OWLS CONTINUE "CAROLINAS CARAVAN" ON MONDAY EVENING VERSUS THE GAMECOCKS

Temple (0-2), under the direction of 21st-year head coach John Chaney, seeks its first win of the season when it travels to the Palmetto State to take on Southeastern Conference member South Carolina (3-0), under the leadership of second-year head coach Dave Odom, at the brand-new Carolina Center in Columbia, S.C. Monday's game is the second of a three-game road swing in four days for the Owls featuring Wake Forest, the Gamecocks and Charlotte. Temple starts the season with six consecutive away games, a school record for regular season games played on the road.

For the first time on North Broad Street, Chaney has three true freshmen in the starting lineup in forward Antwayne Robinson, guard Maurice Collins and center Keith Butler. Only once before under Chaney has Temple started three first-year players, which happened during the 1996-97 season when freshmen Pepe Sanchez and Lamont Barnes started along side first-year sophomore Rasheed Brokenborough to help lead TU to a 20-11 record and an NCAA Tournament berth.

The Owls are coming off a 83-76 loss to Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons out-rebounded the Owls 51-36 and had three players register double-doubles. David Hawkins scored a game high 20 points to pace Temple and Alex Wesby contributed a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds.

South Carolina is a perfect 3-0 after three straight home victories, including a 71-56 win over Appalachian State last Saturday night. Senior guard Chuck Eidson has led the Gamecocks in scoring in all of their games and boasts a 20.0 ppg. scoring average.

Temple's 0-2 start is its second in as many years. The worst start under Chaney was a 0-3 mark at the beginning of the 1988-89 campaign.

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OWLS CONTINUE "CAROLINAS CARAVAN" ON MONDAY EVENING VERSUS THE GAMECOCKS

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