Temple University Athletics
Saturday, December 21
Brooklyn, NY
5:30 PM
Temple University
101
vs
65
LIU Brooklyn
Photo by: Mitchell Leff
Men's Basketball Cruises to 101-65 Win Over LIU Brooklyn
12.21.13 | Men's Basketball
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BROOKLYN – Dalton Pepper, Will Cummings and Quenton DeCosey all scored career highs as Temple topped the century mark for the first time in nearly seven years in a 101-65 rout of Long Island Saturday evening at the Barclays Center.
The win marks the 19th time Temple has scored 100 points in a game and the first since the Owls defeated St. Bonaventure, 109-70, on February 7, 2007.
Pepper, who led all scorers with 26 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the field (6-8 3pt range), also grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds for his first-ever double-double. Cummings tallied 15 of his 23 points in the second half, hitting 9-of-14 from the field (3-6 threes). DeCosey matched his career high with 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting (3-5 long range).
Brooklyn native Daniel Dingle, who made his second start of the season, was one shy of his career scoring mark with 12 points, all coming after intermission. He also added four assists and a career best three blocks.
Anthony Lee added 10 points to give the Cherry and White five double-figure scorers in a game for the third time this season.
After shooting 40.9 percent (9-22) over the first 12 minutes to lead by just six points (21-15), the Owls caught fire in making 27 of their final 40 shots (67.5%) over the rest of the contest. The Cherry and White were even hotter from behind the arc, making 70 percent (14-20) during that closing stretch after connecting on just one of seven early on.
Back-to-back treys by Pepper and Cummings followed by a Josh Brown jumper accounted for an 8-0 run which gave TU its first double-figure lead, 31-17.
After a Troy Joseph three cut the Owls' lead to 31-21, Temple closed the half on a 7-1 run to take a 38-22 advantage at the break.
It was a Dingle trey, his first points of the game, that gave Temple its first 20-point lead, 43-23, in the opening minute of the second half. The margin would reach 30 (75-45) with just under 10 minutes remaining and then balloon to 45, 98-53, on a DeCosey three-pointer with 4:22 remaining.
Head coach Fran Dunphy would play the final three minutes and change with a lineup of Jimmy McDonnell, Mark Williams, Nick Pendergast, Devontae Watson and Brown. The only suspense remaining was who would score the team's 100th point. That came on a Brown dunk with two minutes to play.
As well as Temple's offense performed, the Owls defense was equally impressive. TU held the Blackbirds (4-7) to 17 of 59 from the field (28.8%) and five of 26 from three-point range (19.2%).
E.J. Reed and Gerrell Martin led LIU Brooklyn with 13 points each while Reed added a game-high 12 rebounds.
The Owls, who evened their mark at 5-5 on the season, have 11 days off before travelling to Rutgers to open their inaugural season in the American Athletic Conference on New Year's day against the Scarlet Knights (8:00 pm/ESPNU/1210 AM WPHT).
BROOKLYN – Dalton Pepper, Will Cummings and Quenton DeCosey all scored career highs as Temple topped the century mark for the first time in nearly seven years in a 101-65 rout of Long Island Saturday evening at the Barclays Center.
The win marks the 19th time Temple has scored 100 points in a game and the first since the Owls defeated St. Bonaventure, 109-70, on February 7, 2007.
Pepper, who led all scorers with 26 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the field (6-8 3pt range), also grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds for his first-ever double-double. Cummings tallied 15 of his 23 points in the second half, hitting 9-of-14 from the field (3-6 threes). DeCosey matched his career high with 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting (3-5 long range).
Brooklyn native Daniel Dingle, who made his second start of the season, was one shy of his career scoring mark with 12 points, all coming after intermission. He also added four assists and a career best three blocks.
Anthony Lee added 10 points to give the Cherry and White five double-figure scorers in a game for the third time this season.
After shooting 40.9 percent (9-22) over the first 12 minutes to lead by just six points (21-15), the Owls caught fire in making 27 of their final 40 shots (67.5%) over the rest of the contest. The Cherry and White were even hotter from behind the arc, making 70 percent (14-20) during that closing stretch after connecting on just one of seven early on.
Back-to-back treys by Pepper and Cummings followed by a Josh Brown jumper accounted for an 8-0 run which gave TU its first double-figure lead, 31-17.
After a Troy Joseph three cut the Owls' lead to 31-21, Temple closed the half on a 7-1 run to take a 38-22 advantage at the break.
It was a Dingle trey, his first points of the game, that gave Temple its first 20-point lead, 43-23, in the opening minute of the second half. The margin would reach 30 (75-45) with just under 10 minutes remaining and then balloon to 45, 98-53, on a DeCosey three-pointer with 4:22 remaining.
Head coach Fran Dunphy would play the final three minutes and change with a lineup of Jimmy McDonnell, Mark Williams, Nick Pendergast, Devontae Watson and Brown. The only suspense remaining was who would score the team's 100th point. That came on a Brown dunk with two minutes to play.
As well as Temple's offense performed, the Owls defense was equally impressive. TU held the Blackbirds (4-7) to 17 of 59 from the field (28.8%) and five of 26 from three-point range (19.2%).
E.J. Reed and Gerrell Martin led LIU Brooklyn with 13 points each while Reed added a game-high 12 rebounds.
The Owls, who evened their mark at 5-5 on the season, have 11 days off before travelling to Rutgers to open their inaugural season in the American Athletic Conference on New Year's day against the Scarlet Knights (8:00 pm/ESPNU/1210 AM WPHT).
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