Dionte Christmas Named to Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame Class of 2025

PHILADELPHIA – Former Temple males’s basketball guard Dionte Christmas has been chosen for induction into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame Class of 2025, the group introduced Wednesday. Christmas joins an elite group of 5 former student-athletes and one member of the media who can be honored through the Men’s Toyota Big 5 Classic on the Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday, Dec. 6, and the Women’s Big 5 Classic at Villanova’s Finneran Pavilion on Sunday, December 7.

Dionte Christmas ranks amongst Temple’s most prolific scorers, standing as one in every of simply 4 gamers in program historical past to surpass the two,000-point mark. He stays the one participant ever to steer the Atlantic 10 Conference in scoring for 3 consecutive seasons and is one in every of simply three Owls to steer the staff in scoring 3 times, becoming a member of fellow Big 5 Hall of Famers Mark Macon and Jim Williams. Known for his elite taking pictures contact, Christmas holds Temple’s all-time document for three-point discipline targets and is the one participant in class historical past to make 100 three-pointers in a season, undertaking the feat twice. He earned First Team All-Conference and Atlantic 10 Championship MVP honors in 2008 and 2009 and was chosen to the First Team All-Philadelphia Big 5 3 times. Following his Temple profession, Christmas performed professionally for 9 years, together with one season with the Phoenix Suns of the NBA.

The Owls are set to open their 2025 season in opposition to the Delaware State Hornets on Wednesday, November 5. Tip-off from the Liacouras Center is ready for 7 p.m. with the sport streaming completely on ESPN+.