TEMPLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GAME NOTES Larry Dougherty, Sr. Associate AD/Communications l Email: [email protected] O: 215-204-2588 l C: 215-651-1822 l Twitter: @TUMBBHoops l Website: www.OwlSports.com Karen Angell, Associate Director for Athletic Communications l Email: [email protected] GAME INFORMATION GAME 9 - TEMPLE vs. #1/1 VILLANOVA Date/Time ................................ December 13, 2017 / 7:00 p.m. Site .................................. Philadelphia, Pa. (Liacouras Center) TV ...................ESPN2 (PBP, Jason Benetti; Color, Dan Dakich) Radio ...1210 AM WPHT (PBP, Harry Donahue; Color, John Baum) Live Stats .................. sidearmstats.com/temple/mbball/media Twitter Updates ...............................................@TUMBBHoops Series .....................................................Villanova leads, 48-43 TEMPLE STAT COMPARISON #1/1 VILLANOVA at Temple ................................................ Temple leads, 16-9 Owls 6-2 .................Overall Record ...............10-0 Wildcats at Villanova .......................................... Villanova leads, 12-6 6-2, 0-0 American 74.6 ...............Scoring Offense ............. 85.6 10-0, 0-0 BIG EAST at the Palestra ........................................Temple leads, 17-16 68.8 ............. Scoring Defense .............63.3 at other neutral sites ................................. Temple leads, 2-1 HEAD COACH +5.9 .............Point Differential ...........+22.3 HEAD COACH for games before 1927 .............................. Villanova led, 9-3 Fran Dunphy (La Salle '70) 46.0 ...............FG Percentage .............. 50.0 Jay Wright (Bucknell '83) First Meeting ................................ Villanova, 26-22 (1914-15) Overall Record: 546-301 (29th Yr) 43.3 ....... FG Percentage Defense ........ 41.5 Overall Record: 518-246 (24th Yr) Last Meeting ..... #1/1 Villanova, 78-57 @ Villanova (12/13/16) at School: 236-138 (12th Yr) 8.0 .................3PT Per Game ............... 10.0 at School: 396-161 (17th Yr) Last Temple Win ..........................76-61 @ Villanova (12/5/12) vs. Villanova: 6-17 37.2 ...............3PT Percentage ..............40.3 vs. Temple: 12-5 Streak ............................................................................... L 4 32.6 ......... Opp. 3PT Percentage........... 31.1 LAST TIME OUT 73.9................FT Percentage ...............76.2 LAST TIME OUT SCHEDULE/RESULTS W, 81-78 vs. Saint Joseph's 34.6 ..........Rebounds Per Game .......... 37.8 W, 77-68 vs. La Salle 12/9/2017 -0.9 .............. Rebound Margin .............+6.9 12/10/2017 NOVEMBER 12.8 ..............Assists Per Game ............. 16.2 Thurs., 16 $vs. Old Dominion (ESPN3) ..................... W, 76-65 LEADERS 7.1 ................. Steals Per Game ............... 7.4 LEADERS Fri., 17 $vs. Auburn (ESPN2) .................................W, 88-74 Points: Alston/Rose (17.3 ppg) 3.8 ...............Blocks Per Game ...............4.8 Points: Mikal Bridges (18.1 ppg) Sun., 19 $vs. Clemson (ESPN2) ............................. W, 67-60 Sun., 26 #at La Salle (NBC SN) ................................L, 87-83 Rebounds: Quinton Rose (6.1 rpg) 10.9 ........... Turnovers Per Game ...........11.4 Rebounds: Omar Spellman (7.5 rpg) Thurs., 30 vs. South Carolina (ESPNU) ..................... W, 76-60 Assists: Josh Brown (3.6 apg) +1.8 .............. Turnover Margin .............+3.5 Assists: Jalen Brunson (4.8 apg) DECEMBER PROJECTED STARTERS Sun., 3 at George Washington (NBC Sports Phila.) ....L, 71-67 Wed., 6 WISCONSIN (ESPNU) ............................... W, 59-55 # Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG Notes Sat., 9 #SAINT JOSEPH'S (CBSSN) ....................... W, 81-78 1 Josh Brown G 6-3/195 R-Sr. 8.8 3.8 3.6 Tied season-high w/ 13 pts vs. SJU, 7-8 FT's Wed., 13 #No. 1/1 VILLANOVA (ESPN2) ........................7 p.m. 3 Shizz Alston, Jr. G 6-4/180 Jr. 17.3 4.1 2.5 Made 52 straight FT's since Dec. '16 until 12/9/17 Sat., 16 DREXEL (ESPN3) ...........................................5 p.m. 13 Quinton Rose G 6-8/185 So. 17.3 6.1 2.8 2nd career double-double vs. SJU; 15 pts, 11 rebs Fri., 22 at Georgia (SEC Network) ............................. 1 p.m. 0 Obi Enechionyia F 6-10/220 Sr. 12.6 6.0 1.4 Leads AAC in blocks with 16 total, 2.0 bpg Thurs., 28 *TULANE (ESPN2) .........................................7 p.m. 24 Ernest Aflakpui C 6-10/240 Jr. 4.5 2.6 0.4 Season-high 12 pts vs. SJU; .750 FG pct. overall Sat., 30 *at Houston (ESPNU) ............ 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT HEADLINES JANUARY » Temple will play the No. 1 team for the 20th time in program history on Wednesday, and has a 2-17 record in those Thurs., 4 *No. 25/NR CINCINNATI (ESPN/2) ..............7/9 p.m. Sun., 7 *at UCF (CBSSN) ............................................Noon contests. This will be the third year in a row for the Owls playing the Wildcats as a No. 1 team, and the fourth time Temple Wed., 10 *at SMU (CBSSN) .................. 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT will face a No. 1 team in the past three seasons (also North Carolina in the 2015-16 season opener). Sat., 13 *MEMPHIS (CBSSN) ......................................2 p.m. Wed., 17 *TULSA (ESPNews)........................................6 p.m. » Temple went 2-0 in its first two home games last week and stands at 6-2 overall. The Owls are 1-1 in Philadelphia Big 5 Sat., 20 #at Penn (NBC Sports Philadelphia) .............2 p.m. play, while Villanova is 3-0 in the Big 5 and has won 21 straight city series games heading into Wednesday. Wed., 24 *at No. 25/NR Cincinnati (CBSSN).................9 p.m. Sun., 28 *UCONN (ESPN2) ..........................................8 p.m. » The Owls played six games away from home before finally opening their home slate against Wisconsin on Dec. 6. Only six teams in Division I had the same or will have a later home opener later than Temple. FEBRUARY Thurs., 1 *No. 3/3 WICHITA STATE (ESPN2) .................7 p.m. » After the Owls' back-to-back wins last week over Wisconsin and Saint Joseph's, Temple is now 11th in the NCAA Sun., 4 *at Tulane (ESPNews) ........... 3 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. CT Division I RPI (of 351 teams). Villanova is a few spots ahead in 6th, with both being the top teams in their conferences. Wed., 7 *ECU (ESPNews) ...........................................7 p.m. Sat., 10 *at USF (ESPNU) ............................................Noon » Junior guard Shizz Alston, Jr. set a program record for consecutive free throws made with 52 in a row from Dec. 28, Thurs., 15 *at No. 3/3 Wichita St. (ESPN/2) 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT 2016 to Dec. 6, 2017. He leads the American Athletic Conference with a free-throw percentage of .962. Sun., 18 *HOUSTON (CBSSN) .....................................4 p.m. Sun., 25 *UCF (ESPN/U) .......................................... 2/4 p.m. » Alston and sophomore Quinton Rose lead Temple with 17.3 points per game, tying for sixth in the AAC. Either Rose or Wed., 28 *at UConn (CBSSN) .......................................7 p.m. Alston have led or tied for the team lead in scoring in all eight of Temple's games in 2017-18. MARCH » Temple won the team title at the 2017 Gildan Charleston Classic to start the season, going 3-0. It was the first Charles- Sun., 4 *at Tulsa (ESPN3) .................. 3 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. CT ton Classic win for the Owls in three appearances, and they now stand at 7-2 all-time in the tournament. Thurs., 8 **AAC First Round (TBD) ...................................TBD Fri., 9 **AAC Quarterfinal (TBD) ..................................TBD » This season marked the first in program history that Temple started the year with three straight wins away from home. Sat., 10 **AAC Semifinal (TBD) ......................................TBD » Senior forward Obi Enechionyia became the 52nd player in program history to reach 1,000 points with his 16-point Sun., 11 **AAC Championship (TBD) ..............................TBD effort at La Salle on Nov. 26. Enechionyia has now scored 1,053 career points. Home games in CAPS *American Athletic Conference contest » Senior guard Josh Brown and Enechionyia were named Temple's team captains for the 2017-18 season. **American Athletic Conference Tournament (Orlando, Fla.) » The Owls have defeated at least one Top 25 team for 10 straight seasons (2007-08 through 2016-17). #Philadelphia Big 5 contest; $Charleston Classic 32 NCAA TOURNAMENTS l 2 NIT CHAMPIONSHIPS l 2 FINAL FOURS l 7 ELITE EIGHTS l 14 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAM INFORMATION ROSTER ALL-TIME RECORD NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL • 121st season of basketball 0 Obi Enechionyia Sr. F 6-10 220 Springfield, a.V St. James (Md.) School • Years: 1885 to present 1 Josh Brown R-Sr. G 6-3 195 Newark, N.J. St. Anthony’s • Overall record: 1,892-1,054 2 Alani Moore II So. G 5-10 170 Washington, D.C. Friendship Collegiate Academy • American record: 38-34 3 Shizz Alston, Jr. Jr. G 6-4 180 Philadelphia, Pa. The Haverford School 4 J.P. Moorman II Fr. F 6-7 205 Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro Day School • NCAA Tournament record: 33-32 11 Trey Lowe R-So. G 6-7 165 Ewing, N.J.. Ewing 13 Quinton Rose So. G 6-8 185 Rochester, N.Y. Bishop Kearney THE LIACOURAS CENTER 15 Nate Pierre-Louis Fr. G 6-4 185 Plainfield, N.J. Roselle Catholic Opened ................................................................Dec. 9, 1997 21 Justyn Hamilton Fr. F 6-10 190 Charlotte, N.C . Independence Season .............................................................................. 21st 22 De’Vondre Perry Fr. F 6-6 220 Baltimore, Md. Polytechnic Institute Capacity ........................................................................10,206