Boston Faculty takes its residence flooring for the second time this season Friday when undefeated Temple pays a go to to Chestnut Hill, Mass.
The Eagles (1-1) haven’t gained any of the 4 all-time conferences between the packages — that is the primary since 2003 — and look to bounce again from shedding 80-55 to VCU final Friday within the Veterans’ Traditional in Annapolis, Md.
Regardless of a team-high 17 factors from Donald Hand Jr. and Roger McFarlane recording a double-double with 11 factors and 11 rebounds, fourth-year coach Earl Grant’s crew shot simply 29.3 % and allowed 24 factors off 17 turnovers.
“(VCU) clearly capitalized on our errors, and a whole lot of our errors have been uncharacteristic,” Grant stated. “I am glad it (was) the second sport of the 12 months. I feel we’re rather a lot higher than what we confirmed.”
As of Thursday, Hand was the third-leading scorer within the Atlantic Coast Convention, averaging 19.5 factors per sport alongside 9.0 rebounds.
“He is form of paid his dues,” Grant stated. “He is been loyal and been across the program, form of like an elder statesman at this level. And though he is … solely (in his second 12 months) on the court docket and actually hadn’t had the chance (for) enjoying time. Now he is in a brand new function, and he stepped up by enjoying good basketball.”
Temple (3-0) is now chasing its first 4-0 begin since 2019 following a 69-61 win over Drexel on Tuesday.
Within the Owls’ first Huge 5 sport of the season, Philadelphia native Zion Stanford netted a career-high 23 factors of 9-ofo-13 capturing with two 3-pointers.
Persevering with that success on the street is the main focus now.
“That is what good groups do, proper? It’s a must to win in nonconference play away from residence,” Temple coach Adam Fisher stated. “Good groups maintain your video games at residence. We had two in November, took care of that. … This can be our first alternative in a real street sport, in opposition to an ACC faculty. We’re making an attempt to construct this crew so we will play significant video games in March.”
Jamal Mashburn Jr. added 20 factors in opposition to the Dragons after eclipsing that quantity within the first two video games in opposition to Sacred Coronary heart and Monmouth. The New Mexico switch’s 23.7 factors per sport rank second within the American Athletic Convention within the early going.
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