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  • Dec 17, 2016

    Temple survives another scare, narrowly tops NJIT, 68-63

    It hasn’t really mattered much who Temple’s opponent is this season. If the Owls are playing, it’s usually going to be a close game. Temple has played 12 games so far this season, and 10 of those games have been decided by nine points or fewer. The only exceptions are a 20-point win against Manhattan and a 20-point loss...

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  • Dec 17, 2016

    Instant Replay: Temple 68, NJIT 63

    Shizz Alston Jr.’s layup with less than a minute to go, followed by a few trips to the free throw line helped Temple survive the New Jersey Institute of Technology and pull out a 68-63 win on Saturday at the Liacouras Center. The Owls (8-4) built up a 56-47 lead with 5:47 left in the game and looked to be…

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  • Dec 15, 2016

    Geoff Collins eager to build upon championship culture Matt Rhule left at Temple

    Geoff Collins’ mother used to work at the Omni Colesium, when the Atlanta Flames played there in the 1970s. Whenever the Flyers came to town, Collins made sure his mother got him free tickets. “I had to see Bobby Clarke, I had to see Dave Schultz,” Collins said Wednesday at the Liacouras Center when he was introduced as Temple’s new...

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  • Dec 11, 2016

    Flyers hope hat trick gives Brayden Schenn ‘extra confidence'

    Goals had been hard to come by as of late for Flyers center Brayden Schenn. Schenn came into Saturday’s 4-2 win against the Stars with four goals on the season. His score against the Blackhawks on Dec. 3 was his only goal in the last 13 games. So naturally, Schenn recorded the second hat trick of his career Saturday (see story). His...

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  • Dec 8, 2016

    Temple's Josh Brown returns to form, but defensive lapse costly in loss

    BOX SCORE Josh Brown began looking like his old self on Wednesday night. Temple’s senior guard missed the Owls’ first six games while recovering from surgery he had on his Achilles tendon in May. He returned to the court one week ago in the Owls’ win at St. Joe’s.  Brown showed some signs of rust in his first two...

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  • Dec 8, 2016

    Instant Replay: George Washington 66, Temple 63

    BOX SCORE With one second on the shot clock, George Washington forward Tyler Cavanaugh let a three-point shot fly from the corner right in front of his bench. Cavanaugh’s shot hit the bottom of the net to give the Colonials a three-point lead with 8.2 seconds left. Moments later, Temple redshirt senior swingman Daniel Dingle’s open look at a game-tying...

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  • Dec 5, 2016

    No, 24 Temple ready to make more history in Military Bowl vs. Wake Forest

    Less than 24 hours after senior offensive lineman Dion Dawkins put Temple’s American Athletic Conference trophy in its case at Edberg-Olson Hall, it had to be taken out again. There were too many fingerprints on the championship hardware from all the people holding it after Temple’s 34-10  win against Navy on Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland....

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  • Dec 3, 2016

    Sixers, Magic get glimpse into future with young talent on full display

    The Sixers‘ 105-88 loss to the Magic on Friday was not the game to watch for those looking for competitive basketball, as the Magic needed just three quarters to put the game out of reach (see Instant Replay). What the game did have was some of the NBA’s top young talent. Friday night featured six first-round picks from the 2014 NBA...

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  • Dec 3, 2016

    Temple at No. 19 Navy: Owls go for first AAC title

    Temple (9-3, 7-1 AAC) at No. 19 Navy (9-2, 7-1 AAC)Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Md.​Saturday, noon, ABC It would have been hard to picture Temple in the American Athletic Conference championship game after the Owls’ first game of the season, a 28-13 loss to Army. But that’s exactly where they are three months later, as Temple will take...

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  • Dec 1, 2016

    ‘Nobody stops' Navy's ground game, but Temple up for challenge in AAC title game

    There will be no surprises, no new wrinkles, no tricks up the sleeve. When Temple plays Navy in Saturday’s American Athletic Conference championship game, the Midshipmen will line up and run the triple option over, and over, and over again. “This is a team in the Naval Academy that challenges you to your core,” Temple coach Matt Rhule said...

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