Temple Travels to Massachusetts Looking For 10th Straight Win

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Jan. 16, 2007

AMHERST- Temple (13-4), tied for first place in the A-10 with a 3-0 record, travels to Massachusetts (10-8, 0-3 A-10) on Thursday looking for its 10th straight win. This is the 44th meeting between the Temple Owls and the Massachusetts Minutewomen. Temple leads the series, 25-18, and have won the last five meetings. The teams last met on January 29, 2006, when Temple defeated UMass, 85-50, at the Liacouras Center. Tip off is set for 7 p.m.

Kamesha Hairston scored 18 points and Lady Comfort added 16 more as Temple cruised to its ninth straight win, a 62-34 victory over Fordham on Sunday afternoon. Hairston played just 23 minutes, totaling 16 first-half points. Temple finished the half with an 11-4 run to take a 41-14 lead into the break. Comfort chipped in with 14 first half points. The Rams were held to just six field goals and committed 13 turnovers. Hairston finished with a team-high eight rebounds, while Comfort had seven. Shenita Landry posted a game-high four steals, while Comfort had three.  LaKeisha Eaddy dished five assists in just 19 minutes.

Hairston leads Temple in scoring and rebounding, averaging 21.3 ppg and 9.5 rpg. Comfort is second with 12.8 ppg and 6.3 rpg. Fatima Maddox is third, averaging 11.6 ppg. Eaddy continues to put up great numbers, with the guard fourth in scoring (7.5 ppg) and first in assists (67).

No. 12/14 George Washington shot 52 percent in the second half and used a 21-7 run to pull away for a 61-48 win over Massachusetts Sunday afternoon. Kate Mills led the Minutewomen with 17 points and five rebounds, while Tamara Tatham had 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists. UMass shot just 35 percent from the floor and committed 20 turnovers. The Minutewomen struggled from the perimeter, going just 2-for-16 from three-point range.

Mills leads three UMass players in double figures, averaging 15.5 ppg, while Tatham is tops in rebounding (9.2 rpg) and assists (62) and second in scoring (12.9 ppg). Pam Rosanio is third with 11.1 ppg.

The Hairston and Comfort Show
Kamesha Hairston and Lady Comfort have accounted for 50% of Temple's total points over the last three games. Against Saint Joseph's (1/19), the two had 34 of the Owls' 62 points; at St. Bonaventure (1/12) they scored 20 and 12 points, respectively, for 32 of the total 73 points and at Fordham (1/14) they had 31 of the 59 total points.

World Domination
The Owls have clearly made their mark in Atlantic 10 history by winning four of the last five Conference championships, including three in a row. Last season, the Cherry and White had its 24-Conference game winning streak snapped but Temple's A-10 domination is by no means over. TU has won 40 of its last 44 A-10 games.

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