Temple University Athletics
Men's Basketball Visits Dukes As A-10 Slate Continues
1.31.01 | Men's Basketball
Check out a preview of the upcoming Temple vs. Duquesne game. To read this document, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader ... download it PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 31) - Nearing the midpoint of the 16-game Atlantic 10 Conference schedule, Coach John Chaney's Temple University basketball team travels to Pittsburgh for an important encounter with Duquesne on Feb. 1. The game is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff at the 6,200-seat A.J. Palumbo Center and will be covered live by the Temple Sports Radio Network (WZZD AM-990 and WRTI FM-90.1 in Philadelphia). In addition to keeping in touch with the Atlantic 10 Conference leaders, Temple (11-10, 5-2) is in a position where every game is crucial if the Owls are to extend an 11-year string of NCAA Tournament appearances. Temple comes off a 65-64 home loss in overtime to Massachusetts last Saturday, the team's third loss in its past four games. In a very un-Temple-like performance, the Owls missed 10 foul shots, were out-rebounded 36-31 and managed just 43 field goal attempts to UMass's 58. Under second-year Head Coach Darrelle Porter, Duquesne (7-13, 1-6) has lost seven of its last eight. Currently, the Dukes are struggling through a four-game streak of Atlantic 10 Conference losses, including an 81-48 pasting by visiting Xavier in their latest outing last Saturday.
