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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Saint Joseph’s Hawks led Temple, 32-25, at halftime of the Atlantic Ten Conference Championship game at Boardwalk Hall Saturday.
Hawks junior forward Ahmad Nivens scored 12 points in the first 20 minutes, while junior Dionte Christmas paced the Owls with 12 points on three three-pointers.
Leading 6-5 with 16 minutes, 47 seconds [...]

Click here to view a photo slideshow of the A-10 Men’s Basketball Tournament by TTN photographer Ron Davis.
Click here to view a photo slideshow of the A-10 Men’s Basketball Tournament by TTN photographer Kevin Cook.
Also, listen to post-game comments from Saturday’s game.

(Photo courtesy of Kevin Cook)

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Temple men’s basketball team took advantage of La Salle’s slow start and established a 43-35 lead over the Explorers at halftime of their Atlantic Ten Conference Tournament quarterfinals match-up.
The Owls jumped out to a 9-0 lead as the Explorers missed their first seven field goal attempts and didn’t make a [...]

Click here to view a photo slideshow of the A-10 Women’s Basketball Tournament by TTN photographer Ron Davis.
Also, listen to post-game comments and an audio presentation from Monday’s game.

Jason Stuart Haslam, a former sports editor for The Temple News, died Saturday morning in Bethesda, Md. He was 28.
He was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor more than four years ago, while still a student at Temple. Despite it, he returned to school, writing for TTN and having fun. After graduating in the winter [...]

The Temple News: A great amount of Temple’s endowment was raised just in your first year of tenure, more than had been raised in any year of the capital drive, before it went public. What exactly do you think did it?
Ann Weaver Hart: First of all, there was a real groundwork of planning laid before [...]

A 42-year-old oil-heater repairman was fatally shot after attempting to make a call at the home of two Temple students Wednesday.
Carl Tomberlain, who worked for Petro Oil in Southampton, Bucks County, was shot in the head at 5:40 p.m. on the 1800 block of West Norris Street after responding to a call from Temple students [...]

Howard Gittis, a member of Temple’s Board of Trustees for more than 25 years, died Monday in New York City. He was 73. The Philadelphia native is the former chairman of the Board of Trustees and was the vice chairman and chief administrative officer of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. for the past 22 years. [...]