Temple vs. East Carolina at a glance

First round, American Athletic Conference tournament.

Thursday, 3:30 p.m. at XL Center, Hartford, Conn.

Records: ECU (14-17, 6-12 AAC); Temple (16-15, 7-11)

TV/Radio: ESPNU/WPHT-AM (1210).

Coaches: ECU, Michael Perry (acting head coach, 5-7), Temple, Fran Dunphy (11th season, 230-135; overall, 540-298).

Series: Temple leads 4-2.

Last meeting: Feb. 15, 2017, ECU won, 78-64 at home.

What to watch: East Carolina is the ninth seed. Temple is eight. . . . Perry is guiding ECU while head coach Jeff Lebo recovers from hip surgery. . . . Neither team had a player on the AAC all-conference teams, but both had all-rookie selections. Temple had 6-foot-8 freshman Quinton Rose (10.0 ppg.), and ECU had 6-1 freshman Jeremy Sheppard, (9.3 ppg., 3.5 apg.). . . . Temple's 6-10 junior, Obi Enechionyia, is averaging 12.9 points per game but just 10.5 in AAC games. . . . Kentrell Barkley, a 6-5 sophomore, leads ECU in scoring (12.4 ppg.). . . . In the win over Temple, Barkley had 19 points and 13 rebunds. . . . Shizz Alston (14.0 ppg.) leads the AAC in free throw percentage (.868) and has made 28 consecutive free throws. . . . The 78 points that the Pirates scored against Temple was their second-highest output of the season. . . . Temple is 15-1 when scoring at least 70 points and 1-14 when failing to do so.

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