Temple Hopes to Stay Perfect in A-10 With Sunday Game at Fordham

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Jan. 13, 2007

Bronx, N.Y.-Temple travels to Fordham on Sunday looking to stay a perfect 3-0 in A-10 play and its ninth straight win. Tip off is set for 1 p.m. in the historic Rose Hill Gym. This is the 22nd meeting between the Temple Owls and the Fordham Rams. Temple leads the series, 17-4, and have won the last 11 meetings. The teams last met on January 15, 2006, when Temple defeated SBU, 74-65, at the Liacouras Center.

Kamesha Hairston scored 20 points and Fatima Maddox added 16 more as Temple cruised to its eighth straight win, a 73-55 victory over Saint Bonaventure on Friday afternoon. Lady Comfort was also in double figures with 12 points. Hairston was tops in rebounding, grabbing seven boards and dishing a team-high four assists. After the Bonnies raced out to a 7-0 lead to begin the game, the Owls responded to take a 33-30 lead at the half and eventually extend their lead to the final 18 point advantage.

Hairston leads Temple in scoring and rebounding, averaging 21.5 ppg and 9.6 rpg. Comfort is second with 12.5 ppg and 6.2 rpg. Maddox is third, averaging 12.0 ppg. LaKeisha Eaddy continues to put up great numbers, with the guard fourth in scoring (7.8 ppg) and first in assists (62).

Fordham got the better of #14 George Washington in the second half, but could not make up a 36-point halftime deficit, as the Colonials defeated the Rams, 77-51. The Colonials held Fordham to just three baskets in the first half, taking a 46-10 lead into halftime. Lisa Carrol scored a game-high 22 points to go with four rebounds, while LaToya Chalmers recorded her second double-double of the season with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. Daniela Roark also added nine points for the Rams.

Carrol is the only Ram averaging in double figures, scoring 18.3 ppg. She is also tops in assists with 36. Chalmers is Fordham's leading rebounder (5.8 rpg).

This is not the first time that Head Coaches Dawn Staley and Cathy Andruzzi and Owl Assistant Coach Lisa Boyer have all met. The three worked together with the American Basketball League's Philadelphia Rage. Staley was a player, Boyer was the coach and Andruzzi was the general manager.

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Temple Hopes to Stay Perfect in A-10 With Sunday Game at Fordham

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