Though they’ve played in an Atlantic Ten Conference Championship game three out of their four years at Temple, seniors Ashley Morris and Lady Comfort faced a completely different title experience this season.
In 2008, Morris and Comfort were at the head of the realm. And although the teammates produced more than they did in 2006, the [...]

The rivalry between Temple and Xavier continues to grow year-by-year, and at this rate, it doesn’t look like it will slow down anytime soon.
Following the Owls’ dismantling of the Flyers Sunday at the Saint Joseph’s Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, No. 3 Xavier went out and upset No. 2 George Washington, 63-59.
With 6-foot-5 sophomore Amber Harris and [...]

Before graduating in 2005, Ari Moore had the opportunity to experience two Atlantic Ten Conference championships in 2002 and 2004.
Though she’s been done with classes at Temple, she is frequently back on campus or with the women’s basketball team during road games.
Moore was in attendance Sunday at Saint Joseph’s Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, when the No. [...]

The delay due to the leak at the start of Saturday’s games did not affect Dayton at all. In fact, the Flyers looked like they wanted to be responsible for creating more of a delay by making their own rain. That is, raining in threes over Charlotte.
No. 5 Dayton shot 11-21 – 52 percent – [...]

Who says a basketball game indoors can’t suffer a rain delay?
Due to a leak in the roof of Saint Joseph’s Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, the starts of all of Saturday’s Atlantic Ten Conference Tournament games were forced to begin late.
The first contest of the day between No. 1 Temple and No. 8 Richmond, a game which [...]

If the final minute of a basketball game is thrilling, everything that happened in the previous 39 really doesn’t matter.
Sure, the shooting was poor and the offense was sloppy throughout most of the first game of the 2008 Atlantic Ten Tournament between Richmond and Duquesne, but the last 60 seconds were a nail biter.
The No. [...]

Senior Lady Comfort and the rest of the women’s basketball team have always been kept well-aware of scores around the Atlantic Ten Conference.
But the 6-foot-2 center acknowledged that she and her teammates need to focus most on themselves.
“We get the scores all the time,” Comfort said after Temple defeated Fordham Feb. 23 at the Liacouras [...]

Before the weekend rolled around, Luke Vexler was eager to get to the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus, where the men’s gymnastics team faced off Saturday in a tri-meet with the Golden Gophers and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
The senior talked about the opportunity for an historic season.
But any talk about history will have to wait.
The [...]

The women’s basketball team has been holding up its end of the bargain.
The Owls have won 11 of their last 12 games, including a 77-66 win against host Saint Louis Wednesday night, in the last game ever played in the Bauman-Eberhardt Center.
As well as Temple has played, the play of Atlantic Ten Conference nemesis, Xavier, [...]

Philadelphia – growing up in an area without a winning professional sports team can be difficult. But game after game, season after season, you retain your loyalty and cheer for your teams. One bad season means you expect a better one next year. Your dedication to your teams never budges.
I’ve always been a New York [...]