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Ford and Temple host Rice
By The Associated Press
Rice Owls (11-17, 5-10 AAC) at Temple Owls (15-13, 7-8 AAC)
Philadelphia; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Temple hosts Rice after Derrian Ford scored 20 points in Temple's
77-73 loss to the Florida Atlantic Owls.
The Temple Owls are 9-5 in home games. Temple is 5-5 in games decided by 10
points or more.
The Rice Owls have gone 5-10 against AAC opponents. Rice is 4-9 in games
decided by at least 10 points.
Temple's average of 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.3 fewer
made shots on average than the 7.2 per game Rice allows. Rice averages 9.1 made
3-pointers per game this season, 2.6 more made shots on average than the 6.5
per game Temple gives up.
The teams square off for the second time this season in AAC play. Temple won
the last matchup 69-65 on Jan. 22. Ford scored 15 points points to help lead
the Owls to the victory.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ford is scoring 18.0 points per game and averaging 4.4 rebounds
for the Temple Owls. Gavin Griffiths is averaging 1.3 made 3-pointers over the
last 10 games.
Trae Broadnax is averaging 16 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists for the Rice
Owls. Nick Anderson is averaging 16.9 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Temple Owls: 4-6, averaging 70.4 points, 28.9 rebounds, 11.9
assists, 5.1 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 42.7% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 72.4 points per game.
Rice Owls: 3-7, averaging 73.7 points, 34.7 rebounds, 11.8 assists, 5.7 steals
and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 42.4% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 78.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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