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The Temple Owls (6-5, 0-0 AAC) are on the road Saturday with a visit to Oxford, Mississippi and the Sandy and John black Pavilion to play against the Ole Miss Rebels (7-3, 0-0 SEC). Temple had its four-game winning streak snapped when losing to Penn 77-57 on Saturday. The Owls turned the ball over 15 times and Penn committed just 7 TOs. Ole Miss was defeated by UCF 72-61 on Wednesday night and the Rebels have lost three of the last four after opening the season with six straight wins. Temple and Ole Miss do not have any players listed on their injury reports
Opponents are rebounding at a rate of 33.9 boards per game against Temple, while the Owls are averaging just 34.0 boards per game, which is 224th in the nation. The Owls are allowing an average of 68.7 points per game and opponents are shooting 44.0% overall and 32.3% from behind the line. Temple’s leading rebounder is Jamille Reynolds with an average of 6.3 boards per game. The Owls are averaging 4.5 steals and 4.1 blocked shots per game with Khalif Battle the leader in steals with an average of 1.0 per game and Nick Jourdain the leader in blocked shots with an average of 1.2 swats per contest.
Temple is scoring an average of 70.1 points per game, while the Owls are shooting 44.1% overall and 34.9% from behind the line. The leading scorer for Temple is Battle with an average of 19.4 points per game and the guard is shooting 43.8% overall and 36.8% from behind the three-point line. Damian Dunn Is the second-leading scorer with an average of 15.0 points per game and is shooting 44.6% overall and 34.9% from behind the line. Only three players for Temple are averaging double figures in scoring. The leader in assists is Hysier Miller with an average of 4.3 dishes per contest. Temple is averaging 13.6 assists and 13.8 turnovers per game.