Temple University Athletics
Sunday, March 24
Dayton, Ohio
2:45 PM
Temple University
24-10
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Indiana
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Temple
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Photo by: Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University
Temple Falls To East Region Top Seed Indiana, 58-52, In NCAA Tournament Third Round
3.24.13 | Men's Basketball, Tournament Central
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DAYTON, OHIO – The #9-seeded Temple Owls were dealt a heartbreaking 58-52 loss to the East Region's top seed Indiana Hoosiers on Sunday at UD Arena in the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament.
Senior guard Khalif Wyatt shot 50 percent (12-of-24) for the game and put on a show in what turned out to be his senior farewell game, as he finished with a game-high 31 points. The Norristown, Pa. native was very efficient in the first 20 minutes, as he dropped 20 of Temple's 29 first half points.
Trailing Indiana by nine (20-11) early on, the Owls worked their way back and played with the lead for more than 20 minutes, stemming from the 2:35 mark of the first half through the last 1:51 of the game. Wyatt scored 13 straight points for the Owls to knot the game at 24 before sophomore Anthony Lee capped a 15-4 TU run when he threw down a dunk to give the Owls a 26-24 lead.
When the teams returned to the floor after the break, Wyatt wasted no time showing that his first half momentum was still with him, as he hit a jumper on TU's first possession of the second half to increase his team's lead to five (31-26).
After Indiana cut the advantage to a single point twice before the midway point of the second session, Wyatt hit back-to-back runners inside the paint to put the Owls up at six points, which was their largest lead with under 10 minutes to go.
IU's Jordan Hullis hit a three-point jumper to make it a one-point (41-40) game, which sent the pro-Indiana crowd into a raucous before Will Sheehey closed an 8-2 run for the Hoosiers when he drained another trey, which tied the game at 43.
IU leading scorer Cody Zeller and Sporting News National Player of the Year Victor Oladipo kept the Owls from getting too far ahead with the lead, as they combined for Indiana's first 11 points of the second half. Oladipo finished with a team-high 16 points, while Zeller came away with 15.
Refusing to go away, Wyatt quickly chucked up and netted a three-pointer of his own to keep the Owls ahead for a little longer. Temple would go back up by as many as four (52-48)after Wyatt swished a pair of free throws.
Looking as if David was going to conquer Goliath and the second #1 seed of the 2013 NCAA Tournament would fall on this day, it was only a matter of time until the nation's preseason favorites would put together a strong run.
A jumper by Hullis and a pair of made free throws by Cody Zeller tied the game at 52. Wyatt tried to complete his heroic act on the ensuing possession, but missed a three-pointer and was called for fouling Victor Oladipo, which sent IU to the line. Oladipo hit both attempts to give the Hoosiers the lead for first time since the first half. Indiana closed the game out on a 10-0 run.
With another 30-plus point performance, Wyatt finishes with seven in his career and joins former Temple greats Mark Macon and Hal Lear as the only players in Temple history to record multiple 30-plus point games in the NCAA Tournament.
The 6-4 guard ends his career ranked 13th all-time at Temple with 1,576 points. For the year, he finished with 697 points (20.5 ppg), putting him three short of becoming the seventh TU player to score 700 in a season. Of those 697, 204 came at the free throw line, which is the most makes at the charity stripe in Temple history in a single season and also ties Cliff Anderson (Saint Joseph's, 1966-67) for most made by a Philadelphia Division I player.
Senior Scootie Randall struggled from the field, as he went 0-for-12, but made up for it on the defensive side, as he hauled down a game-high nine rebounds while making a career-high two blocks to go along with two steals.
Coming off the bench and making an impact was sophomore Anthony Lee. The Owls' most-effective shooter on the season scored 10 points, going five-of-eight from the field.
In his final game for the Cherry & White, senior Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson shot four-for-eight on his way to an eight-point game and was a force under boards, as he came down with seven rebounds.
Sunday's loss also ended Temple careers for graduate students Jake O'Brien and T.J. DiLeo.
Temple finishes its 2012-13 campaign 24-10. The Owls will return eight of its 13 players for the 2013-14 season under what will be head coach Fran Dunphy's eighth season at the helm .
DAYTON, OHIO – The #9-seeded Temple Owls were dealt a heartbreaking 58-52 loss to the East Region's top seed Indiana Hoosiers on Sunday at UD Arena in the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament.
Senior guard Khalif Wyatt shot 50 percent (12-of-24) for the game and put on a show in what turned out to be his senior farewell game, as he finished with a game-high 31 points. The Norristown, Pa. native was very efficient in the first 20 minutes, as he dropped 20 of Temple's 29 first half points.
Trailing Indiana by nine (20-11) early on, the Owls worked their way back and played with the lead for more than 20 minutes, stemming from the 2:35 mark of the first half through the last 1:51 of the game. Wyatt scored 13 straight points for the Owls to knot the game at 24 before sophomore Anthony Lee capped a 15-4 TU run when he threw down a dunk to give the Owls a 26-24 lead.
When the teams returned to the floor after the break, Wyatt wasted no time showing that his first half momentum was still with him, as he hit a jumper on TU's first possession of the second half to increase his team's lead to five (31-26).
After Indiana cut the advantage to a single point twice before the midway point of the second session, Wyatt hit back-to-back runners inside the paint to put the Owls up at six points, which was their largest lead with under 10 minutes to go.
IU's Jordan Hullis hit a three-point jumper to make it a one-point (41-40) game, which sent the pro-Indiana crowd into a raucous before Will Sheehey closed an 8-2 run for the Hoosiers when he drained another trey, which tied the game at 43.
IU leading scorer Cody Zeller and Sporting News National Player of the Year Victor Oladipo kept the Owls from getting too far ahead with the lead, as they combined for Indiana's first 11 points of the second half. Oladipo finished with a team-high 16 points, while Zeller came away with 15.
Refusing to go away, Wyatt quickly chucked up and netted a three-pointer of his own to keep the Owls ahead for a little longer. Temple would go back up by as many as four (52-48)after Wyatt swished a pair of free throws.
Looking as if David was going to conquer Goliath and the second #1 seed of the 2013 NCAA Tournament would fall on this day, it was only a matter of time until the nation's preseason favorites would put together a strong run.
A jumper by Hullis and a pair of made free throws by Cody Zeller tied the game at 52. Wyatt tried to complete his heroic act on the ensuing possession, but missed a three-pointer and was called for fouling Victor Oladipo, which sent IU to the line. Oladipo hit both attempts to give the Hoosiers the lead for first time since the first half. Indiana closed the game out on a 10-0 run.
With another 30-plus point performance, Wyatt finishes with seven in his career and joins former Temple greats Mark Macon and Hal Lear as the only players in Temple history to record multiple 30-plus point games in the NCAA Tournament.
The 6-4 guard ends his career ranked 13th all-time at Temple with 1,576 points. For the year, he finished with 697 points (20.5 ppg), putting him three short of becoming the seventh TU player to score 700 in a season. Of those 697, 204 came at the free throw line, which is the most makes at the charity stripe in Temple history in a single season and also ties Cliff Anderson (Saint Joseph's, 1966-67) for most made by a Philadelphia Division I player.
Senior Scootie Randall struggled from the field, as he went 0-for-12, but made up for it on the defensive side, as he hauled down a game-high nine rebounds while making a career-high two blocks to go along with two steals.
Coming off the bench and making an impact was sophomore Anthony Lee. The Owls' most-effective shooter on the season scored 10 points, going five-of-eight from the field.
In his final game for the Cherry & White, senior Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson shot four-for-eight on his way to an eight-point game and was a force under boards, as he came down with seven rebounds.
Sunday's loss also ended Temple careers for graduate students Jake O'Brien and T.J. DiLeo.
Temple finishes its 2012-13 campaign 24-10. The Owls will return eight of its 13 players for the 2013-14 season under what will be head coach Fran Dunphy's eighth season at the helm .
Team Stats
TU
IND
FG%
.339
.422
3FG%
.125
.308
FT%
.875
.800
RB
35
32
TO
10
12
STL
5
0
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
31
FGM
12
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
3
FGM
0
3FGM
0
FTM
3
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