The Temple Owls will play the Tulane Green Wave Sunday at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse. Tip-off from New Orleans is at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Temple (16-14 SU and 17-11-2 ATS) defeated Central Florida on Thursday. The Owls are 2-3 straight-up in their past five and 10-7 in American Athletic Conference competition.
Tulane (18-10 SU and 12-16 ATS) defeated East Carolina on Friday. The Green Wave is 2-3 straight-up in its past five and 11-6 in AAC play.
Tulane beat Temple 87-76 on January 7. The Green Wave shot 49.2 percent, including 7-for-16 (43.8%) from three. Tulane also shot 22-for-26 at the foul line (84.6%), outrebounded Temple, and committed fewer turnovers.
The Owls lead the all-time series 14-8.
Temple has dropped five of its last seven overall but has won two of its last three. Can the Owls keep their momentum headed in the right direction with the AAC Tournament approaching?
The Owls scored only 22 points in the first half of their last game but held their opponent to 20 points. Temple edged UCF by two points in the low-scoring affair, as each team shot under 40 percent from the floor and under 30 percent from behind the arc. The Owls had a +11 rebounding advantage.
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Sophomore guard Khalif Battle leads Temple in scoring. He averages 17.9 points on 41.0 percent shooting and 3.6 rebounds per game. Other Owls to watch are sophomore guard Damian Dunn (15.2 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 3.1 APG), sophomore forward Jamille Reynolds (9.7 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 58.4 FG%), sophomore forward Zach Hicks (9.4 PPG, 5.1 RPG), and sophomore guard Hysier Miller (8.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 3.7 APG).
The Owls average 69.7 points per game (227th) and shoot 42.8 percent (286th), including 33.5 percent from three-point distance (231st). They convert 76.0 percent from the free-throw line (35th) and average 31.8 rebounds (175th) with a +0.6 rebounding margin. Temple is 134th in KenPom's schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency and 210th in effective field goal percentage (50.1%).
The Owls surrender 69.3 points per game on defense (159th), and their oppo nents shoot 42.8 percent from the floor (113th) with a 32.7 shooting percentage from three-point range (106th). Temple is 109th in adjusted defensive efficiency, 186th in assist-per-turnover ratio, and 256th in adjusted tempo.
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