Basketball preview: Temple vs. West Virginia
Temple (3-2) vs. No. 19 West Virginia (4-0)
What: NIT Season Tip-Off Championship.
When: Friday, 3 p.m. The Barclays Center (18,103), Brooklyn, NY
Television: ESPN2
Coaches: Temple, Fran Dunphy (11th season, 217-122; overall, 527-285);Bob Huggins (10th season, 205-110; overall, 795-321);
Series: Temple leads 36-34. Last meeting: March 12, 1998, West Virginia won, 82-52 in the NCAA Tournament.
Points per game: Temple, 78.6 ppg.; WVU, 95.8 ppg.
Opponents points per game: Temple, 74.4 ppg., WVU, 55.8 ppg.
WEST VIRGINIA
Nov. 11 Mount St. Mary's, 87-59
Nov. 14 Mississipppi Valley State, 107-66
Nov. 20 New Hampshire, 100-41
Nov. 24 Illinois, 89-57*
TEMPLE
Nov. 11 La Salle, 97-92 OT
Nov. 14 New Hampshire, 52-57
Nov. 17 at UMass, 67-70
Nov. 20 Manhattan, 88-67
Nov. 24 89-86 Florida State*
*NIT Season Tip-Off at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn
TEMPLE
Probable Starters
G Alani Moore, 5-10, Fr., 6.0 ppg., 1.4 apg.
G Shizz Alston Jr., 6-4, So. 13.8 ppg, 5.0 apg.
G Daniel Dingle, 6-7, r-Sr., 13.2 ppg., 4.8 rpg.
F Obi Enechionyia, 6-10, Jr. 19.8 ppg., 8.4 rpg.
F Mark Williams, 6-8, Sr., 4.6 ppg., 3.0 rpg.
Key reserves
G Quinton Rose, 6-8, Fr., 13.0 ppg., 4.8 rpg.
C Ernest Aflakpui, 6-10, So. 6.2 ppg., 6.4 rpg.
G Mike Robbins, 6-4, Sr., 6.0 mpg.
WEST VIRGINIA
Probable Starters
F Nathan Adrian, 6-9, Sr., 13.3 ppg., 8.0 rpg., 4.0 apg.
F Esa Ahmad, 6-8, So., 10.3 ppg., 5.3 rpg.
F Elijah Macon, 6-9, Jr., 6.7 ppg., 3.3 rpg.
G Jevon Carter, 6-2, Jr. 10.5 ppg., 4.5 apg.
G Tarik Phillips, 6-3, Sr., 8.8 ppg., 3.8 rpg.
Key reserves
G Daxter Miles, Jr., 6-3, Jr., 8.0 ppg.
G Teyvon Myers, 6-2, Sr., 9.8 ppg.
F Brandon Watkins, 6-9, Sr., 7.7 ppg.
About Temple: The Owls overcame an 18-point deficit with under 13 minutes and 30 seconds remaining to beat Florida State on Thursday...Freshman Quinton Rose had a season-high 26 points. Rose was 12 for 15 from the foul line...Shizz Alston, who entered the game shooting 2 for 18 from three-point range, was 4 for 8 while scoring a career-high 22 points...Obi Enechionyia had 16 points, eight rebounds and a career-high six blocked shots in 40 minutes...Temple shot 11 for 21 from beyond the arc...Four of Temple's five games have been decided by five points or fewer...The Owls are shooting 35.3 percent from three-point range and 68.6 percent from the foul line.
About West Virginia: The Mountaineers are shooting 38.3 from three-point range but only 60.4 percent from the foul line...Nine different players scored at least six points in Thursday's opening win over Illinois...The Mountaineers were 17 for 30 from the foul line...Nathan Adrian had 13 points and eight rebounds in 22 minutes against Illinois...Adrian has appeared in 107 career games with 42 starts...The Mountaineers' average margin of victory is 40 points...WVU has made seven NCAA Tournament appearances in the last nine years...Jevon Carter was selected to the All-Big 12 Defensive team each of the past two seasons.