue, a possible foe in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic, and Villanova). Three of the 2011 NIT Final Four teams are on the slate - Wichita State (champion), Alabama (runner-up) and Colorado (semis), as well as three participants from the Col - legeInsider.com Tournament (Buffalo, along with pos - sible PR Tip-Off foes Iona and Western Michigan).

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