Temple University Athletics
Saturday, December 15
Atlantic City, N.J.
4:30 p.m.
Temple University
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Davidson
Photo by: Zamani Feelings
Men's Basketball to Face Davidson in Inaugural Boardwalk Classic
12.14.18 | Men's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA - One of four games in the first-ever Boardwalk Classic presented by Citi will feature Temple men's basketball taking on Davidson (8-1) at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City (ESPN3 / 1210 AM WPHT). The Owls (8-2), who won three consecutive conference tournament titles at Boardwalk Hall from 2008-10, are off to their best start to a season since 2012-13.
Scouting Temple
> Temple is an impressive 8-2 to start the season, which is the Owls' best start since the 2012-13 team went 10-2 before dropping their third game.
> The Owls have an impressive history at Boardwalk Hall with an overall record of 11-6, including a 10-3 mark in Atlantic 10 Tournament play with back-to-back-to-back championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
. Senior guard Shizz Alston, Jr. scored a career-high 31 points to lead Temple to a come-from-behind, 65-63 win over UMass in the Owls' most recent game, hitting 11-of-12 at the free throw line. For the year, he's hit 40-of-44 free throws (.909) to rank second in the American Athletic Conference and tie for 19th in NCAA Division I.
> Alston and junior guard Quinton Rose are averaging 18.3 and 16.4 points per game, respectively, to lead the team and rank sixth and eighth in the American Athletic Conference.
> Senior Ernest Aflakpui tied his career high with 12 rebounds at Missouri and ranks fourth in the AAC with 7.3 rpg. Sophomore Nate Pierre-Louis tied his career high with 13 boards at SJU and ranks 12th in the AAC with 6.4 rpg.
> Rose and Pierre-Louis are averaging 2.5 and 2.0 steals per game, respectively, to lead the team and second and fourth in the conference. As a team, Temple ranks 21st in the nation with 9.1 steals per game.
> Alston, Jr. scored 25 points vs. Georgia, getting his 1,000th career point early in a 16-point second half. He is the 53rd player in program history to reach the 1,000 point plateau and has now scored 1,129 points to rank 43rd.Â
> Rose has scored in double figures in all but one game and is eyeing the 1,000-point mark, currently with 979 points.
Scouting Davidson
> The Wildcats have won five straight and stand at 8-1 overall, having lost only to #23 Purdue at the Charleston Classic.
> Davidson has scored 90 or more points in each of its last two games, most recently defeated Winthrop 99-81 on Dec. 4 before taking a break for exams.
> Head coach Bob McKillop is 562-341 overall at Davidson, having spent his entire 30-year career with the Wildcats.
> Preseason All-Atlantic 10 selections Jon Axel Gudmundsson and Kellan Grady lead Davidson in scoring, averaging 19.6 and 19.4 points, respectively.
> Gudmundsson also leads the way in rebounding (6.3) and assists per game (4.8).
> Freshman Luka Brajkovic is also averaging double figures for the Wildcats at 11.6 per game.
Series History vs. Davidson
> Temple and Davidson have met only once in program history, in a neutral site game just a few days shy of 51 years ago.
> The 19th-ranked Wildcats won the contest, 63-60 at the Charlotte Coliseum as part of the Charlotte Invitational on December 19, 1967.
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Scouting Temple
> Temple is an impressive 8-2 to start the season, which is the Owls' best start since the 2012-13 team went 10-2 before dropping their third game.
> The Owls have an impressive history at Boardwalk Hall with an overall record of 11-6, including a 10-3 mark in Atlantic 10 Tournament play with back-to-back-to-back championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
. Senior guard Shizz Alston, Jr. scored a career-high 31 points to lead Temple to a come-from-behind, 65-63 win over UMass in the Owls' most recent game, hitting 11-of-12 at the free throw line. For the year, he's hit 40-of-44 free throws (.909) to rank second in the American Athletic Conference and tie for 19th in NCAA Division I.
> Alston and junior guard Quinton Rose are averaging 18.3 and 16.4 points per game, respectively, to lead the team and rank sixth and eighth in the American Athletic Conference.
> Senior Ernest Aflakpui tied his career high with 12 rebounds at Missouri and ranks fourth in the AAC with 7.3 rpg. Sophomore Nate Pierre-Louis tied his career high with 13 boards at SJU and ranks 12th in the AAC with 6.4 rpg.
> Rose and Pierre-Louis are averaging 2.5 and 2.0 steals per game, respectively, to lead the team and second and fourth in the conference. As a team, Temple ranks 21st in the nation with 9.1 steals per game.
> Alston, Jr. scored 25 points vs. Georgia, getting his 1,000th career point early in a 16-point second half. He is the 53rd player in program history to reach the 1,000 point plateau and has now scored 1,129 points to rank 43rd.Â
> Rose has scored in double figures in all but one game and is eyeing the 1,000-point mark, currently with 979 points.
Scouting Davidson
> The Wildcats have won five straight and stand at 8-1 overall, having lost only to #23 Purdue at the Charleston Classic.
> Davidson has scored 90 or more points in each of its last two games, most recently defeated Winthrop 99-81 on Dec. 4 before taking a break for exams.
> Head coach Bob McKillop is 562-341 overall at Davidson, having spent his entire 30-year career with the Wildcats.
> Preseason All-Atlantic 10 selections Jon Axel Gudmundsson and Kellan Grady lead Davidson in scoring, averaging 19.6 and 19.4 points, respectively.
> Gudmundsson also leads the way in rebounding (6.3) and assists per game (4.8).
> Freshman Luka Brajkovic is also averaging double figures for the Wildcats at 11.6 per game.
Series History vs. Davidson
> Temple and Davidson have met only once in program history, in a neutral site game just a few days shy of 51 years ago.
> The 19th-ranked Wildcats won the contest, 63-60 at the Charlotte Coliseum as part of the Charlotte Invitational on December 19, 1967.
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