Temple Wraps Up Four-Game Road Trip With Saturday Match-Up at NC State

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Nov. 30, 2006

RALEIGH, N.C.-Temple (3-2) will look to close out its four-game road trip with a win when it travels to NC State (5-2) on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Owls hope to improve their record to 2-1 against ACC teams this season.  After topping Georgia Tech, 76-62, on November 20, the Owls loss to the Cavaliers on Wednesday night evened the record at 1-1.

Despite a  30-point performance by senior captain Kamesha Hairston, including 22 in the first half, Temple could not hold off a second-half charge by the Virginia Cavaliers and fell, 71-65, Wednesday night. The loss spoiled the return of head coach Dawn Staley, who was a three-time All-American and two-time National Player of the Year ('91, '92) at Virginia. Hairston finished with a double-double, adding 12 rebounds and four steals. Shenita Landry added a career-high 14 points, thanks to an eight-of-12 performance at the charity stripe, while Fatima Maddox chipped in with 11. LaKeisha Eaddy dished five assists on the evening.

Hairston leads Temple in scoring and rebounding, averaging 21.6 ppg and 7.8 rpg. Maddox is second with 14.4 ppg. Landry is second is rebounds (6.2 rpg) and fourth in scoring (7.4 rpg). Eaddy has dished a team-leading 18 assists thus far this season..

Nikitta Gartrell scored 13 points and Keisha Brown added 11 points to lead NC State to a 53-41 victory over South Carolina in a tough-shooting night for both teams at Reynolds Coliseum Wednesday night. NC State (5-2) shot 52.1 percent from the floor in the second half to pull away after both teams went into halftime tied 18-18. Khadijah Whittington entered the game leading the ACC with 11.7 rebounds per game. She wound up hauling in a season-high 16 caroms for her fifth double-digit total of the year.

Whittington leads the Wolfpack in points (10.6 ppg), rebounds (12.3 rpg) and steals (16). Shayla Fields is tied for the team lead with 10.6 ppg.

30 is the New 20
Kamesha Hairston netted 30 points, including a game-high 22 in the first half, in Nov. 29's game at Virginia. This is Hairston's second career 30 point game. In her sophomore season, the forward netted 31 points to lead Temple to victory over Xavier (1/30/05).

What Sophomore Slump?
In just five games, Shenita Landry has scored 37 points, which is exactly half of how many points she scored in 32 games during her freshman season.

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