Philadelphia sure is a long way from Valencia, Spain.
But for junior center Sergio Olmos of the men’s basketball team, it’s beginning to feel a lot more like home.
Agreeing to come to Temple without ever stepping foot on campus, Olmos was understandably quiet and reserved when he first arrived on North Broad Street in 2005. Playing [...]

The cheesy Alice Cooper reference aside, Wednesday marked Dawn Staley’s sixth annual School Day.
With over 3,000 kids in attendance from schools across the Philadelphia area, the crowd and atmosphere showed a marked improved from the norm – no matter how screechingly high-pitched the noise got.
“I think it was great to have the crowd there,” [...]

The big men came to play. And so did the little guy.
With a career-high 19 points from freshman forward Lavoy Allen, 10 points from junior center Sergio Olmos and a career-high 17 points from senior guard Chris Clark, the men’s basketball team defeated George Washington, 93-80, at the Liacouras Center Sunday afternoon.
It was the second [...]

The men’s basketball team’s loss to Saint Joseph’s Saturday was nothing short of a heartbreaker.Pat Calathes’ three-pointer with five seconds remaining was, no doubt, a blow to the gut of a Temple team that appeared it might finally overcome its struggles against the Hawks.But in those quick, final five seconds the Owls showed off a [...]

Quietly, and without a whole lot of attention, the women’s basketball team has put together two solid weeks of basketball.
After inconsistencies and struggles in the beginning of the year, the Owls have reeled off four wins in a row, including a pair of road victories last week. On Wednesday night, they came from behind to [...]

Women’s Basketball
9-10 overall
2-1 in the A-10 Conference
Best Win
This is easy enough: Saturday’s exciting 68-66 victory over No. 20 George Washington. The Owls not only played their most complete game of the season, but they also beat the best team in the conference and one of the best teams in the country.
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While a crushing loss to a hated rival will certainly sting, the men’s basketball team doesn’t have to look too hard to find something to feel positive about.
With 14 points in the contest, 12 of which came in the first half, junior guard Semaj Inge played his best game of the season and perhaps earned [...]

The term “much-needed win” gets thrown around a lot these days, often over-used and understated. But for the women’s basketball team, the clichéd term fit like a glove.
Marred in a season-long four game losing streak and with a showdown against No. 13 George Washington looming this weekend, let’s just say the Owls needed things to [...]

Now is not the time for a team to playing its worst basketball of the season.
The women’s basketball team dropped its fourth game in a row in a 62-49 loss to Dayton at University of Dayton Arena in the Owls’ Atlantic Ten Conference opener.
The Owls (7-10, 0-1 A-10) were led in scoring by junior forward [...]

Coming off two straight blowout losses to Rutgers and Miami (Ohio), the women’s basketball team changed its starting lineup Saturday against Florida by benching senior center Lady Comfort and sophomore guard LaKeisha Eaddy. In their place, junior center Shanea Cotton and sophomore guard Kristie Watkins-Day began the game on the court.
Staley’s reasoning behind the move [...]