Temple University Athletics
Temple to Face NC State in NCAA Second Round in Dayton Friday At 1:40 PM on TBS
3.17.13 | Men's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA – Temple, seeded ninth in the East Region, will face eight-seeded North Carolina State in the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio, on Friday, March 22. The game will tip-off at 1:40 pm and be televised live by TBS. It will also be broadcast by 1210 AM WPHT.
The Owls, who are one of eight teams (Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Louisville, Marquette, Michigan State and Wisconsin) making their sixth straight appearance in the field, are making their 31st NCAA Tournament appearance.
The Cherry and White (23-9) are under the direction of seventh-year head coach Fran Dunphy, who is making his 15th NCAA Tournament trip (6 at Temple). The Owls, led by senior and A-10 Player of the Year Khalif Wyatt, enter the tournament winners of 10 out of their last 12 contests.
Wyatt, the A-10 Player of the Year, leads the A-10 in scoring with a 19.8 average while ranking seventh in the conference in assists (4.1 apg.). Wyatt also ranks ninth in the A-10 in steals (1.6 spg) and seventh in free-throw percentage (.832).
Wyatt is one of five players in their final season of eligibility on a veteran Owl team. Seniors Scootie Randall (11.8 ppg., 6.1 rpg.) and Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson (8.9ppg., 6.2 rpg., 3.5 apg., 1.8 spg.) are staples in the Cherry and White starting five while graduate students Jake O'Brien (9.3 ppg., .429 three-point percentage) and T.J. DiLeo (3.0 ppg., 1.9 rpg.) are the top reserves.
Sophomores Anthony Lee (10.0 ppg., 7.0 rpg.) and Will Cummings (6.1 ppg., 1.4 spg.) fill out the starting rotation.
The NC State Wolfpack (24-10) are coming off an 81-71 loss to #9 Miami in the ACC Tournament semifinals. Second-year head coach Mark Gotfried is the first coach in NC State history, and only the third coach in ACC history, to take each of his first two squads to the NCAA Tournament. The Wolfpack, who were 11-7 in the conference to tie for fourth, is led by junior forward C.J. Leslie with 14.9 ppg. Four other players average more than 12 points per game in an extremely balanced offense, including ACC First Team All-Conference selection senior Richard Howell at 12.7 ppg as well as a team-best 10.7 rebounds per game.
NC State holds a 6-1 edge in the all-time series with Temple. The Owls won the last time the teams went toe-to-toe back on Feb. 15, 2003 when they defeated the Wolfpack, 76-54 at The Liacouras Center.
In the other second-round match-up in Temple's bracket in Dayton on Friday, top-seeded Indiana will face the winner of the play-in matchup between LIU-Brooklyn and James Madison, which will decide who takes on the Hoosiers as the 16th seed.
The Owls, who are one of eight teams (Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Louisville, Marquette, Michigan State and Wisconsin) making their sixth straight appearance in the field, are making their 31st NCAA Tournament appearance.
The Cherry and White (23-9) are under the direction of seventh-year head coach Fran Dunphy, who is making his 15th NCAA Tournament trip (6 at Temple). The Owls, led by senior and A-10 Player of the Year Khalif Wyatt, enter the tournament winners of 10 out of their last 12 contests.
Wyatt, the A-10 Player of the Year, leads the A-10 in scoring with a 19.8 average while ranking seventh in the conference in assists (4.1 apg.). Wyatt also ranks ninth in the A-10 in steals (1.6 spg) and seventh in free-throw percentage (.832).
Wyatt is one of five players in their final season of eligibility on a veteran Owl team. Seniors Scootie Randall (11.8 ppg., 6.1 rpg.) and Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson (8.9ppg., 6.2 rpg., 3.5 apg., 1.8 spg.) are staples in the Cherry and White starting five while graduate students Jake O'Brien (9.3 ppg., .429 three-point percentage) and T.J. DiLeo (3.0 ppg., 1.9 rpg.) are the top reserves.
Sophomores Anthony Lee (10.0 ppg., 7.0 rpg.) and Will Cummings (6.1 ppg., 1.4 spg.) fill out the starting rotation.
The NC State Wolfpack (24-10) are coming off an 81-71 loss to #9 Miami in the ACC Tournament semifinals. Second-year head coach Mark Gotfried is the first coach in NC State history, and only the third coach in ACC history, to take each of his first two squads to the NCAA Tournament. The Wolfpack, who were 11-7 in the conference to tie for fourth, is led by junior forward C.J. Leslie with 14.9 ppg. Four other players average more than 12 points per game in an extremely balanced offense, including ACC First Team All-Conference selection senior Richard Howell at 12.7 ppg as well as a team-best 10.7 rebounds per game.
NC State holds a 6-1 edge in the all-time series with Temple. The Owls won the last time the teams went toe-to-toe back on Feb. 15, 2003 when they defeated the Wolfpack, 76-54 at The Liacouras Center.
In the other second-round match-up in Temple's bracket in Dayton on Friday, top-seeded Indiana will face the winner of the play-in matchup between LIU-Brooklyn and James Madison, which will decide who takes on the Hoosiers as the 16th seed.
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