Temple, Villanova Collide in Big 5 Showdown on Monday

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About the Game
The Temple University males’s basketball group takes the brief journey to Villanova for an essential Philadelphia Big 5 pod sport on Monday night. The Owls and Wildcats enter the competition with 1-0 information in Big 5 play, and the winner will advance to the championship sport of the Big 5 Classic to tackle Penn inside Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday, Dec. 6.

Last Time Out

• The Owls wrapped up play on the ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando with a 90-75 loss to Rhode Island. 
• Four gamers reached double figures within the scoring column for Temple, together with a team-best 18 factors off the bench for senior AJ Smith.
• The scoring output for Smith was the very best he has had in a single sport this season.
• Derrian Ford, Aiden Tobiason, and Masiah Gilyard every had 11. Jamai Felt grabbed a Temple-high 9 rebounds whereas Jordan Mason dished out six assists.
• Mason has distributed 26 assists over the season’s first eight video games whereas turning the ball over simply eight instances.
• Temple has gone to the free-throw line 27.7 instances per sport, almost 10 extra per sport than its opponents.

Scouting Villanova

• After falling to nationally-ranked BYU within the season opener, Villanova has received 5 straight together with an 89-75 victory over Old Dominion on Nov. 25.
• The Wildcats are averaging 86.8 factors per sport throughout their profitable streak and 5 gamers are averaging in double figures on the yr.
• Sophomore Bryce Lindsay, the Sun Belt Freshman of the Year for James Madison final season, is averaging 19.0 factors per sport and is capturing 47.8 % from three-point vary.
• A pair of freshmen – Acaden Lewis and Matt Hodge – common 13.5 factors and 12.5 factors per sport, respectively.
• The two groups have one widespread opponent, as each Temple and Villanova defeated La Salle this season. The Owls beat the Explorers, 90-63, whereas the Wildcats earned a 70-55 street victory at La Salle on Nov. 19.