Posted: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 4:25 AM | 4 comments |
 

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'Best' and 'Worst' awards from Temple vs. Xavier

My look at some of the best and worst performances and observations from Temple’s 85-72 victory over Xavier on Saturday night at the Liacouras Center:

Player of the game:  It would be insane to not give this honor to Ramone Moore. The Temple guard did basically whatever he wanted to do against Xavier. In the end, he made 5 of 8 three-pointers en route to scoring a game-high 30 points. The 6-foot-4 fifth-year senior came two points shy of his career high. This was also the third time that he scored 30 points in his career.

Worst performance of the game: At 7 feet and 275 pounds, Kenny Frease was expected to have a presence. Instead, the Xavier center did his best invisible man impersonation. Frease finished with just two points on 1 for 6 shooting. The senior also finished with one rebound.

Best stat by a winning team:  The Owls had a 43-29 rebounding advantage. Eighteen of Temple’s rebounds were offensive. Xavier, however, only eight offensive boards.

Best way to bounce back: This has to go to Temple’s fans for providing an electric atmosphere. There were 9,370 in attendance three days after 4,076 were on hand at the 10,206-seat multiple-purpose venue. While Wednesday night felt like being in a library, Saturday night felt like being at a conference championship.

Worst stat by a losing team: Xavier had more turnovers (six) than points (five) midway through the first half.

Worst stat by a winning team: The Owls shot 33.3 percent from the foul line in the first half (2 for 6). Temple ended up shooting 62.5 percent for the game.
Posted by Keith Pompey @ 4:25 AM  Permalink | File Under: Men's Basketball | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:31 AM, 02/12/2012
    Give Michael Eric 'the Red' and Anthony Lee for keeping Frease on ice. The fans were awesome, especially for a 9PM start. The A-10 seems to get stuck with not-ready-for-prime-time-start-times.
    — damnels
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:25 AM, 02/12/2012
    Erick missed about 5 layups but his defense is a big plus.
    — hobie
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:07 AM, 02/12/2012
    Frease is cheap-shot artist. When he lowered his should on Eric and then bounced off, he knew he was playing a much tougher guy.
    — Period
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:21 PM, 02/12/2012
    I was disappointment that Dunphy played Eric and Wayt as long as he did. there was a lot of trash talk in that game, and while both played well, both did not seem focused. I would have rather seen summings and lee get more minutes during the blow out. The pace of the game when X went small was also a little fast for Eric.
    — 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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