Big 5 Showdown Set for Saturday as Men's Basketball Takes on La Salle

Game Info: Saturday, November 30 - 4 p.m.
Location: John Glaser Arena - Philadelphia, Pa.
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OPENING TIP

Temple men's basketball will square off against La Salle for the 123rd meeting between the two schools on Saturday afternoon. The game will air live on ESPN+.
The matchup is a big one, with both teams standing at 1-0 in the Big 5 Classic Pod 1 standings. The winner of Saturday's contest will earn the right to play in the championship game of the Toyota Big 5 Classic against Saint Joseph's on Saturday, Dec. 7 inside Wells Fargo Center.
The Owls and Explorers played an all-timer in their last matchup last season at Liacouras Center, with Temple coming away with a 106-99, triple-overtime victory.
Steve Settle III was one of three players in the game (2 for La Salle) to play 50 or more minutes and closed with a career-high 16 rebounds to go along with 19 points.
Five Temple players fouled out in the game, forcing the bench to play a critical role in the contest. Then-freshmen Zion Stanford and Quante Berry stepped up, combining for 28 points and 11 rebounds in 42 minutes.
Matteo Picarelli played the second-most minutes on the team with 45, and closed with 11 points.
The game was the first triple overtime game for the Owls since Feb. 11, 1990, when Temple defeated UMass, 83-32, in Amherst.
It was just the third triple overtime in Big 5 history, and the first since 1980, and was the second-most combined points in a Big 5 game behind only La Salle-Villanova's triple-overtime battle in 1958.

MR. 2,000

Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored the 2,000th point of his collegiate career on November 23 against UMass.
The graduate transfer matched his season high with 26 points in the victory, and a free throw at the 13:50 mark of the 2nd half gave him his 2,000th career point spanning five seasons -- one at Minnesota, three at New Mexico, and this one at Temple.
Mashburn Jr. has scored 20+ in six straight games to start his Temple career.

SCOUTING REPORT - LA SALLE

La Salle, under former Temple coach Fran Dunphy, has started the season strong with a 5-2 record.
The only two blemishes on their slate came last week at the Boardwalk Battle event in Florida.
Former Owl Jahlil White is averaging 12.6 points and 6.1 rebounds for the Explorers, while another transfer - Corey McKeithan from Rider - paces the squad in scoring at 17.7 ppg.

ALL-TIME SERIES vs. LA SALLE

Temple and La Salle, two original Philadelphia Big 5 members, began the series back in 1899.
The Owls have dominated overall with an 81-42 record, and Temple has won 28 Big 5 titles -- second only to Villanova's 29.

UP NEXT

The Owls will stay in Philadelphia and participate in the Toyota Big 5 Classic at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday, Dec. 7.
This marks the second year the Owls and all of the other Big 5 schools will take part in the tripleheader at the home of the Philadelphia 76ers.
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