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Khalif Wyatt takes home Big 5 weekly honors again
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Khalif Wyatt takes home Big 5 weekly honors again

From the Big 5: Temple standout Khalif Wyatt earned the final Big 5 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week award this season after leading the Owls to a pair of impressive victories. Wyatt was the squad’s high scorer in a pair of wins and averaged 24.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4 [...]

Khalif Wyatt tabbed Big 5′s best once again
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Khalif Wyatt tabbed Big 5′s best once again

Khalif Wyatt was named the Big 5 Player of the Week for the fourth time this season yesterday after guiding Temple to a 2-0 week against Detroit and the University of Rhode Island. Wyatt averaged 22 points and 5 assists per game in a 2-0 week for the Owls and [...]

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Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson named Big 5 player of the week

Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson had a heck of a two-game stretch last week against La Salle and Charlotte and was rewarded by the Big 5 for his efforts. Hollis-Jefferson set new career-highs in points (23) and rebounds (18) in helping the Owls to an 82-74 win over La Salle and a share [...]

Temple wins the Battle for North Philly over La Salle, 82-74
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Temple wins the Battle for North Philly over La Salle, 82-74

One down, five to go. With the season on the brink and NCAA aspirations to keep alive, Temple passed its first test of the week with flying colors with an 82-74 victory over the visiting La Salle Explorers to capture a Big 5 record 27th city championship. Due to Temple’s [...]

Randall is the key for Temple’s stretch run
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Randall is the key for Temple’s stretch run

Some interesting news came out yesterday that Scootie Randall has been working with a shooting coach to help eliminate some of the “bad habits” that he has developed. Keith Pompey wrote yesterday that Randall has been working with a shooting coach “probably like since the beginning of the season.” “But [...]

Temple embarking on the most important six-game stretch of the Fran Dunphy era
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Temple embarking on the most important six-game stretch of the Fran Dunphy era

Temple is one of the most interesting maddening teams in the country. One day the Owls are beating Syracuse in the Garden and the next night they’re losing to Duquesne at home. As bad as they’ve been at points this season, the Owls still have a realistic shot of making the [...]

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Khalif Wyatt named co-Big 5 Player of the Week

Khalif Wyatt and La Salle’s Ramon Galloway were named co-Big 5 Players of the Week. Wyatt averaged 29.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 3 steals in a 1-1 week.  He had career-highs of 35 points and six steals and made 15-of-15 at the charity stripe in a one-point loss [...]

Temple’s Maddening Season Continues After 70-69 Loss to Saint Joe’s
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Temple’s Maddening Season Continues After 70-69 Loss to Saint Joe’s

After watching the Saturday night’s 70-69 loss to Saint Joseph’s and letting the result marinate for about two days I’ve come to the conclusion that this team is decidedly mediocre. Sure, the Owls have wins over Syracuse, Villanova and Saint Louis and an extremely close loss to Kansas but the puzzling [...]