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Home Opener for Men's Basketball Set for Monday Night Against Kent State
11.10.13 | Men's Basketball
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PHILADAELPHIA - Looking to extend its streak of home-opening wins to five, Temple men's basketball will take on Kent State Monday, Nov. 11 at 7:00 p.m. as part of the ESPN Tip-Off Marathon. The game between the Owls (1-0) and the Golden Flashes (1-0) will be live on ESPNU for the first of what will be at least 28 nationally-televised contests for Temple this season.
Temple Athletics is partnering with the Temple University Alumni Association and their Global Day of Service at the home opener, and fans are encouraged to bring canned food items to the Liacouras Center Box Office. Items will be donated to Philabundance. Fans who bring canned food items will receive $5 off tickets (lower level baseline and upper level) for the game.
There will be a special guest in attendance at the home opener, with Stella the Owl set to make an appearance. Stella, a 3 1/2 year old great horned Owl, is Temple's new live mascot who lives at the Elmwood Park Zoo.
Headlines:
• The Owls, Philadelphia's Winningest College Basketball team, won their season opener at Penn Saturday, 78-73, behind career scoring highs by Dalton Pepper (19) and Will Cummings (18).
• Anthony Lee posted his sixth career double-double (12 pts, 12 rebs) while Quenton DeCosey (12 pts) also scored in double figures in the contest.
• The Owls had 20 offensive rebounds at Penn, their most since pulling down 20 vs. Cornell on March 19, 2010.
• Temple is 11-5 in home openers in the Liacouras Center.
• Temple has won 10 or more games in six straight seasons at the Liacouras Center and has won 45 of its last 49 games (.918) in the building.
• Kent State opened its season with an 84-48 win over Ohio Northern on Nov. 8.
• Derek Jackson scored 18 points in his Kent State debut while 12 of the 13 players in uniform reached the scoring column for the Flashes against the D-III foe.
• This is the second straight year that the teams have faced off against each other in the ESPN Marathon.
• The Owls have won their last two meetings against Kent State, including an 80-66 road victory last season.
• Temple is 16-6 against the MAC since 2006-07, the start of a now completed scheduling agreement with the Owls' former football conference.
• Kent State is the only home game for the Owls in the month of November. Temple's next game in the Liacouras Center is Dec. 4 vs. Saint Joseph's.
Home Openers:
• Temple is 11-5 in home openers in the Liacouras Center.
• The Owls have won four straight home openers in the building with the last loss coming at the hands of Miami of Ohio, 68-52, on Dec. 3, 2008.
Pepper Power:
Temple's lone senior, Dalton Pepper, made the most of his first start as an Owl. The 6-5 guard,  out of Pennsbury High, set new career highs in points (19) and rebounds (9) in the team's season-opening win at Penn on Saturday. The Levittown, Pa., native, who played his first two seasons at West Virginia, had scored in double figures three times last season while coming off the bench in 29 games. A prep phenom, he still holds the Pennsbury High career scoring mark with 2,207 points while also pulling down 962 rebounds.
Junior Jousts:
Temple's two returning starters, juniors Will Cummings and Anthony Lee, each had strong outings in the season-opening win at Penn. Cummings set a new career scoring high with 18 points while leading the Owls with four assists. Lee posted his sixth career double-double, 12 points and 12 rebounds. He also blocked three shots in the contest.
