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Billikens (14-10, 8-4) in their first meeting against the Owls
of Temple University
(15-10, 7-6) came away with a 56-51 victory at the Savvis Center
(reported attendance, 13,044). With outdoor temperatures hovering
in the single to low-teen digits, the cold reception seemed to
cool Temple's ability to shoot from the outside. And that fact
alone negated the Owls' height advantages. To their credit, Temple
was able to continue the opponents' ability to collapse around
and shut down Billiken junior center Ian Vouyoukas, who finished
with 4 pts but collected 10 rebounds. Last year's local recruit
5 ft-9 in sophomore guard Dwayne Polk has been seeing very little
playing time this season (0 pts, 4 turnovers). The Billikens
led by 5 points at the half (28-23) behind freshman guard Kevin
Lisch (11 pts) and senior guard Anthony Drejaj (9 pts). For the
game, SLU was led by Lisch (career-high 22 pts), Drejaj (15 pts,
8 turnovers), sophomore guard Luke Meyer (8 rebounds, 4 turnovers),
and freshman guard Tommie Liddell (6 pts, 12 rebounds). The Billikens
shot 46% from the field (48% from 3-pt range) and 60% from the
charity line. The Owls were led by sophomore guard Mark Tyndale
(23 pts, 5 rebounds, 4 steals) and senior guard Mardy Collins
(14 pts, 6 rebounds, 5 steals). Temple shot 30% from the field
(13% from 3-pt range) and 64% from the charity line. SLU had
41 rebounds (12O, 29D), 14 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocked shots,
and 23 turnovers as compared with 29 rebounds (13O, 16D), 2 assists,
18 steals, 0 blocked shots, and 8 turnovers by Temple. |
