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Its cold and miserable out, why not settle in for some AAC Conference Basketball.
When: Thursday, 7 p.m.
Where: Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas.
TV/Radio: ESPN2/WPHT 1210-AM.
American Athletic Conference
Records: Temple (19-7, 10-3 ); SMU (21-5, 12-2).
Coaches: Temple, Fran Dunphy (9th season, 186-104); SMU, Larry Brown (3d season, 63-32).
Last time out: Temple won at home against East Carolina, 66-53 on Saturday. SMU beat Connecticut, 73-55 at home on Saturday.
Last meeting between the two teams: SMU won, 60-55 on Jan. 14 at Temple, overcoming a 13-point deficit early in the second half. Temple leads the series, 3-2.
Temple's top three: Will Cummings (13.7 ppg., 4.3 rpg., 4.1 apg.), Jaylen Bond (8.2 ppg., 8.3 rpg.), Jesse Morgan (12.8 ppg., 3.3 rpg.).
SMU's top three: Nic Moore (14.4 ppg., 5.4 apg.), Yanick Moreira (11.7 ppg., 6.9 rpg.), Markus Kennedy (11.1 ppg., 5.9 rpg.).
Notes: Kennedy, who began his college career at Villanova, came off the bench to score 21 points and hit 9 of 11 from the field in the earlier SMU win over Temple. . . . The Owls have won seven in a row while SMU has won 11 of 12. . . . Temple's defense, which allowed 78.1 ppg last season, is holding opponents to just 60.0 so far this year. That improvement of 18.1 ppg currently ranks in a tie for first among all Division I teams this season.
When: Thursday, 7 p.m.
Where: Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas.
TV/Radio: ESPN2/WPHT 1210-AM.
American Athletic Conference
Records: Temple (19-7, 10-3 ); SMU (21-5, 12-2).
Coaches: Temple, Fran Dunphy (9th season, 186-104); SMU, Larry Brown (3d season, 63-32).
Last time out: Temple won at home against East Carolina, 66-53 on Saturday. SMU beat Connecticut, 73-55 at home on Saturday.
Last meeting between the two teams: SMU won, 60-55 on Jan. 14 at Temple, overcoming a 13-point deficit early in the second half. Temple leads the series, 3-2.
Temple's top three: Will Cummings (13.7 ppg., 4.3 rpg., 4.1 apg.), Jaylen Bond (8.2 ppg., 8.3 rpg.), Jesse Morgan (12.8 ppg., 3.3 rpg.).
SMU's top three: Nic Moore (14.4 ppg., 5.4 apg.), Yanick Moreira (11.7 ppg., 6.9 rpg.), Markus Kennedy (11.1 ppg., 5.9 rpg.).
Notes: Kennedy, who began his college career at Villanova, came off the bench to score 21 points and hit 9 of 11 from the field in the earlier SMU win over Temple. . . . The Owls have won seven in a row while SMU has won 11 of 12. . . . Temple's defense, which allowed 78.1 ppg last season, is holding opponents to just 60.0 so far this year. That improvement of 18.1 ppg currently ranks in a tie for first among all Division I teams this season.
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