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Women’s basketball team narrowly escapes with Big 5 win

29 January 2008

For a brief second at the Liacouras Center Wednesday night, there was a sinking feeling. The feeling of conceding an 11-point halftime lead to a nemesis Big 5 team poised to pounce. The feeling of

Inconsistent defense

29 January 2008

St. Joseph’s Pat Calathes said he could hear Temple coach Fran Dunphy barking out instructions over the muddled noise of more than 10,000 fans at the Liacouras Center Saturday night. “I heard coach yelling at

Men’s basketball team can’t let Hawks loss linger

29 January 2008

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

Strong defensive efforts lead to two road wins for women’s basketball team

29 January 2008

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

Comfort dominates boards in sloppy conference victory over Rhode Island

22 January 2008

On an afternoon in which both Temple and Rhode Island had trouble putting the ball in the basket, Lady Comfort was there to clean up the mess. The Temple senior collected 14 rebounds, nine on

Another win for streaking men’s basketball team

22 January 2008

The men’s basketball team gave a performance that left no fan at the Liacouras Center famished Wednesday night. The Cherry-and-White adorned fans in the student section roared after the Owls put the finishing touches on

Men’s midseason basketball report

22 January 2008

Men’s Basketball 8-8 overall 2-1 in the A-10 Conference Best Win The surprising, 78-59, blowout win over visiting No. 20 Xavier last Wednesday. After losing its previous three games against ranked opponents – Tennessee, Villanova

Women’s midseason basketball report

22 January 2008

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

Men’s basketball team hopes to stay afloat in tough A-10

22 January 2008

For the first time in years, the Atlantic Ten Conference is home to some of the most competitive basketball in the nation and three games into its conference schedule, Temple has shown it can keep

Unexpected conference victories helps jumps start both basketball programs

22 January 2008

Talk about unpredictable. Just when you think you’ve seen everything the men’s and women’s basketball teams had to offer this season, both squads managed to upset a ranked opponent at the Liacouras Center last week.