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Men's Basketball Hosts League-Leading #15/16 Cincinnati on Sunday
1.24.14 | Men's Basketball
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PHILADELPHIA - Another tough test awaits Temple men's basketball in the first game of a three-game homestand, as the Owls will host #15/16 Cincinnati at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26 on CBS Sports Network. The Bearcats are undefeated in American Athletic Conference play so far at 7-0.
The Owls (5-12, 0-6) have lost seven straight, while the Bearcats (18-2, 7-0) come into Sunday's game on an 11-game winning streak.
Jewish Heritage Day
Temple is celebrating Jewish Heritage Day at Sunday's game. The national anthem will be performed by Jewkebox, Temple University's Jewish A Cappella group. Concession items at the game will include Kosher Hot Dogs located at 103 and 113 (Hot Dog Stand), Kosher Tuna on Rye located at the Healthy Kiosk, and Kosher Spiral Fries located at 107 (Campos).
Coaches vs. Cancer
This weekend marks the annual Coaches vs. Cancer suits and sneakers weekend, where head coach Fran Dunphy and more than 4,000 coaches will turn awareness into action by swapping their dress shoes for sneakers to finish the fight against cancer.
A collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the Coaches vs. Cancer program brings coaches, teams and fans together to raise awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society by empowering basketball and other athletic coaches to save lives from cancer by leveraging their community leadership to support the Society.
Since the Coaches vs. Cancer program began more than 20 years ago, college and high school coaches across the country have joined the team to support the American Cancer Society, helping to raise more than $87 million to fund the fight.
Headlines
• Temple is currently the only team in Division I to have four players averaging 14 or more points per game.
• Dalton Pepper tops the team in scoring (17.0 ppg, 4th AAC), three-pointers (2.7 pg, 1st AAC) and 3-pt percentage (.430, 8th).
• Anthony Lee (14.2 ppg) leads the conference in rebounding (9.3 rpg), and has eight double-doubles on the season.
• Quenton DeCosey (16.1 ppg, 8th AAC) is the only Owl to have scored in double figures in every game this season.
• Will Cummings is second on the team and seventh in the league with 16.4 ppg, and has scored in double figures in 13 of 15 games played.
• During the Owls' current seven-game losing streak - the program's longest since the 2000-01 season -Temple has had three starting players injured with a total of 10 games missed.
• The Owls' top four scorers, who have accounted for 82 percent of the team's points this season, produced just 26 percent of last year's total points.
• Temple and Cincinnati are meeting for the 22nd time and also for the second time in just 12 days.
• Prior to Jan. 14, the last meeting was in 2006 when the Bearcats won 80-71 at the Atlantic City Lenape Trail Classic at Boardwalk Hall.
• The Owls won three straight prior to 2006, with the Bearcats ranked #4, #11 and #1 in those contests.
• On Feb. 20, 2000, 15th-ranked Temple upset top-ranked Cincinnati by a score of 77-69 on the Bearcats' home court.
• #15/16 Cincinnati has won 11 straight games, and is led by redshirt senior guard Sean Kilpatrick with 18.6 ppg and senior forward Justin Jackson with 11.6 ppg and 7.3 rpg.
