Thursday's City Six games

Thursday's City Six Games

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No. 25 SMU at Temple.

9 p.m, at the Liacouras Center.

Records: SMU (20-4, 10-1 American Athletic Conference); Temple (13-11, 4-7).

TV/Radio: ESPN2/WPHT, 1210 AM.

Coaches: SMU, Tim Jankovich* (2nd season, 29-4; overall, 186-125); Temple, Fran Dunphy (11th season, 227-131; overall, 537-294).

Series: SMU leads, 5-4.

Last meeting: Jan. 4, 2017,. SMU won 79-65 at home.

What to watch: SMU has won six in a row and 16 of their last 17 games. . . . Guard Sterling Brown, a 6-6 senior, was named the AAC player of the week after averaging 21 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in wins over East Carolina and Tulsa. . . . Semi Ojeleye, a 6-7 junior who began his career at Duke, averages, 17.7 ppg. and 6.7 rpg. . . . Temple had its best first half, shooting 62.1 percent from the field in leading 46-23 at intermission during Sunday's 83-74 win over visiting South Florida. . . . Guard Shizz Alston is averaging a team-high 14 points and is second in the AAC in steals (1.8 per game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.9). . . . Temple has won two in a row for the first time since Dec. 22.

*Jankovich coached SMU for nine games last year while coach Larry Brown was suspended.

William and Mary at Drexel

7 p.m., at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.

Records: William and Mary (13-10, 7-5 Colonial Athletic Association); Drexel (8-17, 2-10).

TV/Radio: None/WKDU 91.7 FM.

Coaches: William & Mary, Tony Shaver (14th season, 189-235); Drexel, Zach Spiker (1st season, 8-17; overall, 110-129);

Series: Drexel leads, 21-14.

Last meeting: Jan, 30, 2017, William & Mary won, 108-85 at home.

What to watch: In the earlier win over Drexel, William and Mary shot 63.2 percent from the field (43 for 68) and 56.7 percent from three-point range (17 for 30). . . . The Tribe are coming off an 82-80 loss at Towson, snapping a four-game win streak. . . . Guard Daniel Dixon is averaging a team-high 18 points per game. . . . After that loss to William and Mary, Drexel has had two nail-biters losing 104-103 in double overtime at Towson and 79-77 at Hofstra. . . . The Dragons will attempt to snap a four-game losing streak. . . . Senior forward Rodney Williams leads the Dragons in scoring (17.1 ppg.) and rebound (6.9 rpg.).