What a great night for Temple, Philly basketball, and Fran Dunphy. The mayor joined in with this tweet:
@Michael_Nutter:
Congratulations #TempleU Owls on a HUGE win tonight! We're all so proud of you.
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Hollis-Jefferson contributed a season high 17 points on seven-of-10 shooting while grabbing six rebounds. Lee, a freshman, had his best game as an Owl, scoring 11 points, pulling down a team-high seven rebounds and rejecting a game-high three shots.
The duo led the Cherry and White to an improbable 32-29 rebound advantage.
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the fourth consecutive season, Temple has defeated a top 10 team. As one tweet put it, #TUMBB=giantkillers.
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Temple fan and Chronicowls contributor Scott Matlack said before the game that the Owls would prevail if they shot well. And that they did, 56% from the field, and 50% from beyond the three-point arc. Their best shooting performance thus far in the season. It is the highest single-game field goal percentage for Temple in nearly two years. Only an uncharacteristically high number of turnovers (17) kept the Owls from closing out the Blue Devils earlier than they did.
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A Hollis-Jefferson jumper with 10:45 left in the first half gave Temple the lead. Duke never led in the game again.
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The Wells Fargo Center hosted the third-largest crowd for a college basketball game in its history. And while there were plenty of blue shirts in the crowd, the turnout of Temple fans, including the student body, was most impressive. In case you were wondering, the largest college basketball crowd at Wells Fargo was in 2006 when 20,859 fans saw Villanova knock off #1 ranked Connecticut.
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Here are the Temple students rushing the court:
Here is the lucky Temple scarf, worn by Chronicowls blogger. Their purchase supports the Owls soccer team.Look for us at the Liacouras Center this Saturday - the scarves are available for purchase.
While Temple's win was the evening's highlight, it was quite the night for other Philly schools, as Penn, St. Joe's, LaSalle (impressive win over Xavier) and Drexel all emerged as victors.
And, here, let ESPN recap the Temple win for us.
6 comments:
I thought the most impressive and shocking aspect of the game was the fact that a very small Temple team out rebounded a very tall Duke team. But that was eclipsed by my awe when I saw your scarf. Did you knit that yourself?
I thought the most remarkable thing about that game was that a short Temple team out rebounded a tall Duke team. But when it comes to remarkable, that scarf trumps all. Did you knit that yourself?
(The true test of the Owls will be whether they falter in their next game, upholding the Philadelphia tradition in all sports of following a big win with an awful loss.)
I could have done without the storming of the court. As many a coach has told his team when rejoicing a great achievement: "Act like you've been there before." Duke is a great program, and highly ranked, but Temple isn't a Division Three school that just toppled a giant to make it to the Final Four.
"Act like you've been there before." Sage advice for many of lfe's occassions. I agree with you about atorming the court.
My better knitting days are now behind me. These Temple University scarves are knitted with great care in England, by one of the leading soccer scarfmakers (Ruffneck Scarves)in the world.
I was amazed how both Lee and Jefferson stayed out of foul trouble during the Duke game. Great win for Dunphy. This win might prove to be very important come tounament selection time.
Dayton loss - I don't think there was much of a let-down by Temple. Dayton is very good. Their defense was suffocating and they buried 10-21 from three point land and shot + 90% in free throws.
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