Temple University Athletics
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Men's Basketball Hosts Rutgers Wednesday Night on ESPNU
1.28.14 | Men's Basketball
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PHILADELPHIA - Looking to avenge a close loss on New Years Day, Temple men's basketball will host Rutgers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29 on ESPNU. Last time the Owls (5-13, 0-7) faced the Scarlet Knights (8-12, 2-5), they let a lead slip away in the final minute of the contest.
Recyclemania
Wednesday is the start of Recyclemania, an intercollegiate competition to promote waste reduction activities to campus communities. As a kick off to the program, Temple Athletics will host its first ever Zero Waste Game against Rutgers.
All vendor materials sold within the Liacouras Center will be 100 percent compostable or recyclable. Zero Waste Stations will be set up throughout the concourse, and volunteers will be on hand to assist fans with the waste sorting process. The first 500 students in attendance will receive a free shirt, courtesy of the Computer Recycling Center.Â
Headlines
• Temple is currently the only team in Division I to have four players averaging 14 or more points per game.
• Dalton Pepper tops the team in scoring (17.9 ppg, 3rd AAC), three-pointers (3.0 pg, 1st AAC) and 3-pt percentage (.446, 6th).
• Pepper scored a career-high 33 points vs. #15/16 Cincinnati, hitting eight treys and scoring 27 points in a huge second-half run for the Owls.
• Anthony Lee (14.1 ppg) leads the conference in rebounding (9.1 rpg), and has eight double-doubles on the season.
• Quenton DeCosey (15.7 ppg, 8th AAC) scored in double figures in the first 18 games of the season before finishing with eight vs. Cincinnati.
• Will Cummings is second on the team and sixth in the league with 16.3 ppg, and has scored in double figures in 14 of 16 games played.
• During the Owls' current eight-game losing streak - the program's longest since the 1975-76 season -Temple has had three starting players injured with a total of 11 games missed.
• The Owls' top four scorers, who have accounted for 83 percent of the team's points, produced just 26 percent of last year's total points.
• Temple and Rutgers are meeting for the 52nd time, and for the second time this season after the Owls lost a 71-66 decision on New Year's Day.
• Prior to this season, the Owls won the most recent meeting, 77-54 at home on Nov. 29, 2006, giving then first-year head coach Fran Dunphy his first win at Temple.
• Rutgers comes into the game having lost three straight and five of its last six contests.
• Myles Mack, one of two Scarlet Knights to start every game, leads RU with a 16.0 scoring average.
• The teams competed for 13 years (1982-95) as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
