GAME THREAD: MBB vs. Temple

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SMU (8-16 overall / 3-8 AAC) vs. Temple (14-10 / 8-3 AAC) at 7 PM at Moody Coliseum

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Temple starters
G 2 Jahlil White
G 3 Hysier Miller
F 11 Nick Jourdain
F 15 Kur Jongkuch
F 24 Zach Hicks

SMU starters
G 1 Zhuric Phelps
G 2 Jalen Smith
G 10 Zach Nutall
F 22 Keon Ambrose-Hylton
F 23 Efe Odigie

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Temple enters tonight's game off an 81-65 loss Sunday at Houston, but won 4 straight, 5 of 6 and 8 of the previous 10.

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Jefferson Koulibaly is not in uniform

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Is Williamson hurt?

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Not sure

He's in uniform and warmed up with the team ΓÇö has started the first 24 games of the season

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Owls have a winning record but have outscored opponents by less than a point per game (average scoring: 69.3-68..

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Nutall splits two Owls to Odigie for layup to start the scoring

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Phelps jumper makes it 4-0

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Big turnout by SMU football team

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At tip-off from the TV broadcast (I live on the east coast) there appear to be several dozen students in the section behind the benches. More seats empty than filled in those premium seats. Ugh. Poor showing on critical evening.

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Williamson is in

SMU 8-2

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Lot of empty seats in the lower section on the other side of the court too.

On the plus side, those that did show up are making noise which is great.

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Field goals

SMU 3/6
Temple 1/7

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Seats behind benches have filled in pretty nicely.

Todorovic cans a 3 to make it 11-2