Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 11:34 AM | 1 comments |
 

Fab February for Owls
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Khalif Wyatt is averaging 16.7 points per game. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Temple looks to continue its February dominance in Wednesday night’s Atlantic Ten game at St. Bonaventure.

The Owls are an impressive 17-2 in the month of February since the start of the 2009-10 season. Temple’s two losses were at Richmond (Feb. 6, 2010) and at Duke (Feb. 23, 2011).

The Owls (19-5, 8-2 A-10) will also look to win their ninth consecutive game of the season. A victory also would mark their 15th straight against the Bonnies (13-9, 6-4).

While unlikely, this could be St. Bonaventure’s best chance to snap that skid. The Bonnies have an eight-game home winning streak. And Wednesday’s nationally televised game is St. Bonaventure’s “Whiteout” contest.

Here’s a glimpse at the starting lineups, coaches' record and series information:

TEMPLE (19-5, 8-2 A-10)
32 Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson F  6-6 Jr. 8.7 ppg. 6.7 rpg.
50 Micheal Eric F 6-11 Gr. 7.7 ppg. 7.8 rpg.
4 Juan Fernandez G 6-4 Sr. 11 ppg. 3.8 apg.
1 Khalif Wyatt G 6-4 Jr. 16.7 ppg. 2.2 spg.
10 Ramon Moore G 6-4 Sr. 18.8 ppg. 3.2 apg.

ST. BONAVENTURE (13-9, 6-4)
43 Da’ Quan Cook F 6-8 Sr. 7.6 ppg. 5.1 rpg

44 Andrew Nicholson F 6-9 Sr. 15.6 ppg. 7.8 rpg.
11 Demitrius Conger F 6-6 Jr. 11.9 ppg. 5.5 rpg.
24  Matthew Wright G 6-4 Soph. 7.4 ppg. 2.9 apg
3 Charlon Kloof G 6-3 Soph. 5.2 ppg. 2.3 apg.

 Coaches 

  TEMPLE 

 Fran Dunphy (439-225 career record)

 ST. BONAVENTURE

 Mark Schmidt (148-167)

SERIES

Temple has won the last 14 meetings and holds a 52-6 series.

LAST MEETING

Ramone Moore had a game-high 19 points as Temple won 83-55 on Jan. 12, 2011 at the Liacouras Center.
Posted by Keith Pompey @ 11:34 AM  Permalink | File Under: Men's Basketball | 1 comment
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:28 PM, 02/16/2012
    see why couldn't you have mentioned something about the match ups? I hear the Nicholson player is pretty good, who we gonna slow him down?
    — jbzuck


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About Keith Pompey
Keith Pompey has been an Inquirer reporter since September 2004. He began covering the Temple men's basketball team in November 2010. His other duties include small-college football and college recruiting. Pompey previously covered the Penn and Drexel men's basketball teams after intially focusing on high school sports. He is also the Pennsylvania representative on the McDonald's All-American High School boys' basketball contact committee.

Pompey is a native Philadelphian and a University of Pittsburgh graduate. Follow him on Twitter @pompeysgridlock.

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