Jan 24, 2016
Temple takes down last undefeated No. 8 SMU
Eighth-ranked SMU became the last Division I team to lose this season when Devin Coleman scored a career-high 23 points and led Temple to an 89-80 win Sunday.
TSN.ca Staff
PHILADELPHIA -- Eighth-ranked SMU became the last Division I team to lose this season when Devin Coleman scored a career-high 23 points and led Temple to an 89-80 win Sunday.
Coach Larry Brown and the Mustangs (18-1, 7-1 American Athletic Conference) were off to the best start in team history.
SMU is ineligible for post-season play this year because of NCAA infractions.
Coleman made all seven of his 3-point shots. Quenton DeCosey added 19 for the Owls (11-7, 5-2) in their highest-scoring game of the season.
Temple fans rushed the court to celebrate the victory. The crowd at the Liacouras Center was smaller than usual after the game was pushed back a day because the winter storm that blanketed the East Coast.
Sterling Brown scored 19 points to lead SMU.
Trailing by 12 early in the second half, SMU chipped away and closed to four with 12:18 left on six straight points from Brown, capped by a reverse layup in traffic.
Coleman then made two straight 3s to cap an 11-0 spurt. He matched the school record for long-distance accuracy, tying the 7-for-7 performance on 3s by Pepe Sanchez on Feb. 16, 1997, vs. Rhode Island.
Overall, the Owls shot 14 for 29 on 3-pointers, the most they've hit all season. Daniel Dingle added 14 points for Temple, which has won five of its last six games.
Jordan Tolbert scored 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting and Ben Moore had 13 for the Mustangs, who shot just 3 for 13 from 3-point range.
While it was icy outside as the city dug out from the snow, the Owls started out hot. Coleman and Dingle each hit two 3s in the final 2:10 of Temple's top-scoring first half of the season, making it 44-34.
The Mustangs committed eight turnovers in the first half and missed seven of 16 foul shots before the break.
TIP-INS
SMU: Brown returned to Philly for a third time with the Mustangs. He coached the Philadelphia 76ers from 1997-2003 with current Temple assistant Aaron McKie as one of his top players. The game also marked a homecoming for senior Markus Kennedy, a Philly native who played for Villanova before transferring to SMU in 2012. He finished with six points. The Mustangs shot 15 for 23 from the free throw line.
Temple: Jaylen Bond, the Owls' top rebounder, missed the game with a lower back injury. ... This was Temple's sixth game against a ranked opponent this season. They have won their last three -- all AAC matchups.
UP NEXT
SMU: Hosts Memphis on Saturday
Temple: Visits East Carolina on Wednesday.
Coach Larry Brown and the Mustangs (18-1, 7-1 American Athletic Conference) were off to the best start in team history.
SMU is ineligible for post-season play this year because of NCAA infractions.
Coleman made all seven of his 3-point shots. Quenton DeCosey added 19 for the Owls (11-7, 5-2) in their highest-scoring game of the season.
Temple fans rushed the court to celebrate the victory. The crowd at the Liacouras Center was smaller than usual after the game was pushed back a day because the winter storm that blanketed the East Coast.
Sterling Brown scored 19 points to lead SMU.
Trailing by 12 early in the second half, SMU chipped away and closed to four with 12:18 left on six straight points from Brown, capped by a reverse layup in traffic.
Coleman then made two straight 3s to cap an 11-0 spurt. He matched the school record for long-distance accuracy, tying the 7-for-7 performance on 3s by Pepe Sanchez on Feb. 16, 1997, vs. Rhode Island.
Overall, the Owls shot 14 for 29 on 3-pointers, the most they've hit all season. Daniel Dingle added 14 points for Temple, which has won five of its last six games.
Jordan Tolbert scored 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting and Ben Moore had 13 for the Mustangs, who shot just 3 for 13 from 3-point range.
While it was icy outside as the city dug out from the snow, the Owls started out hot. Coleman and Dingle each hit two 3s in the final 2:10 of Temple's top-scoring first half of the season, making it 44-34.
The Mustangs committed eight turnovers in the first half and missed seven of 16 foul shots before the break.
TIP-INS
SMU: Brown returned to Philly for a third time with the Mustangs. He coached the Philadelphia 76ers from 1997-2003 with current Temple assistant Aaron McKie as one of his top players. The game also marked a homecoming for senior Markus Kennedy, a Philly native who played for Villanova before transferring to SMU in 2012. He finished with six points. The Mustangs shot 15 for 23 from the free throw line.
Temple: Jaylen Bond, the Owls' top rebounder, missed the game with a lower back injury. ... This was Temple's sixth game against a ranked opponent this season. They have won their last three -- all AAC matchups.
UP NEXT
SMU: Hosts Memphis on Saturday
Temple: Visits East Carolina on Wednesday.