Temple University Athletics
Sunday, February 14
Liacouras Center
3:00 p.m.
Temple University
vs
USF
Photo by: Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University
Men's Basketball Goes for Fifth Straight Win Against USF on Sunday
2.12.16 | Men's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA - Coming off a thrilling, come-from-behind victory over UConn on Thursday, Temple men's basketball will go for its fifth straight win when the Owls host USF on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. (CBS Sports Network / 1210 AM WPHT). The first 2,000 fans will receive commemorative posters celebrating the 1991 Elite Eight team, being honored at the game.Â
Sunday's Valentine's Day contest is the second in a three-game homestand for the Owls, and is also Dollar Dog Day. On Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Owls will host #1/1 Villanova in a Big 5 game that is already sold-out to the general public.
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• Temple has won seven of its last eight contests including a season-best streak of four in a row. Most recently, the Owls came back from 12 points down with less than six minutes left for a 63-58 win vs. UConn on Feb. 11.
• The Owls completed a regular season sweep of the Huskies thanks to 23 points from senior Quenton DeCosey, and the second-half heroics of junior Daniel Dingle who scored four 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 15 points.
• During Sunday's game, Temple will show Valentine's Day love to its 1991 Elite Eight team, honoring the players, coaches and managers on the 25th Anniversary year of this special team.
• When Temple edged UCF on the road on Feb. 6, 62-60, the Owls gave 10th-year head coach Fran Dunphy his 517th career victory to make him the all-time winningest coach in Philadelphia Big 5 history.
• Dunphy surpassed former Owl coach John Chaney (516 wins) for the honor. Dunphy's 208 wins at Temple rank third all-time behind Chaney and Harry Litwack.
• Junior Mark Williams was the x-factor for the Owls in their win at UCF, coming off the bench for a team and season-high 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field including a pair of three-pointers.
• Two of the Owls' other recent wins include an 89-80 upset of #8 and previously undefeated SMU on Jan. 24, and an 83-79 overtime thriller against Tulsa on Feb. 4.
• DeCosey is Temple's leading scorer this season with 16.8 points per game, ranking second in the American Athletic Conference, and has scored in double figures in 21 of 23 contests including the last 11 straight. He has scored 1,374 points to rank 30th all-time in program history. When he scores at least 20 points, the Owls are 8-1 this season.
• DeCosey led Temple with 21 points in the Tulsa win, all scored in the second half and overtime. He had the assist on a three-pointer by senior Devin Coleman with two seconds left in regulation that forced OT.
• Senior Jaylen Bond, the Owls' leading rebounder at 8.1 rpg (seventh in the league), notched his sixth double-double of the season in the Tulsa win on Feb. 4 with 13 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
• With the SMU win on Jan. 24, Temple has now taken down a Top 10 team in seven of the last eight seasons.
• Coleman went a perfect 8-of-8 from the field including 7-of-7 from long range against SMU. He scored a career and game-high 23 points, and was named The American's Player of the Week.
• With 7.8 made three-pointers per game, Temple leads all teams in the American Athletic Conference.
• As a team, the Owls rank second in the nation in fewest turnovers per game at 9.3. They have recorded single digit turnovers in 13 of 23 games, tallying as few as five (vs. Delaware on Nov. 29 and at USF on Jan. 31).
• The Owls have three regular-season wins over Top 25 teams, the most since 1999-00. This season also marks the first since 1998 that the Owls have beaten two Top 25 opponents on the road. Temple has beaten at least one ranked opponent for nine straight seasons.
• USF is 5-20 overall and coming off three straight losses, the first of which was to Temple on Jan. 31.
• Freshman guard Jahmal McMurray leads USF with 15.1 ppg and 53-of-158 three-pointers (.335). Senior center Jaleel Cousins averages 8.2 rebounds per game to lead the Bulls, while his 45 blocks rank fourth in The American.
Temple vs. USF
• Temple and USF are meeting for the seventh time, with the Owls leading 4-2 in the all-time series.
• The Owls have won four in a row including a 70-63 win on January 31 at USF. Temple senior Quenton DeCosey scored a career-high 30 points in the victory for the Owls.
• Temple won both meetings last season. The Owls won 73-48 on Jan. 22 at home, and later won 61-48 at USF on Feb. 4.
• The teams split meetings in 2013-14, with each winning on the other's home court. On Jan. 9, USF used a late run to beat the Owls 82-75 in Philadelphia. Two months later on March 8, Temple edged the Bulls 66-65 in Tampa after a thrilling comeback over the last eight and a half minutes.
• The first meeting in the series was three years ago in the NCAA Second Round at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The Bulls won by a score of 58-44 after trailing Temple 19-15 at halftime.
• The NCAA win was an upset for the Bulls, who were seeded 12th against the fifth-seeded Owls.
Temple to Honor 1991 Elite Eight Team
On Valentine's Day, Temple will celebrate by bestowing love on its 1991 men's basketball Elite Eight team. At the Owls' Feb. 14th game against USF, Temple will honor the players, coaches and managers on the 25th Anniversary year of this special team.
Hall of Fame coach John Chaney's 1990-91 Owls, led by the program's all-time leading scorer in senior guard Mark Macon (2,609 points) entered the NCAA Tournament as the 10th-seed in the East Region. They opened the tournament, held at College Park, Md., by knocking off 7th-seed Purdue, 80-63, with Mik Kilgore scoring a game-high 25 points. Â Macon led the way in the second round with 20 points while Kilgore added 18 in a 77-64 decision over #15-seed Richmond, who had upset #2-seed Syracuse in its first round game.
Macon treated the crowd at the Meadowlands to a show in a 72-63 overtime win against #3-seed Oklahoma State, scoring 26 points to lift the Owls to their second of five Elite Eight appearances under Chaney. Mark Strickland rejected eight Cowboy shots to tie former Owl Tim Perry for third on the NCAA Tournament single-game blocked shots list.
Despite one of the best performances in Macon's brilliant career, a 31-point, 9-rebound effort, Temple fell to #1-seed North Carolina, 75-72. Â It was the closest the Owls would come to the Final Four under their legendary coach.
Macon, who led the team with a 22.0 scoring average, was named the Most Outstanding Performer of the East Region for his efforts while Kilgore (14.6 ppg) earned a spot on the all-Region team. Â Donald Hodge (11.6 ppg) and Vic Carstarphen (10. 4 ppg) also averaged double figures while Strickland (7.7 ppg) rounded out the starting five.
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Sunday's Valentine's Day contest is the second in a three-game homestand for the Owls, and is also Dollar Dog Day. On Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Owls will host #1/1 Villanova in a Big 5 game that is already sold-out to the general public.
HeadlinesÂ
• Temple has won seven of its last eight contests including a season-best streak of four in a row. Most recently, the Owls came back from 12 points down with less than six minutes left for a 63-58 win vs. UConn on Feb. 11.
• The Owls completed a regular season sweep of the Huskies thanks to 23 points from senior Quenton DeCosey, and the second-half heroics of junior Daniel Dingle who scored four 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 15 points.
• During Sunday's game, Temple will show Valentine's Day love to its 1991 Elite Eight team, honoring the players, coaches and managers on the 25th Anniversary year of this special team.
• When Temple edged UCF on the road on Feb. 6, 62-60, the Owls gave 10th-year head coach Fran Dunphy his 517th career victory to make him the all-time winningest coach in Philadelphia Big 5 history.
• Dunphy surpassed former Owl coach John Chaney (516 wins) for the honor. Dunphy's 208 wins at Temple rank third all-time behind Chaney and Harry Litwack.
• Junior Mark Williams was the x-factor for the Owls in their win at UCF, coming off the bench for a team and season-high 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field including a pair of three-pointers.
• Two of the Owls' other recent wins include an 89-80 upset of #8 and previously undefeated SMU on Jan. 24, and an 83-79 overtime thriller against Tulsa on Feb. 4.
• DeCosey is Temple's leading scorer this season with 16.8 points per game, ranking second in the American Athletic Conference, and has scored in double figures in 21 of 23 contests including the last 11 straight. He has scored 1,374 points to rank 30th all-time in program history. When he scores at least 20 points, the Owls are 8-1 this season.
• DeCosey led Temple with 21 points in the Tulsa win, all scored in the second half and overtime. He had the assist on a three-pointer by senior Devin Coleman with two seconds left in regulation that forced OT.
• Senior Jaylen Bond, the Owls' leading rebounder at 8.1 rpg (seventh in the league), notched his sixth double-double of the season in the Tulsa win on Feb. 4 with 13 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
• With the SMU win on Jan. 24, Temple has now taken down a Top 10 team in seven of the last eight seasons.
• Coleman went a perfect 8-of-8 from the field including 7-of-7 from long range against SMU. He scored a career and game-high 23 points, and was named The American's Player of the Week.
• With 7.8 made three-pointers per game, Temple leads all teams in the American Athletic Conference.
• As a team, the Owls rank second in the nation in fewest turnovers per game at 9.3. They have recorded single digit turnovers in 13 of 23 games, tallying as few as five (vs. Delaware on Nov. 29 and at USF on Jan. 31).
• The Owls have three regular-season wins over Top 25 teams, the most since 1999-00. This season also marks the first since 1998 that the Owls have beaten two Top 25 opponents on the road. Temple has beaten at least one ranked opponent for nine straight seasons.
• USF is 5-20 overall and coming off three straight losses, the first of which was to Temple on Jan. 31.
• Freshman guard Jahmal McMurray leads USF with 15.1 ppg and 53-of-158 three-pointers (.335). Senior center Jaleel Cousins averages 8.2 rebounds per game to lead the Bulls, while his 45 blocks rank fourth in The American.
Temple vs. USF
• Temple and USF are meeting for the seventh time, with the Owls leading 4-2 in the all-time series.
• The Owls have won four in a row including a 70-63 win on January 31 at USF. Temple senior Quenton DeCosey scored a career-high 30 points in the victory for the Owls.
• Temple won both meetings last season. The Owls won 73-48 on Jan. 22 at home, and later won 61-48 at USF on Feb. 4.
• The teams split meetings in 2013-14, with each winning on the other's home court. On Jan. 9, USF used a late run to beat the Owls 82-75 in Philadelphia. Two months later on March 8, Temple edged the Bulls 66-65 in Tampa after a thrilling comeback over the last eight and a half minutes.
• The first meeting in the series was three years ago in the NCAA Second Round at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The Bulls won by a score of 58-44 after trailing Temple 19-15 at halftime.
• The NCAA win was an upset for the Bulls, who were seeded 12th against the fifth-seeded Owls.
Temple to Honor 1991 Elite Eight Team
On Valentine's Day, Temple will celebrate by bestowing love on its 1991 men's basketball Elite Eight team. At the Owls' Feb. 14th game against USF, Temple will honor the players, coaches and managers on the 25th Anniversary year of this special team.
Hall of Fame coach John Chaney's 1990-91 Owls, led by the program's all-time leading scorer in senior guard Mark Macon (2,609 points) entered the NCAA Tournament as the 10th-seed in the East Region. They opened the tournament, held at College Park, Md., by knocking off 7th-seed Purdue, 80-63, with Mik Kilgore scoring a game-high 25 points. Â Macon led the way in the second round with 20 points while Kilgore added 18 in a 77-64 decision over #15-seed Richmond, who had upset #2-seed Syracuse in its first round game.
Macon treated the crowd at the Meadowlands to a show in a 72-63 overtime win against #3-seed Oklahoma State, scoring 26 points to lift the Owls to their second of five Elite Eight appearances under Chaney. Mark Strickland rejected eight Cowboy shots to tie former Owl Tim Perry for third on the NCAA Tournament single-game blocked shots list.
Despite one of the best performances in Macon's brilliant career, a 31-point, 9-rebound effort, Temple fell to #1-seed North Carolina, 75-72. Â It was the closest the Owls would come to the Final Four under their legendary coach.
Macon, who led the team with a 22.0 scoring average, was named the Most Outstanding Performer of the East Region for his efforts while Kilgore (14.6 ppg) earned a spot on the all-Region team. Â Donald Hodge (11.6 ppg) and Vic Carstarphen (10. 4 ppg) also averaged double figures while Strickland (7.7 ppg) rounded out the starting five.
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