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Sunday's City Six basketball game previews

Temple is looking to snap a four-game losing streak, while Drexel is coming off an 87-82 overtime win over preseason CAA favorite Charleston.

Ernest Aflakpui, left, of Temple and Kyle Washington of Cincinnati battle for control of a rebound during the game at the Liacouras Center at Temple University on Jan 4, 2018. CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer
Ernest Aflakpui, left, of Temple and Kyle Washington of Cincinnati battle for control of a rebound during the game at the Liacouras Center at Temple University on Jan 4, 2018. CHARLES FOX / Staff PhotographerRead moreCharles Fox
    by Marc Narducci | Columnist
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Temple (7-7, 0-3 American Athletic Conference) at Central Florida (11-4, 2-1)

Sunday, noon, CFE Arena, Orlando, Fla.

TV: CBS Sports Network

Radio: 1210 WPHT-AM

Livestream: None.

Coaches: Temple, Fran Dunphy (12th season, 237-143, overall, 547-306); UCF, Johnny Dawkins (2nd season, 35-16, overall, 191-131).

Series: Temple leads, 5-4.

Last meeting: UCF won, 71-69, at Temple on Feb. 22, 2017 as 7-foot-6 center Tacko Fall had 14 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots.

The latest: UCF has won two in a row since losing, 56-50 to SMU in its first conference game. … Fall, who is now a junior, averages 12 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots. … Redshirt junior point guard B.J. Taylor has been sidelined with a broken left foot that he suffered in the Knights' opening game against Mercer. … Temple has lost four in a row following Thursday's 55-53 home defeat to No. 19 Cincinnati. … Quinton Rose, a 6-8 sophomore, averages a team-high 15.6 points, but he scored just two while shooting 1 for 6 in the loss to Cincinnati. … Temple entered the weekend 38th in RPI, while UCF was 56th.

William and Mary (10-4, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Conference) at Drexel (7-9, 1-2)

Sunday, 4 p.m. Daskalakis Athletic Center.

TV/Radio: None

Livestream: TV – https://portal.stretchinternet.com/drexel/

Radio –  https://portal.stretchinternet.com/drexel/

Coaches: William and Mary, Tony Shaver (15th season, 203-243); Coaches: Drexel, Zach Spiker (2nd season, 16-32, overall, 118-144).

Series: Drexel leads, 22-14.

Last meeting: Drexel won, 79-61, on Feb. 9, 2017, at home as since-departed Kari Jonsson scored a game-high 23 points.

The latest: William and Mary's Nathan Knight, a 6-foot-10 sophomore, had his third straight double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds in Friday's 90-65 win at Delaware. … Knight is averaging a team-high 19.9 points, along with 8.1 rebounds. … William and Mary has won its first three CAA games for the first time since 1998. … Drexel earned an 87-82 overtime win on Friday at home over preseason CAA favorite the College of Charleston. That snapped a three-game losing streak. … The Dragons shot 56.9 percent from the field. … Sophomore point guard Kurk Lee led the Dragons with 22 points, shooting 8 for 12 from the field. … Alihan Demir, a 6-9 sophomore from Turkey and a transfer from Central Wyoming College, added 20 points and shot 8 for 10 from the field. … Junior guard Tramaine Isabell is averaging a team-high 19 points, while Lee averages 14.7.