Temple University Athletics
Wednesday, March 12
Memphis, TN
9:30 PM
Temple University
vs
UCF (American Tournament First Round)
Men's Basketball Set to Face UCF in American Athletic Athletic Conference Championship First Round
3.10.14 | Men's Basketball
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Dunphy Interview | Pepper Interview | Cummings Interview
PHILADELPHIA - The eighth-seeded Temple men's basketball team will face ninth-seeded UCF in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championships hosted by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. The FedEx Forum in Memphis is the site of all the action, and the Owls will tip-off against the Knights at 9:30 p.m. (EST) on ESPN2 on Wednesday, March 12.
Temple (9-21) and UCF (12-17) finished with identical conference records of 4-14, but the Owls earned the tiebreaker by virtue of their win over third-seeded SMU. UCF and Temple had never faced each other prior to this season, but will now be meeting for the third time and for the second time in eight days after the Owls won 86-78 in overtime at home on March 4.
The Temple-UCF winner will move on to the quarterfinals to face top-seeded Cincinnati on Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. on ESPNU.
Headlines
• The Owls overcame an 18-point second-half deficit to win 66-65 at USF (3/8) thanks to a huge second half from Pepper and Will Cummings, as well as a buzzer-beating bucket from Quenton DeCosey.
• Temple is playing the 11th-toughest schedule in NCAA Division?I according to the ESPN RPI rankings.
• Temple is one of only six teams in Division I to have four players averaging 13 or more points per game.
• 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.
• On his Senior Night, Pepper led all scorers with 26 points in an 86-78 overtime win vs. UCF, and he then led Temple with 20 points at USF.
• Pepper tops the team in scoring (17.6 ppg, 3rd AAC), three-pointers (2.8 pg, 2nd AAC), and minutes played (37.4 mpg, 1st AAC).
• With 82 three-pointers made this season, Pepper is now tied for 10th all-time at Temple in a single season.
• Three players scored 20+ points for TU in two of the last five games (Memphis, UCF); a feat that had last occurred in 2008.
• Quenton DeCosey (15.0 ppg, 10th AAC) scored in double figures in the first 17 games of the season and has done so in 26 of 30 overall.
• Anthony Lee leads the AAC in rebounds (8.6 rpg) and has posted 11 double-doubles this season, most recently with 20 points and a game-high 10 rebounds in the win vs. UCF.
• Lee has broken into the Top 25 all-time at Temple in career rebounds, and currently stands in 22nd place with 614.
• Will Cummings is second on the team and fifth in the league with 16.5 ppg, and has scored in double figures in 26 of 28 games played.
• Cummings, who has scored in double figures in 15 straight games, scored all 14 of his points at USF in the Owls' second-half comeback.
Dunphy Interview | Pepper Interview | Cummings Interview
PHILADELPHIA - The eighth-seeded Temple men's basketball team will face ninth-seeded UCF in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championships hosted by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. The FedEx Forum in Memphis is the site of all the action, and the Owls will tip-off against the Knights at 9:30 p.m. (EST) on ESPN2 on Wednesday, March 12.
Temple (9-21) and UCF (12-17) finished with identical conference records of 4-14, but the Owls earned the tiebreaker by virtue of their win over third-seeded SMU. UCF and Temple had never faced each other prior to this season, but will now be meeting for the third time and for the second time in eight days after the Owls won 86-78 in overtime at home on March 4.
The Temple-UCF winner will move on to the quarterfinals to face top-seeded Cincinnati on Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. on ESPNU.
Headlines
• The Owls overcame an 18-point second-half deficit to win 66-65 at USF (3/8) thanks to a huge second half from Pepper and Will Cummings, as well as a buzzer-beating bucket from Quenton DeCosey.
• Temple is playing the 11th-toughest schedule in NCAA Division?I according to the ESPN RPI rankings.
• Temple is one of only six teams in Division I to have four players averaging 13 or more points per game.
• 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.
• On his Senior Night, Pepper led all scorers with 26 points in an 86-78 overtime win vs. UCF, and he then led Temple with 20 points at USF.
• Pepper tops the team in scoring (17.6 ppg, 3rd AAC), three-pointers (2.8 pg, 2nd AAC), and minutes played (37.4 mpg, 1st AAC).
• With 82 three-pointers made this season, Pepper is now tied for 10th all-time at Temple in a single season.
• Three players scored 20+ points for TU in two of the last five games (Memphis, UCF); a feat that had last occurred in 2008.
• Quenton DeCosey (15.0 ppg, 10th AAC) scored in double figures in the first 17 games of the season and has done so in 26 of 30 overall.
• Anthony Lee leads the AAC in rebounds (8.6 rpg) and has posted 11 double-doubles this season, most recently with 20 points and a game-high 10 rebounds in the win vs. UCF.
• Lee has broken into the Top 25 all-time at Temple in career rebounds, and currently stands in 22nd place with 614.
• Will Cummings is second on the team and fifth in the league with 16.5 ppg, and has scored in double figures in 26 of 28 games played.
• Cummings, who has scored in double figures in 15 straight games, scored all 14 of his points at USF in the Owls' second-half comeback.
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