Buffalo Hands Temple Second Loss

This afternoon's game seemed to be a glimpse of what happened September 13th, only now in Basketball. It might not have been a half court shot, or some sort of buzzer beater, but it was still another heartbreaking loss for the Temple Owls against Buffalo. The final score of this one was 83-73.

Many Owls fans anticipated an easy win in New York this evening, but the Bulls showed that no opponent can be taken easily. Temple, without the services of Lavoy Allen but with returning Sergio Olmos, were unable to maintain a 14 point lead. Statistically, this can be argued as the Owls worst game of the season. Take a look at the difference between the teams' performances:

Rebounding

Temple- 20
Buffalo- 31

Fouls

Temple- 25
Buffalo- 15

It seems that this year we have only seen a trend: it comes in the form of rebounding. The Owls have so far dominated the boards, but both of the year's early losses came with a lack of rebounds. Although the team was without their leading rebounder, Lavoy Allen, they brought back a familiar face in Center Sergio Olmos (one would think that getting their big man back would only make things easier). Temple was held to less than half of their usual average, an in incredibly stunning surprise.

The Owls' other issue in this game was the defense. Buffalo was able to easily penetrate to the hoop, causing a number of problems- including foul trouble. The Bulls went to the foul line 25 times, shooting 80%. Temple was only at the line 11 times, shooting 63%. Hypothetically, if Buffalo went to the FT line 5 less times, we would have had a ball game. Unfortunately that was not the case, and the Owls surrendered their second loss of the season.

Buffalo, on the other hand, had no problem getting the job done. For Junior Guard Calvin Betts (right(, things seemed like a piece of cake. Averaging merely 10 points a game, Betts out hustled the Owls and scored 18 points.

The Owls (3-2) will now have to readjust to the missing presence of Lavoy Allen. Their next opponent is a very talented Miami (OH) team Wednesday, December 3rd.

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Owls Fly North for Buffalo

It's been another long wait for the Temple Owls' basketball team, but the week has finally ended, and the team is back on the court. The Owls will be taking on the Buffalo Bulls, a familiar face from the MAC Conference. Tonight's post will give you a look at this Saturday afternoon showdown.

The Bulls (2-2) had started their 2008 campaign well with 2 straight wins, but skidded after losing two in a row. The four teams they've played this year are Youngstown State, Canisius, Evansville, and Niagara. So far, two players on this Buffalo squad have shown that they are the ones to watch for during the games.

Buffalo's two stars so far this year are Guard's Rodney Pierce and Greg Gamble. They account for exactly half of the teams' scoring, which is really what makes them so important. Here's a comparison of both teams' stats:

Points

Temple- 73 points per game
Buffalo- 62.3 points per game

Rebounds

Temple- 42.5 rebounds per game
Buffalo- 44.3 rebounds per game

Assists

Temple- 16.5 assists per game
Buffalo- 13 assists per game

The advantage in this game goes to Temple in scoring, but for the two other categories it seems even. Temple has not had rebounding as a problem except for Clemson, and tomorrow there will indeed be a plus. Center Sergio Olmos (right) might be expected to play in tomorrow's game- the 7'0" Senior was sidelined for the first four games due to an injury.

If Temple wants to win this game, they are going to have to do what they did with Dionte Christmas last week- get Olmos into the swing. With such a big body, the Owls' pace is going to have to change in order to adapt to this change. It should be interesting to see also how the rebounding factor comes into place.

Hoot to Watch For: Buffalo does have a number of bigger guys who contribute to their success, so there are going to be a few Owls who will need to step it up. Look out for the Owls' big men to be key contributors to this game. Lavoy Allen and Sergio Olmos might be on the court together for the first time this season, so the relationship they share on the court should be interesting to see. If injury to both of them is an issue, than look for 6'11" freshman Michael Eric to come into play.

Tomorrow's game will not be televised. You can catch the game, however, on 1210 WPHT

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Business as Usual

On a cold November night, the Temple Owls headed into Lafayette looking to get back on track- that's exactly what they did.

Coming off a loss to Clemson just 5 days prior, nobody knew how the team would react. The Lafayette Leopards made an attempt to keep things optimistic, but it didn't work out for them. The final score of this one was 71-55 in the Owls' favor.

Coming off two consecutive victories, Lafayette looked strong and determined to take down Temple. The team needed big
showings from both Andrew Brown and Jeff Kari- unfortunately, they were only able to get one. Temple's defense held Andrew Brown to a mere 3 points (13 under his average). The two leading scorers combined for merely 19 points. However, forward Jared Mintz filled in the gap with 12 of his own. The two spots that hurt the Leopards the most were the turnovers and shooting scoring.

Temple, on the other hand, got the job done in merely every aspect of the game. Dionte Christmas (right) was able to bounce off a disappointing performance against Clemson with 29 points. He also received help in the scoring category from guards Ryan Brooks (10) and Semaj Inge (11). Temple's main weakness came from their shooting.

Freshman Scootie Randall also contributed to the Owls' victory with 7 points.

Here's a quick look at the comparison in both teams' struggles:

Overall Shooting Percentage

Temple- 41.4 %
Lafayette- 35.8 %

3-Point Shooting Percentage

Temple- 21.7 %
Lafayette- 31.8 %

Turnovers

Temple- 12
Lafayette-17

Overall, the category that both teams shared that might have been game changing. The overall percentages were so low, that it was as if someone put a lid on the rim.

Key players from both teams come down to Dionte Christmas and Jeff Kari (right). Both these players became the anchors of their respective teams for the evening. For Dionte, it was a matter of getting back into the groove of things after the double
teaming of Clemson that withheld him. Jeff Kari, though, came up big in making up for Andrew Brown's struggles.

Temple needed to get back into a rebounding game after that upsetting showing against Clemson. The Owls allowed one player (Trevor Booker) to obtain 16 boards of his own. In this game, though, Dionte Christmas and Lavoy Allen picked up the pieces that let to a 9 rebound advantage. With such poor shooting, the rebounding before 2nd chance shots was a necessity.

With this victory, Temple extends their record to 3-1 overall, and Lafayette goes to 2-1.

The Owls will be back in action on Saturday, November 29th against Buffalo. Lafayette will be on today against Rider.

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Owls Heading to Easton

Just four days after losing to a very talented Clemson team, the Temple Owls will stay in Pennsylvania for their game against the Lafayette Leopards (2-0). We'll take a gameday look at the matchups of both teams in a Keystone State battle.

Temple, as mentioned before, comes off a 4 point loss to Clemson. Owls' Ryan Brooks and Lavoy Allen had made up for a double teamed Dionte Christmas. With this being the first loss of the reason, Temple will look to pick up the pieces from their two productive victories.

A key factor that Temple will continuously have to fight for is rebounding. Clemson's Trevor Booker dominated with 16 boards of his own- one of many reasons that lead to this devastating loss. As freshman Michael Eric gradually earns his minutes, he will have to utilize his 6'11" size dominate the post- Lafayette would indeed be a place to get started.

Now we'll take a look at a quick Player to Player Breakdown of Statistics:

Leading Points:

Dionte Christmas (TEMP) 22.0 ppg
Andrew Brown (LAF) 23.5 ppg

Leading Rebounds

Lavoy Allen (TEMP) 10.0 rpg
Ryan Willen (LAF) 6.5 rpg

Leading Assists

Luis Guzman (TEMP) 5.7 apg
Jeff Kari (LAF) 4.0 rpg

That is a quick look at both teams' top players. Here's a quick look at Lafayette:

As you notice above, the Leopards also have some talent on their sidelines. Lafayette has 3 players (listed above) that are all averaging double digit scoring. The trio accounts for more than 50% of the team's scoring- this will be a key element to stopping this squad from giving the Owls a second loss.

Lafayette's last game was against Stony Brook, where they won the game 80-71. The Leopards were able to hit 54% from the field, adding up to their season 48% total.

"Hoot" to Watch For: Temple will have to readjust and get Dionte Christmas back into the swing of things. Against Clemson, Christmas was held way under his season average at
the time (26 points). Also, TU will most likely once again be without the services of Sergio Olmos (right) due to an ongoing injury. Lavoy Allen, as he did last Sunday, will need to come into Lafayette with the same productivity.

Stay tuned for the game at 8:30 tonight.

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Clemson Hands TU First Loss

Coming into this game, nobody knew what to expect. Fans from all over came to see what became a classic nail biter.

In my previous post, I mentioned Lavoy Allen and the necessity of Temple's rebounding. In this game, that was the exact case, and part of the reason that the Owls lost to Clemson 76-72. This was, indeed, the Charleston Classic Championship, and both teams had set their eyes on winning it all.

Take a look at this stat for a minute:

Team Rebounding:

Temple- 23
Clemson- 39

One of the keys to this game to many was this one scoring category: Rebounding. The only problem is, the Clemson Tigers are a sharp shooting team, hitting 47% of their shots yesterday afternoon. This was, indeed, an uphill battle for the Temple Owls, who at one point was losing by 15.

Guards Ryan Brooks and Ramone Moore were two key reasons why the Owls were able to stay in the game. With Dionte Christmas being isolated away from the ball and out of the action, Temple was forced to rely on more of a team offense. Christmas finished the game with 14 points- 12 points under his average.

On the Tigers' side of the ball, key points came from Trevor Booker (right) and sharpshooter Terrence Oglesby. Terrence "TO" Oglesby could not be stopped, shooting 4 of 8 from behind the arc, and 5 of 9 overall. Booker finished with 15 points, but his key statistic came in with Rebounding. Booker finished the game with 16 rebounds, which was 2/3 of what Temple scored.

As mentioned, this victory made Clemson the Charleston Classic Tournament, where their record improves to 3-0. Temple, the runner up, moves to 2-1, getting their first loss of the season.

The Owls will look to bounce back as they take on the Lafayette Leopards- preview to come soon.

The game is scheduled for November 21st at 8:30 pm (Media Coverage TBD).

The Tigers move on the Wofford Terriers.

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It's November, and the Owls are Dancing

Just like the title says, the Owls are cruising for a championship in mid November- a Charleston Classic one, that is.

The Owls will be up against a very talented Clemson Tigers team- one that was coincidentally knocked out of last year's field of 64 by Villanova. With close to 5 hours until gametime, we'll take a quick look into this Clemson team, and what the Owls are up against:

The Clemson Tigers went through one of their University's finest basketball years in 2007-8, finishing with an overall record of 24-10. The team made it into the NCAA Tournament last year as the ACC Runner up, giving them a #5 seed. Coach Oliver Purnell's squad was coming into the tournament after a loss to #1 North Carolina, looking to take down a talented Villanova squad.

Unfortunately, Clemson's 17 point lead early in the 2nd half was not enough to hold back the rage of the Wildcasts. Scottie Reynolds and his 21 points gave the push past the Tigers, ending their post season hopes.

Coach Purnell, now in his 6th season with the Tigers, will look to take his hot squad past the Owls. Behind him is a very talented roster. This year, however, the Tigers return with only 2 starters from last season: G/F K.C Rivers (pictured right) and F Trevor Booker. Here's a quick look into the two's statistics so far:

K.C Rivers:14 Points, 1 Assists, .4 Rebounds
Trevor Booker: 12 Points, 2 Assists, 12.5 Rebounds

Both of these players as mentioned are returning from last year, and have had an impact already on this team. It's very early in the season, and you can also see what players in their surrounding cast are coming up big as well:

Sophmore guard Terrence Oglesby has picked up some of the slack, currently leading the team in scoring. Another player to watch out for his Freshman guard Tanner Smith, who scored 11 points against Hofstra in his first action.

Terrence Oglesby:14.5 Points, .5 Assists, 1.5 Rebounds
Tanner Smith:5.5 Points, 1 Assist, 2.5 Rebounds

So far, the two opponents against Clemson haven't been too much. Their first was a 29 point rout over Hofstra, and the other was a 12 point victory last night over TCU. The Tigers arguably have their first challenge this season, coming against a Preseason #31st Temple Owls.

Temple, however, cannot say the same. After a win over ETSU, the Owls played the host team in that of Charleston, and hung onto a 5 point victory. Temple did look somewhat sluggish during Saturday afternoon's game, but will have to rest up and be ready for this talented Clemson team.

"Hoot" to Watch For: Temple's Lavoy Allen (pictured left) is going to have to play well in this afternoon's game. His impressive 13.5 rebounds will need to stay consistent when he battles down low with Trevor Booker. As a team, Temple out rebounds Clemson by 8.5 per game, which means a lot without 7'0" Sergio Olmos.

Clemson, however, shoots for a better percentage then the Owls: their 49% to Temple's 41%.

The game unfortunately will not be televised due to Eagles Post Game Live at 4:00, but can be watched online through the link below:

Clemson Basketball Live Stream

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Goin' to the Ship

With a win today against College of Charleston, the Temple Owls will move on into the Charleston Classic Championship. Tonight, at 8:00, the Owls' opponent will be decided between Clemson and TCU.

There's no saying that getting to this point was easy, however. In just 2 games, the Owls are making an impression on this year's season. 

Temple- 79

ESTU- 65

Temple- 70

C. of Charleston- 65

The Owls came into Saturday's matchup with a dominating win over ESTU- they now faced a familiar team that had shocked the Owls just a year ago. Temple would be without the services of Mark Tyndale, who scored 20 points and graduated after this past season.

Charleston, coming into this game also (1-0) had a victory against Southern Illionois-Edwardsville. Leading scorer for the Cougars was Soph. Guard  Andrew Goudelock.

Into this game, though, there was another very slow start for both teams. Charleston had

 shown, though, the reason that they had beaten the Owls last year. The Cougars maintained an intensity that kept them with Temple throughout the game. The second half was where things began to get heated.

Dionte Christmas and his squad came out a little soft, trading baskets for the majority of the second half. Charleston maintained a close game, hitting the necessary shots to keep their victory hopes alive. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough, as the Owls' held onto the game to continue in the Charleston Classic. With 1.0 left, Lavoy Allen sealed the deal with two free throws that made the final score 70-65.

Below are some of the statistics from this evening's game:

Leading Scorers

Dionte Christmas, 26 (TEM)

Marcus Hammond, 15 (CHA)

Leading Rebounders

Lavoy Allen, 11 (TEMP)

Ramone Moore, 10 (TEMP)

Leading Assists

Luis Guzman, 5 (TEMP)

Andrew Goudelock, 4 (TEMP)

The Owls' will play in the Championship game tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 pm vs. Clemson/TCU (See Photo to Right)

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Temple Football Current Roster

#	POS.	NAME	YEAR	HT/WT
1	LB	Amara Kamara	Sr.	6'2"/240 lbs
2	LB	Tahir Whitehead	Jr.	6'2"/228 lbs
3	TE	Vaughn Charlton	Sr.	6'4"/252 lbs
4	DL	Elisha Joseph	Sr.	6'3"/288 lbs
5	DB	Jaiquawn Jarrett	Sr.	6'2"/202 lbs
6	LB	Jordan Martin	Sr.	6'3"/238 lbs
7	QB	Chester Stewart	Jr.	6'3"/214 lbs
8	WR	Nyles Bynum	Sr.	6'1"/192 lbs
9	DT	Muhammad Wilkerson	Jr.	6'5"/305 lbs
10	WR	Delano Green	Sr.	5'10"/170 lbs
11	QB	Chris Coyer	Fr.	6'3"/214 lbs
12	QB	Connor Reilly	Sr.	6'2"/200 lbs
13	WR	Josh Hutchison	Sr.	5'10"/176 lbs
13	P	Andrew Cerrett	Fr.	6'5"/240 lbs
14	DB	Vaughn Carraway	So.	6'2"/192 lbs
14	QB	Mike Gerardi	Jr.	6'2"/206 lbs
15	WR	Dy'Onne Crudup	Sr.	5'9"/172 lbs
15	DB	Matt Falcone	So.	6'3"/225 lbs
16	DB	Maurice Jones	So.	5'10"/195 lbs
17	DB	Darryl Shine	Jr.	5'10"/173 lbs
18	WR	Rod Streater	Fr.	6'4"/196 lbs
19	K	Brandon McManus	So.	6'3"/190 lbs
20	DB	Kee-ayre Griffin	Jr.	5'11"/188 lbs
22	RB	Matt Brown	So.	5'5"/170 lbs
23	WR	James Nixon	Jr.	6'1"/190 lbs
24	RB	Ahkeem Smith	So.	6'0"/215 lbs
25	DB	Deonte Parker	Jr.	5'11"/190 lbs
26	WR	Joe Jones	Jr.	5'11"/195 lbs
26	DB	Marquise Goods	Fr.	5'11"/170 lbs
27	WR	Ryan Alderman	Fr.	5'9"/170 lbs
27	DB	Zamel Johnson	Fr.	6'0"/180 lbs
28	DB	Marquise Liverpool	Sr.	5'11"/189 lbs
29	DB	Justin Gildea	So.	5'11"/190 lbs
30	RB	Bernard Pierce	So.	6'0"/218 lbs
31	RB	Myron Myles	Fr.	6'1"/210 lbs
32	LB	Quinten White	Jr.	6'3"/218 lbs
33	LB	Blaze Caponegro	Fr.	6'1"/225 lbs
34	LB	Zach Kane	Fr.	6'2"/236 lbs
35	DB	Kwame Johnson	Sr.	5'11"/182 lbs
36	LB	Gary Onuekwusi	Fr.	6'1"/235 lbs
37	DB	Kevin Kroboth	Jr.	6'0"/198 lbs
38	TE	Cody Booth	Fr.	6'5"/255 lbs
39	TE	Matt Brookhart	Fr.	6'4"/240 lbs
39	K	Erik Jacobs	Fr.	5'11"/185 lbs
40	DB	David Abror	Fr.	5'10"/210 lbs
41	LB	Marcus Green	So.	6'1"/240 lbs
42	DB	Byron Parker	Fr.	5'11"/192 lbs
43	DE	Adrian Robinson	Jr.	6'2"/250 lbs
44	LB	Wyatt Benson	Fr.	6'0"/228 lbs
45	DE	Morris Blueford	Jr.	6'4"/245 lbs
46	LB	Michael Doty	Fr.	5'10"/180 lbs
47	DB	Anthony Robey	Fr.	5'10"/180 lbs
48	DB	Brian Burns	Fr.	6'0"/185 lbs
49	P	Jeff Wathne	Sr.	6'2"/195 lbs
51	DE	Aaron Hush	Fr.	6'4"/282 lbs
52	LB	Mike Beatty	Fr.	6'1"/225 lbs
53	LB	Stephen Johnson	Jr.	6'1"/230 lbs
54	LB	Dan Van Norton	Fr.	6'0"/239 lbs
55	DE	Sean Daniels	Fr.	6'3"/230 lbs
56	LB	Olaniyi Adewole	Fr.	6'2"/228 lbs
58	LB	Elijah Joseph	Sr.	6'2"/240 lbs
59	DE	Taray Carey	Fr.	6'2"/225 lbs
59	OL	Stephen Yuan	So.	6'2"/309 lbs
61	DL	David Kim	Fr.	6'1"/235 lbs
62	OL	Scott Roorda	Fr.	6'3"/302 lbs
63	OL	Derek Dennis	Jr.	6'5"/328 lbs
65	OL	Adam Metz	Fr.	6'5"/310 lbs
66	OL	Darryl Pringle	Fr.	6'6"/327 lbs
68	OL	Jeremy Schonbrunner	Jr.	6'3"/306 lbs
69	OL	Wayne Tribue	Jr.	6'4"/324 lbs
70	OL	Colin Madison	Sr.	6'4"/323 lbs
71	OL	Darius Morris	Sr.	6'4"/318 lbs
72	OL	Cody Bohler	Fr.	6'7"/300 lbs
73	OL	Elijah Grant	Fr.	6'6"/325 lbs
74	OL	Evan Regas	Fr.	6'4"/325 lbs
75	OL	Martin Wallace	So.	6'6"/310 lbs
76	OL	Steve Caputo	Jr.	6'5"/320 lbs
77	OL	John Palumbo	Jr.	6'6"/312 lbs
78	OL	Sean Boyle	Jr.	6'5"/315 lbs
79	OL	Pat Boyle	Jr.	6'5"/324 lbs
80	WR	C.J. Hammond	So.	6'2"/193 lbs
81	WR	Desmond Coble	Fr.	5'10"/175 lbs
83	TE	Chris Parthemore	Fr.	6'4"/240 lbs
84	WR	Michael Campbell	Sr.	6'2"/210 lbs
85	WR	Morkeith Brown	Jr.	6'6"/260 lbs
86	WR	Deon Miller	Fr.	6'5"/210 lbs
88	TE	Evan Rodriguez	Jr.	6'3"/250 lbs
89	TE	Matt Balasavage	Jr.	6'4"/256 lbs
90	DE	Cameron Wise	So.	6'3"/250 lbs
91	DE	Jaimen Newman	Sr.	6'4"/275 lbs
92	DL	Shahid Paulhill	Fr.	6'3"/300 lbs
93	DE	Kamal Johnson	Fr.	6'4"/285 lbs
94	DE	Kadeem Custis	So.	6'4"/295 lbs
95	TE	Tyler Johnson	Jr.	6'5"/237 lbs
96	DL	Jeff Whittingham	So.	6'2"/295 lbs
97	DE	Dante Weaver	Fr.	6'2"/ 330 lbs
98	TE	Alex Jackson	Fr.	6'4"/250 lbs
99	DT	Levi Brown	Fr.	6'2"/305 lbs

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Temple Baseball Current Roster

#	POS.	NAME	YEAR	HT/WT
0	OF	Jabair Khan	So.	5'9"/185 lbs
1	OF	Byron McKoy	Jr.	5'9"/180 lbs
2	P	Matt Blackburn	Sr.	6'0"/170 lbs
4	OF	Bobby McCormick	Fr.	6'0"/180 lbs
5	INF/P	Steve Nikorak	Jr.	6'2"/215 lbs
7	OF	Daniel Dragos	Fr.	6'0"/180 lbs
9	2B/3B	Tony Jusino	Sr.	5'10"/175 lbs
10	P	Mike Click	Sr.	6'3"/205 lbs
11	SS	Rafael Cordero	Jr.	6'0"/180 lbs
12	IF/OF	Jean Carolos Diaz	Jr.	6'0"/190 lbs
15	P	Kyle Monahan	Sr.	6'5"/220 lbs
17	C	Zach Pettis	So.	6'1"/185 lbs
18	C	Matt Elko	So.	5'9"/180 lbs
19	P	James Powers	Fr.	6'1"/185 lbs
20	3B/UTL	Elijah Yarborough	Fr.	6'0"/175 lbs
21	P	Drew Shaw	So.	6'2"/225 lbs
22	SS	Adrian Perez	Jr.	6'2"/188 lbs
23	P	Steve Visnic	So.	6'2"/190 lbs
24	C	Taylor Juran	So.	6'1"/220 lbs
25	P	Matt Mongiardini	Gr.	6'3"/185 lbs
26	INF	Foster Dunigan	So.	6'0"/165 lbs
27	P	Brian Sustersic	Jr.	6'0"/210 lbs
28	SS/2B	Henry Knabe	Fr.	5'11"/185 lbs
30	C/OF	Ryan Ferguson	Jr.	6'2"/215 lbs
33	OF	David Hall	Fr.	6'3"/210 lbs
34	P	Tyler Horst	So.	6'2"/200 lbs
35	P	Dan Moller	So.	6'3"/180 lbs
42	P	Ben White	Jr.	6'2"/175 lbs
44	1B	Ben Flanary	Jr.	6'8"/250 lbs
45	P	Ryan Thomas	Sr.	6'5"/205 lbs

Temple Basketball Current Roster

#	POS.	NAME	YEAR	HT/WT
1	G	Khalif Wyatt	Fr.	6'4"/210 lbs
2	G	Ryan Brooks	Sr.	6'4"/200 lbs
4	G	Juan Fernandez	So.	6'4"/180 lbs
10	G	Luis Guzman	Sr.	6'3"/200 lbs
11	G	TJ DiLeo	Fr.	6'2"/195 lbs
15	F	Carmel Bouchman	Fr.	6'8"/215 lbs
21	F	Rafael DeLeon	Gr.	6'5"/200 lbs
23	F	Ramone Moore	So.	6'4"/180 lbs
24	F	Lavoy Allen	Jr.	6'9"/225 lbs
30	F	Craig Willaims	Jr.	6'9"/240 lbs
31	G	Jake Godino	So.	6'0"/170 lbs
32	F	Rahlir Jefferson	Fr.	6'6"/200 lbs
33	F	Scootie Randall	So.	6'6"/205 lbs
45	F	Chris Clarke	So.	6'8"/200 lbs
50	C	Micheal Eric	So.	6'11"/240 lbs

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Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people. The Owls' Nest cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is.

The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of The Owls' Nest's coolest features.

The Owls' Nest's advertising partners may place a cookie on your browser that makes it possible to collect anonymous non-personally identifiable information that ad delivery systems use to present more relevant ads. If you would prefer to opt-out of this standard practice, please visit our advertising partner Platform-A's privacy policy and opt-out page.

Sharing Your Information

Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.

The Owls' Nest Personnel: The Owls' Nest personnel and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of The Owls' Nest's business.

Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if The Owls' Nest, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.

Protection of The Owls' Nest and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of The Owls' nest, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Syndication: The Owls' Nest allows for the RSS syndication of all of its public content within The Owls' Nest's website.
With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.

Children Under 18 Years of Age

You must be 13 years and older to register to use The Owls' Nest's website. As a result, The Owls' Nest does not specifically collect information about children. If we learn that The Owls' Nest has collected information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 13 and 18 ask and receive their parents' permission before using The Owls' Nest or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the Internet.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Owls' Nest may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on The Owls' Nest's website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.

Conditions of Use

If you decide to visit The Owls' Nest's website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of California state law.

Effective Date of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of December 7, 2009 and last updated December 7, 2009.

And We're Off!

The 2008-2009 basketball season for the Temple Owls is officially underway, as the beginning games of the Charleston Classic immense! 

To start their campaign, the Temple Owls (21-13 last year) would take on the East Tennessee State University Buccanneers. This was Round One of the Charleston Classic, as mentioned before, which features several talented young basketball squads:

- College of Charleston

- Clemson

- East Tennessee State 

- Hofstra

- TCU

- Temple

- SIU Edwardsville

- Western Michigan

This matchup, tonight, featured a battle of the East- Atlantic 10 vs. Atlantic Sun. It would be an interesting and thrilling game through the mid-hours of the day.

The Owls' came out rusty, but shortly after picked up the tempo when Guards Dionte Christmas (pictured right) and Ryan Brooks caught fire. Contributions also game at the top of the key from Semaj Inge, Ramone Moore, and Lou Guzman. Down low, Temple was without it's 7'0 Center Sergio Olmos from Valencia, Spain- Olmos missed this game due to a foot injury sustained one day prior to the game. PF Lavoy Allen and PF/C Michael Eric filled in the gaps, and perfomed excellent though in place of Sergio Olmos (17 points for Allen). 

Speaking of Michael Eric, there were several Redshirted freshman who had the change to show their talents against an overmatched ESTU team: Ramone Moore, Craig Williams, Scootie

 Randall, and Michael Eric all had their opportunities to flash their talent as the Owls were able to pull away by 10, 20 points.

Overall, tonight's 79-65 victory was a decent showing, but if the Owls think that can compete with those teams of Tennessee and Kansas, they're going to have to play their cards right as the season progresses.

Lead scorer for Temple was Senior Guard Dionte Christmas with 26 points.

Temple starts the year off with a record of 1-0, as they head into a matchup against College of Charleston tomorrow at 3:00.

Go Owls!

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