Temple University Athletics

#22/22 Men's Basketball Falls at Saint Joseph's, 82-72
2.25.12 | Men's Basketball
Owls see 11-game win streak snapped in A10/Big 5 defeat
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PHILADELPHIA - #22/22 Temple saw its 11-game win streak overall and its 10-gamer against Saint Joseph's come to a crashing halt Saturday night at Hagan Arena as the host Hawks (19-11, 9-6 A10) toppled the Owls (22-6, 11-3), 72-62. Despite the loss, Temple still remains in first place in the Atlantic 10 as second-place Saint Louis (22-6, 10-4) lost at Rhode Island. Temple and St. Joe's share the Big 5 title with identical 3-1 records.
Langston Galloway led all scorers with 22 points while Carl Jones and Ronald Roberts added 18 points each for the Hawks.
Ramone Moore and Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson led a balanced Temple attack with 15 points each while Micheal Eric had a strong night with 14 points and a game-high 14 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season.
It was the first game between teams in SJU's on-campus arena since 2001, and the atmosphere was deafening from the opening tip. The Hawks used the energy from the crowd to run off 10 consecutive points midway through the first half to what would amount to be the largest lead, 32-18, with just under five minutes left in the opening stanza.
Roberts, who scored 12 of his points in the first 20 minutes, had seven in the run.
The Owls scored 12 of the last 17 points of the half to cut the deficit to 37-32 at the break.
After a Galloway three to start the second half, one of nine by SJU on the evening, Temple went on a 15-4 run to take a 47-44 lead with 14:37 remaining. Hollis-Jefferson and Eric each had four in the run as the Owls were able to push the ball inside against SJU.
The Hawks answered with a basket by Halil Kanacevic (14 pts, 12 rebs) and a trey by Jones. SJU then started to pull away with Jones, Chris Wilson and Galloway draining threes to give the Hawks a 62-56 advantage with 9:04 to play.
Moore drained two baskets with Hollis-Jefferson adding a free throw to cut the deficit to one. Then Roberts slammed another one home and Galloway added a trey, one of his four (six attempts) on the evening in a 7-0 run to make it 69-61 at the 6:13 mark.
After an Eric jumper, SJU ran off seven of the next nine points to extend the lead to 78-65 with 2:36 remaining. Temple was unable to cut the margin under double figures the remainder of the contest.
The Owls, who need one win in their next two games to clinch a share of the A10 regular season title, host UMass Wednesday (7:00 p.m./OwlAccess/1210 AM WPHT). It will be Senior Night with Temple honoring its senior players and managers in pregame festivities.