Temple University

Game Info: Saturday, February 1 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Liacouras Center – Philadelphia, Pa. | Presented by Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
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Opening Tip

• The Temple University men’s basketball team plays host to East Carolina on Saturday afternoon at Liacouras Center. 
• The men’s basketball program welcomes back alumni for a special celebration of the program’s 2,000th win, which will take place at halftime.
• Graduate student Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored a career-high 34 points in Temple’s 90-89, double-overtime victory over Charlotte in the last game out on Wednesday.
• Mashburn Jr. scored 18 of his 34 in the second half and added six in the second overtime period, including the game-deciding free throw that broke an 89-89 deadlock with 2.0 seconds remaining.
• The win pushed Temple’s home record to a perfect 9-0, the best home mark for an Owls team since they went undefeated (14-0) in 2010-11.
• Senior Steve Settle III had 13 points and sophomore Zion Stanford added 12 as Temple improved to 5-3 in the American Athletic Conference. The Owls currently stand in a tie for fourth place in the league standings with Tulane.
• The Owls are looking to avenge a loss to the Pirates earlier in the season, a closely-contest 80-79 decision on Jan. 8.
• In that outing against ECU, Jayshayne Woodard scored the go-ahead score with 9.9 seconds left to help lift the Pirates to victory.
• Stanford had an opportunity down the stretch to win the game, but saw his contested layup go in-and-out as the Owls fell just short.
• Mashburn Jr. led five Temple players in double figures with 22 points. Stanford (14), Quante Berry (13), Elijah Gray (13) and Shane Dezonie (11) also made an impact on the offensive end.

Home Sweet Home

• Temple improved to a perfect 9-0 inside Liacouras Center in 2024-25 in a double OT win over Charlotte, and is off to its best start since going a perfect 14-0 at home in 2010-11.
• The Owls are outscoring opponents by an average of 9.6 points over their eight home games, and shooting 49.4 percent from the floor and 39.0 percent from three.
• They are also outrebounding their opponents by 4.4 boards per game.

Double The Fun

• Temple played in its first overtime game of the year on Jan. 29 against Charlotte, and came away with a 90-89, double-overtime victory.
• The Owls led by as many as 13 points in the first half but saw the 49ers claw their way back to take a five-point lead midway through the second stanza.
• Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored 18 of his career-high 34 points in the second half to help force overtime, then came through with six points in the second OT session, including the game-winning free throw with 2.0 seconds to go.
• The double OT game was the first multi-OT game since last season’s triple-overtime thriller against La Salle at Liacouras Center.

Scouting East Carolina

• The Pirates have won three straight AAC games to even their mark at 4-4 against league opponents this season.
• Overall, ECU stands at 12-9 on the year and is led by RJ Felton.
• Felton is leading the team in scoring (17.9 ppg) and rebounding (7.2) despite his 6-3 stature.
• Former Owl Jordan Riley ranks third on the team in scoring at 14.2 ppg and also leads the AAC in steals at 2.24 per game.