Temple University Athletics
Saturday, January 18
Dallas, TX
8:00 P.M.
Temple University
at
SMU
Photo by: Zamani Feelings
Men's Basketball Travels to SMU for Saturday Showdown
1.17.20 | Men's Basketball
DALLAS – Fresh off extending its streak of wins over a ranked team to 13 seasons with a victory over #16 Wichita State, Temple men's basketball takes to the road for a game at SMU Saturday (8 pm (ET)/ESPNU/1210 AM WPHT). The Owls (10-6, 2-3 AAC) will be looking to extend its win streak over the Mustangs (12-4, 2-2 AAC) and post just its second win in one of the toughest venues in the conference, Moody Coliseum.
SCOUTING TEMPLE
> Temple, under the direction of first-year head coach Aaron McKie, sports a balanced attack with two players averaging double figures and another five averaging 5.5 points or more.
> Senior guard Quinton Rose leads the Cherry and White (eighth in the AAC) in scoring (14.7 ppg), assists (3.8 apg/7th AAC) and free throw percentage (.819/6th AAC) while tying for the lead in steals (1.9 spg/7th AAC) with Nate Pierre-Louis. He is one assist away from becoming the eight Temple player to record 200 steals.
> Pierre-Louis also tops Temple (5th in AAC) in rebounding (9.0 rpg/t-4th AAC), while ranking second in scoring (10.4 ppg) and assists (3.0 apg).
> Senior Alani Moore II (8.6 ppg) has more than doubled his offensive output from last year (4.1 ppg) and is third in the AAC in threes per game (2.2).
> Rounding out the starting five are junior J.P. Moorman II (5.7 ppg), who ranks second on the team in rebounding (5.3 rpg), and sophomore Jake Forrester (8.2 ppg/4.1 rpg).
> Junior De'Vondre Perry (6.9 ppg), who ranks fourth in the AAC in three-point percentage (.422), redshirt junior Monty Scott (5.5 ppg) and freshman Josh Pierre-Louis (4.7 ppg) have provided the most impact from the Owls' deep bench.
SCOUTING SMU
> The Mustangs, under the direction of fifth-year coach Tim Jankovich, have four of the top 13 scorers in the AAC in Kendric Davis (16.5, 2nd), Isiaha Mike (15.4, 4th), Tyson Jolly (14.0, 10th) and Feron Hunt (13.5, 13th).
> Davis is also leading the league in assists (7.1, 10th NCAA) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.7, 22nd NCAA). Mike and Davis share the league lead in free-throw percentage at 88.9%.
> SMU, which has lost its last two games, enters the contest leading the conference in field goal percentage (46.5%), free-throw percentage (77.6, 9th NCAA), assists (16.6, 21st NCAA) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3, 30th NCAA).
> The Mustangs are 9-1 at home this season, including 2-0 in conference play.
SERIES HISTORY
> Temple and SMU are meeting for the 13th time with each team winning six games.
> The teams have only met once in each of the last two seasons with the Owls winning both, 82-74 in Philadelphia (2/13/19) and 66-64 in Dallas (1/10/18). That was Temple's lone win at Moody Coliseum.
> The Mustangs swept Temple in 2017-18, winning 79-65 in Dallas on Jan. 4 and defeating the Owls 66-50 in Philadelphia on Feb. 9.
> The Owls were the first team to defeat SMU in 2015-16 after an 18-0 start for the #8 Mustangs. Temple pulled off the upset at home on Jan. 24, winning 89-80. It was the only meeting between the two teams that season.
> Prior to meeting as American opponents in 2013-14, the most recent meeting was in 1955-56 when the Owls beat the Mustangs 90-81 in the NCAA Final Four third-place game.
> The first meeting between the teams was in 1937-38, with Temple earning a 53-41 win at the Philadelphia Arena.
SCOUTING TEMPLE
> Temple, under the direction of first-year head coach Aaron McKie, sports a balanced attack with two players averaging double figures and another five averaging 5.5 points or more.
> Senior guard Quinton Rose leads the Cherry and White (eighth in the AAC) in scoring (14.7 ppg), assists (3.8 apg/7th AAC) and free throw percentage (.819/6th AAC) while tying for the lead in steals (1.9 spg/7th AAC) with Nate Pierre-Louis. He is one assist away from becoming the eight Temple player to record 200 steals.
> Pierre-Louis also tops Temple (5th in AAC) in rebounding (9.0 rpg/t-4th AAC), while ranking second in scoring (10.4 ppg) and assists (3.0 apg).
> Senior Alani Moore II (8.6 ppg) has more than doubled his offensive output from last year (4.1 ppg) and is third in the AAC in threes per game (2.2).
> Rounding out the starting five are junior J.P. Moorman II (5.7 ppg), who ranks second on the team in rebounding (5.3 rpg), and sophomore Jake Forrester (8.2 ppg/4.1 rpg).
> Junior De'Vondre Perry (6.9 ppg), who ranks fourth in the AAC in three-point percentage (.422), redshirt junior Monty Scott (5.5 ppg) and freshman Josh Pierre-Louis (4.7 ppg) have provided the most impact from the Owls' deep bench.
SCOUTING SMU
> The Mustangs, under the direction of fifth-year coach Tim Jankovich, have four of the top 13 scorers in the AAC in Kendric Davis (16.5, 2nd), Isiaha Mike (15.4, 4th), Tyson Jolly (14.0, 10th) and Feron Hunt (13.5, 13th).
> Davis is also leading the league in assists (7.1, 10th NCAA) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.7, 22nd NCAA). Mike and Davis share the league lead in free-throw percentage at 88.9%.
> SMU, which has lost its last two games, enters the contest leading the conference in field goal percentage (46.5%), free-throw percentage (77.6, 9th NCAA), assists (16.6, 21st NCAA) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3, 30th NCAA).
> The Mustangs are 9-1 at home this season, including 2-0 in conference play.
SERIES HISTORY
> Temple and SMU are meeting for the 13th time with each team winning six games.
> The teams have only met once in each of the last two seasons with the Owls winning both, 82-74 in Philadelphia (2/13/19) and 66-64 in Dallas (1/10/18). That was Temple's lone win at Moody Coliseum.
> The Mustangs swept Temple in 2017-18, winning 79-65 in Dallas on Jan. 4 and defeating the Owls 66-50 in Philadelphia on Feb. 9.
> The Owls were the first team to defeat SMU in 2015-16 after an 18-0 start for the #8 Mustangs. Temple pulled off the upset at home on Jan. 24, winning 89-80. It was the only meeting between the two teams that season.
> Prior to meeting as American opponents in 2013-14, the most recent meeting was in 1955-56 when the Owls beat the Mustangs 90-81 in the NCAA Final Four third-place game.
> The first meeting between the teams was in 1937-38, with Temple earning a 53-41 win at the Philadelphia Arena.
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