Temple University Athletics
Saturday, March 7
Cincinnati, OHIO
8:00 P.M.
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Men’s Basketball Travels to Cincinnati for Regular Season Finale Saturday
3.5.20 | Men's Basketball
CINCINNATI – Temple men's basketball will look to snap a four-game losing streak Saturday Night when the Owls (14-16, 6-11 AAC) travel to Cincinnati (19-10, 12-5 AAC) for their regular season finale. Tip time is 8 pm with the game being televised by CBS Sports Network.
SCOUTING TEMPLE
> Temple, under the direction of head coach Aaron McKie, features a balanced attack with seven players averaging 5.8 ppg or more.
> Senior guard Quinton Rose leads Temple (2nd AAC) in scoring (16.3 ppg), assists (3.5 apg/9th AAC) and steals (2.0 spg/3rd AAC). Rose, who is also the AAC's all-time leader in points (1,841) and steals (229), is the only player to rank in the Top 10 in the conference in these categories.
> Junior guard Nate Pierre-Louis leads Temple in rebounding (8.5 rpg/5th AAC), while ranking second in scoring (11.2 ppg), assists (3.1 apg) and steals (1.8/5th AAC).
> Senior Alani Moore II (8.3 ppg) has doubled his offensive output from last year (4.1 ppg) and is fifth in the AAC in threes per game (2.1) and three-point percentage (.394).
> Rounding out the starting five are senior Damion Moore (2.4 ppg/2.8 rpg) and junior J.P. Moorman II (5.8 ppg/5.0 rpg). Sophomore Jake Forrester (7.8 ppg/3.9 rpg), who has started 16 games, leads the Owls in field goal percentage (.533).
> Junior De'Vondre Perry (6.0 ppg), redshirt junior Monty Scott (7.2 ppg), who has topped double figures in five of the last eight games, and freshman Josh Pierre-Louis (3.9 ppg) have provided the most impact from the Owls' deep bench.
SCOUTING CINCINNATI
> Under the direction of first-year head coach John Brannen, Cincinnati is currently in third place in the conference with a 12-5 league mark.
> Jarron Cumberland, the reigning AAC Player of the Year, leads three Bearcats and ranks sixth in the conference with a 15.3 scoring average. He also leads the Bearcats and is second in the AAC in assists (4.8 apg).
> Senior Tre Scott (11.6 ppg) leads the conference in rebounding (10.5 rpg) and is one of two players in the AAC averaging a double-double.
> Keith Williams (12.7 ppg) and Chris Vogt (11.2 ppg/6.0 rpg) give the Bearcats four double-figure scorers with Vogt topping the league in field goal percentage (.649).
> Graduate transfer Jaevi Cumberland, the cousin of Jarron, averages 8.8 points off the bench while leading the team with 62 threes.
SERIES HISTORY
> Temple and Cincinnati are meeting for the 33rd time with the Bearcats holding a 23-9 lead in the all-time series.
> The Bearcats have won six straight, winning this season's meeting in Philadelphia, 89-82, on Jan. 22.
> The Owls had previously won three straight and swept the regular season series in 2015-16, winning 77-70 at #22/23 Cincinnati on Dec. 29, 2015 and coming out on top in double overtime, 67-65 at home on Jan. 16, 2016.
> Before being members of The American, the last time the teams had met was on Dec. 9, 2006 at the Atlantic City Lenape Trail Classic at Boardwalk Hall. Cincinnati won that game, 80-71.
> Temple won three contests in a row before 2006, each time upsetting Cincinnati as the Bearcats were ranked #11, 4 and 1.
> On Feb. 20, 2000, the 15th-ranked Owls upset top-ranked Cincinnati 77-69 on the Bearcats' home court.
> Temple advanced to the Sweet Sixteen on March 14, 1999, after unranked TU topped #11 Cincinnati, 77-69 in the NCAA 2nd Round.
SCOUTING TEMPLE
> Temple, under the direction of head coach Aaron McKie, features a balanced attack with seven players averaging 5.8 ppg or more.
> Senior guard Quinton Rose leads Temple (2nd AAC) in scoring (16.3 ppg), assists (3.5 apg/9th AAC) and steals (2.0 spg/3rd AAC). Rose, who is also the AAC's all-time leader in points (1,841) and steals (229), is the only player to rank in the Top 10 in the conference in these categories.
> Junior guard Nate Pierre-Louis leads Temple in rebounding (8.5 rpg/5th AAC), while ranking second in scoring (11.2 ppg), assists (3.1 apg) and steals (1.8/5th AAC).
> Senior Alani Moore II (8.3 ppg) has doubled his offensive output from last year (4.1 ppg) and is fifth in the AAC in threes per game (2.1) and three-point percentage (.394).
> Rounding out the starting five are senior Damion Moore (2.4 ppg/2.8 rpg) and junior J.P. Moorman II (5.8 ppg/5.0 rpg). Sophomore Jake Forrester (7.8 ppg/3.9 rpg), who has started 16 games, leads the Owls in field goal percentage (.533).
> Junior De'Vondre Perry (6.0 ppg), redshirt junior Monty Scott (7.2 ppg), who has topped double figures in five of the last eight games, and freshman Josh Pierre-Louis (3.9 ppg) have provided the most impact from the Owls' deep bench.
SCOUTING CINCINNATI
> Under the direction of first-year head coach John Brannen, Cincinnati is currently in third place in the conference with a 12-5 league mark.
> Jarron Cumberland, the reigning AAC Player of the Year, leads three Bearcats and ranks sixth in the conference with a 15.3 scoring average. He also leads the Bearcats and is second in the AAC in assists (4.8 apg).
> Senior Tre Scott (11.6 ppg) leads the conference in rebounding (10.5 rpg) and is one of two players in the AAC averaging a double-double.
> Keith Williams (12.7 ppg) and Chris Vogt (11.2 ppg/6.0 rpg) give the Bearcats four double-figure scorers with Vogt topping the league in field goal percentage (.649).
> Graduate transfer Jaevi Cumberland, the cousin of Jarron, averages 8.8 points off the bench while leading the team with 62 threes.
SERIES HISTORY
> Temple and Cincinnati are meeting for the 33rd time with the Bearcats holding a 23-9 lead in the all-time series.
> The Bearcats have won six straight, winning this season's meeting in Philadelphia, 89-82, on Jan. 22.
> The Owls had previously won three straight and swept the regular season series in 2015-16, winning 77-70 at #22/23 Cincinnati on Dec. 29, 2015 and coming out on top in double overtime, 67-65 at home on Jan. 16, 2016.
> Before being members of The American, the last time the teams had met was on Dec. 9, 2006 at the Atlantic City Lenape Trail Classic at Boardwalk Hall. Cincinnati won that game, 80-71.
> Temple won three contests in a row before 2006, each time upsetting Cincinnati as the Bearcats were ranked #11, 4 and 1.
> On Feb. 20, 2000, the 15th-ranked Owls upset top-ranked Cincinnati 77-69 on the Bearcats' home court.
> Temple advanced to the Sweet Sixteen on March 14, 1999, after unranked TU topped #11 Cincinnati, 77-69 in the NCAA 2nd Round.
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