Temple University Athletics
Sunday, March 4
Tulsa, Okla.
2:00 p.m. CST / 3:00 p.m. EST
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Men's Basketball Heads to Tulsa for Final Regular Season Game on Sunday
3.2.18 | Men's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA - The last game of the 2017-18 regular season takes Temple men's basketball to Tulsa for a 3 p.m. (ET) contest on Sunday, March 4 (ESPN3 / 1210 AM WPHT). The Owls (16-13, 8-9) edged the Golden Hurricane (18-11, 11-6) 59-58 at home in mid-January.
Scouting Temple
> After winning five straight and seven of eight, the Owls have lost three of their last four games. The first two of those were to #19/18 Wichita State and to Houston (now ranked 25th), and the most recent loss came at UConn on Feb. 28, 72-66 in a back-and-forth contest.
> The UConn loss came despite Temple's season-high 53 rebounds, the most for the Owls since a 55-rebound effort in a win at George Washington on March 3, 2009.
> Temple's most recent win was a decisive Senior Day victory over UCF on Feb. 25, 75-56 in its final regular season home game. Sophomore Quinton Rose scored a game-high 19 points and the Owls shot 51 percent from the field.
> Freshman J.P. Moorman II pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds vs. UCF, becoming the first freshman to post multiple double-digit rebounding efforts since Keith Butler in 2002-03.
> Temple's five-game win streak included an upset of #16/16 Wichita State on Feb. 1 as the Owls had a couple huge defensive stops and prevailed in overtime, 81-79.
> Rose, who leads Temple and ranks eighth in the American Athletic Conference with 14.9 points per game, has scored 20 or more points eight times this season and has reached double figures in scoring in nine straight games.
> This is the 11th season in a row in which Temple has defeated a Top 25 program.
> Senior forward Obi Enechionyia became the 52nd player in program history to reach 1,000 points with his 16-point effort at La Salle on Nov. 26. Enechionyia has now scored 1,260 career points (34th all-time), and with his team-high nine rebounds vs. Tulane (Dec. 28) he became the 43rd player in program history with 500 career rebounds (now with 603 - 24th all-time).
Scouting Tulsa
> The Golden Hurricane had a six-game win streak to start the month of February, and have won seven of their last eight including a March 1 road victory at ECU, 72-58. Tulsa's only losses since a one-point defeat at Temple on Jan. 17 have been to #17 Wichita State and #11 Cincinnati.
> Redshirt senior forward Junior Etou leads Tulsa with 15.4 points per game (fifth in the AAC) and 7.8 rebounds per game (third in the AAC).
> Junior guard Sterling Taplin averages a team-best 4.4 assists per game while also scoring 11.9 ppg.
> Head coach Frank Haith is in his fourth season at Tulsa with a record of 76-51. Last season, the Golden Hurricane went 15-17 overall and lost in the AAC Quarterfinals to Cincinnati.
All-Time Series
> Temple and Tulsa are meeting for the ninth time, and seventh as American Athletic Conference opponents after the first two meetings being in 1995 and 1996.
> The Golden Hurricane have had the Owls' number, going 4-0 to start the series and leading it 6-2 overall.
> Temple edged Tulsa in this season's earlier meeting at home on Jan. 17, 59-58.
> The two teams met just once in 2016-17, with Tulsa edging Temple 70-68 in Philadelphia on Jan. 14.
> Temple earned its first win of the series on Feb. 4, 2016, coming back from 12 points down in the second half to win 83-79 in overtime. Tulsa responded with a 74-55 win on its home court less than 20 days later on Feb. 23.
> Tulsa head coach Frank Haith had a 1-1 record vs. Temple in his seven years at Miami (FL).
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Scouting Temple
> After winning five straight and seven of eight, the Owls have lost three of their last four games. The first two of those were to #19/18 Wichita State and to Houston (now ranked 25th), and the most recent loss came at UConn on Feb. 28, 72-66 in a back-and-forth contest.
> The UConn loss came despite Temple's season-high 53 rebounds, the most for the Owls since a 55-rebound effort in a win at George Washington on March 3, 2009.
> Temple's most recent win was a decisive Senior Day victory over UCF on Feb. 25, 75-56 in its final regular season home game. Sophomore Quinton Rose scored a game-high 19 points and the Owls shot 51 percent from the field.
> Freshman J.P. Moorman II pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds vs. UCF, becoming the first freshman to post multiple double-digit rebounding efforts since Keith Butler in 2002-03.
> Temple's five-game win streak included an upset of #16/16 Wichita State on Feb. 1 as the Owls had a couple huge defensive stops and prevailed in overtime, 81-79.
> Rose, who leads Temple and ranks eighth in the American Athletic Conference with 14.9 points per game, has scored 20 or more points eight times this season and has reached double figures in scoring in nine straight games.
> This is the 11th season in a row in which Temple has defeated a Top 25 program.
> Senior forward Obi Enechionyia became the 52nd player in program history to reach 1,000 points with his 16-point effort at La Salle on Nov. 26. Enechionyia has now scored 1,260 career points (34th all-time), and with his team-high nine rebounds vs. Tulane (Dec. 28) he became the 43rd player in program history with 500 career rebounds (now with 603 - 24th all-time).
Scouting Tulsa
> The Golden Hurricane had a six-game win streak to start the month of February, and have won seven of their last eight including a March 1 road victory at ECU, 72-58. Tulsa's only losses since a one-point defeat at Temple on Jan. 17 have been to #17 Wichita State and #11 Cincinnati.
> Redshirt senior forward Junior Etou leads Tulsa with 15.4 points per game (fifth in the AAC) and 7.8 rebounds per game (third in the AAC).
> Junior guard Sterling Taplin averages a team-best 4.4 assists per game while also scoring 11.9 ppg.
> Head coach Frank Haith is in his fourth season at Tulsa with a record of 76-51. Last season, the Golden Hurricane went 15-17 overall and lost in the AAC Quarterfinals to Cincinnati.
All-Time Series
> Temple and Tulsa are meeting for the ninth time, and seventh as American Athletic Conference opponents after the first two meetings being in 1995 and 1996.
> The Golden Hurricane have had the Owls' number, going 4-0 to start the series and leading it 6-2 overall.
> Temple edged Tulsa in this season's earlier meeting at home on Jan. 17, 59-58.
> The two teams met just once in 2016-17, with Tulsa edging Temple 70-68 in Philadelphia on Jan. 14.
> Temple earned its first win of the series on Feb. 4, 2016, coming back from 12 points down in the second half to win 83-79 in overtime. Tulsa responded with a 74-55 win on its home court less than 20 days later on Feb. 23.
> Tulsa head coach Frank Haith had a 1-1 record vs. Temple in his seven years at Miami (FL).
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