Freshman Linebacker Earns All-America Honors
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In his first season in the nest, Tyler Matakevich joins an elite group of Temple Freshman to be named to an All American Team. Matakevich is only the 12th Temple frehsman to be named to the 2012 Football Writers Association of American Freshman All-America Team, the last being RB Bernard Pierce (2009). He also earns other honors such as the 2012 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and a second-team selection as well as the 2012 ECAC Defensive Rookie of the Year. Matakevich was only one of four true freshmen to be named a starter for the Owls, starting in eight of the 11 games he played in last season. The large amount of game time allow him to become the first freshman in school history to record 100 tackles.
Head Coach Matt Rhule Announces New Hires
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Temple University head football coach Matt Rhule announced the additions of Allen Mogridge, Brandon Noble, and Marcus Satterfield as assistant coaches to his staff.
Ed Foley, who was the team's director of operations the past two seasons, has been promoted to Assistant Head Coach, while Francis Brown, a graduate assistant this past fall, has been moved into a full-time coaching position. Sean Padden, a newcomer to the program, has been named the new director of football operations.
Ed Foley, who was the team's director of operations the past two seasons, has been promoted to Assistant Head Coach, while Francis Brown, a graduate assistant this past fall, has been moved into a full-time coaching position. Sean Padden, a newcomer to the program, has been named the new director of football operations.
Courtside with Chase: Owls Upset Bid Comes Up Short
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Lawrence, KS - Coming into Sunday’s game at No. 6 ranked Kansas (12-1), Temple (10-3) was searching for its second win vs. a top ten team in the same season since the 2002-03 campaign, but the Owls fell just short at Allen Fieldhouse, 69-62.
It was an entertaining and highly physical game from start to finish inside one of college basketball’s most storied arenas, but Temple’s inability to hit shots down the stretch turned out to be the back breaker for the Owls.
With the victory, Kansas won its 63rd straight out-of-conference game at home.
No stage ever seems to be too big for Khalif Wyatt, and the senior guard put the Owls on his back with another memorable performance on Sunday.
Wyatt proved that he can compete with anybody in the nation, scoring 26 points on 8-19 shooting and hit all seven of his free throws to keep Temple close, but Kansas was just too big and physical for the Owls.
In order for Temple to pull of the upset, the Owls had to get solid production from virtually everybody on the roster that was going to see minutes.
Sophomore point guard Will Cummings scored a career-high 11 points and sophomore forward Anthony Lee dropped 11 points and 7 rebounds, but Temple struggled to find scoring elsewhere.
Senior forward Rhalir Hollis-Jefferson went 0-9 from the floor for just two points.
Kansas senior center Jeff Withey is known as one of the best defensive players in the nation, coming into Sunday’s game averaging 4.9 blocks per game and Withey nearly doubled that average with 9 blocks. Withey also scored 8 points and pulled down 11 rebounds.
Temple had a multitude of opportunities to score down low, especially on second chances, but Withey controlled the paint and denied the Owls of an upset win on the road.
Senior forward Kevin Young led the way for Kansas in scoring with 16 points, and Travis Releford chipped in with 14 points — including a dagger late to put Temple away.
It was an entertaining and highly physical game from start to finish inside one of college basketball’s most storied arenas, but Temple’s inability to hit shots down the stretch turned out to be the back breaker for the Owls.
With the victory, Kansas won its 63rd straight out-of-conference game at home.
No stage ever seems to be too big for Khalif Wyatt, and the senior guard put the Owls on his back with another memorable performance on Sunday.
Wyatt proved that he can compete with anybody in the nation, scoring 26 points on 8-19 shooting and hit all seven of his free throws to keep Temple close, but Kansas was just too big and physical for the Owls.
In order for Temple to pull of the upset, the Owls had to get solid production from virtually everybody on the roster that was going to see minutes.
Sophomore point guard Will Cummings scored a career-high 11 points and sophomore forward Anthony Lee dropped 11 points and 7 rebounds, but Temple struggled to find scoring elsewhere.
Senior forward Rhalir Hollis-Jefferson went 0-9 from the floor for just two points.
Kansas senior center Jeff Withey is known as one of the best defensive players in the nation, coming into Sunday’s game averaging 4.9 blocks per game and Withey nearly doubled that average with 9 blocks. Withey also scored 8 points and pulled down 11 rebounds.
Temple had a multitude of opportunities to score down low, especially on second chances, but Withey controlled the paint and denied the Owls of an upset win on the road.
Senior forward Kevin Young led the way for Kansas in scoring with 16 points, and Travis Releford chipped in with 14 points — including a dagger late to put Temple away.
Football News: McManus Receives National Honor
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DAVIDSON, N.C. – Temple senior PK/P Brandon McManus has been named the recipient of the 2012 College Football Performance Awards Specialist Trophy.
McManus ended his collegiate career as Temple's career leader in scoring (338), punting average (45.4), field goals made (60), and field goals attempted (83). The 2012 first-team All-BIG EAST punter and 2012 second-team All-BIG EAST kicker set the season record for field goal accuracy (82.4) and set game records at Army for extra points made (9) and attempted (9). McManus played in EVERY game of his collegiate career.
In 2012, McManus led the Owls in scoring (74) and went 32-of-33 in PAT. He punted 54 times for 2,433 yards (45.1 average), including a career-long 68-yard punt against No. 19/17 Rutgers, while 15 punts longer than 50 yards. McManus went 6-of-7 on field goals of 40+ yards, including a 50-yarder in the win over South Florida. He also kicked the game-winning field goal at Connecticut in overtime and contributed 40 touchbacks on 56 kickoffs (71.4 percent).
McManus ended his collegiate career as Temple's career leader in scoring (338), punting average (45.4), field goals made (60), and field goals attempted (83). The 2012 first-team All-BIG EAST punter and 2012 second-team All-BIG EAST kicker set the season record for field goal accuracy (82.4) and set game records at Army for extra points made (9) and attempted (9). McManus played in EVERY game of his collegiate career.
In 2012, McManus led the Owls in scoring (74) and went 32-of-33 in PAT. He punted 54 times for 2,433 yards (45.1 average), including a career-long 68-yard punt against No. 19/17 Rutgers, while 15 punts longer than 50 yards. McManus went 6-of-7 on field goals of 40+ yards, including a 50-yarder in the win over South Florida. He also kicked the game-winning field goal at Connecticut in overtime and contributed 40 touchbacks on 56 kickoffs (71.4 percent).
Courtside with Chase: Balanced Attack Guides Owls to Program's 1800th Win
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Temple rang in the New Year on Monday afternoon at the Liacouras Center with its 1,800thvictory in program history by defeating Bowling Green by a score of 75-57.
Temple (10-2) joins an elite group of company including Syracuse, Duke, North Carolina, Kansas and Kentucky that have recorded at least 1,800 wins in program history.
“When I first came to Temple seven years ago I knew the quality of the people that had gone before me certainly coaching at Temple I thought a responsibility and accountability to this institution and those people that gave me the chance,” Temple coach Fran Dunphy said. “It’s a wonderful university, spectacular basketball tradition and history, and so I’m just very pleased to be a very small part of it and happy for our guys that they can talk about the number, but I think more importantly you’re amongst some pretty heavy hitters in college basketball and I think Temple should be very proud of its position in college basketball.” “It just shows the history of Temple. A lot of great players been through here, a lot of great coaches. A lot of history, a great tradition,” senior guard Khalif Wyatt said. “It’s a great accomplishment for the school and for everybody who’s been a part of it.”
The 18-point victory over Bowling Green (5-8) is Temple’s largest margin of victory to date this season.
The Owls used a balanced attack to take control of the game from start to finish as 12 players saw action for the Owls and five Owls scored in double figures.Eight different players saw at least 13 minutes of run, and Bowling Green’s record away from home still contains a zero in the win column.
As a team, the Owls recorded a remarkable 23 assists on 27 baskets.
With Friday’s game vs. Detroit being canceled the Owls were left with eight off days in between game action, but showed no ill effects, and shot 47 percent as a team.
“We had a game canceled but we practiced,” Wyatt said. “It was an intense practice from there on out, so you know (Coach Dunphy) didn’t let us have no days off, so it was just a practice day.”
Bowling Green went to the post early and often, targeting 6-foot-7 senior forward A’uston Calhoun, who was one of the Falcons’ only bright spots on the afternoon. Calhoun dropped a game-high 22 points to go with nine rebounds.
Temple has had trouble guarding athletic post players for much of the season, but the Owls’ team approach was too much for Bowling Green to handle.
Senior forward Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson and sophomore forward Anthony Lee got the Owls going early on the offensive side of the ball, as the two forwards exchanged buckets to build a Temple lead.
Hollis-Jefferson finished with 11 points, and Lee recorded another double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Forward Jake O’Brien, who has been stroking the three ball well as of late, continued to do so on Monday and hit three 3-pointers in the first frame to send Temple into the locker room at halftime with a 39-25 advantage.
O’Brien finished the game with a season-high 15 points on 5-7 shooting.
“Jake really stretches the defense, gives some opportunities to other insides and he’s a great asset to have,” Dunphy said.
The Owls would not look back after halftime and continued to build on their lead and moved the ball very effectively, taking advantage of both man-to-man and zone defensive sets that Bowling Green had featured.
Junior guard Dalton Pepper had his best game of the season and seemed to find the comfort zone that has been missing for much of the season. An injury to freshman Quenton DeCosey that he suffered in practice this past week opened up the opportunity for Pepper to get some steady burn, and he scored a season-high 10 points in just 13 minutes of action.
“I asked (Dalton) and he said his confidence is back. He’s shooting the ball well. He’s been practicing well the last couple days,” swingman Scootie Randall said. “We tell him all the time he’s a good player.”
Behind stingy defense from guards Will Cummings and T.J. DiLeo, the Owls defense held Bowling Green’s top scorer, senior guard Jordon Crawford, to just four points on 2-10 shooting. Crawford came into Monday’s game averaging 16.5 points per game.
“I think T.J. and Will in particular did a great job of once he gave the ball up not letting him getting back and when he did have the ball hound him, just hound him because he’s a really good player and he makes everything happen for them because he has the ball all the time,” Wyatt said.
Wyatt went scoreless in the first half and finished with just seven points, but did a remarkable job of finding his teammates. Wyatt’s ability to dish the rock has greatly improved from last year and he finished the day with a career-high eight assists.
“Some games they don’t need me to score,” he said. “Scootie made some shots today, Rahlir’s playing good. Jake made shots, Dalton made shots, Will made a couple shots. Just feeling out the game and just seeing what the team needs at the time. And I think today we needed somebody to get some guys some shots and get them in the right spots, and I think we did a good job of sharing the ball today and making shots when we had them.”
Temple (10-2) joins an elite group of company including Syracuse, Duke, North Carolina, Kansas and Kentucky that have recorded at least 1,800 wins in program history.
“When I first came to Temple seven years ago I knew the quality of the people that had gone before me certainly coaching at Temple I thought a responsibility and accountability to this institution and those people that gave me the chance,” Temple coach Fran Dunphy said. “It’s a wonderful university, spectacular basketball tradition and history, and so I’m just very pleased to be a very small part of it and happy for our guys that they can talk about the number, but I think more importantly you’re amongst some pretty heavy hitters in college basketball and I think Temple should be very proud of its position in college basketball.” “It just shows the history of Temple. A lot of great players been through here, a lot of great coaches. A lot of history, a great tradition,” senior guard Khalif Wyatt said. “It’s a great accomplishment for the school and for everybody who’s been a part of it.”
The 18-point victory over Bowling Green (5-8) is Temple’s largest margin of victory to date this season.
The Owls used a balanced attack to take control of the game from start to finish as 12 players saw action for the Owls and five Owls scored in double figures.Eight different players saw at least 13 minutes of run, and Bowling Green’s record away from home still contains a zero in the win column.
As a team, the Owls recorded a remarkable 23 assists on 27 baskets.
With Friday’s game vs. Detroit being canceled the Owls were left with eight off days in between game action, but showed no ill effects, and shot 47 percent as a team.
“We had a game canceled but we practiced,” Wyatt said. “It was an intense practice from there on out, so you know (Coach Dunphy) didn’t let us have no days off, so it was just a practice day.”
Bowling Green went to the post early and often, targeting 6-foot-7 senior forward A’uston Calhoun, who was one of the Falcons’ only bright spots on the afternoon. Calhoun dropped a game-high 22 points to go with nine rebounds.
Temple has had trouble guarding athletic post players for much of the season, but the Owls’ team approach was too much for Bowling Green to handle.
Senior forward Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson and sophomore forward Anthony Lee got the Owls going early on the offensive side of the ball, as the two forwards exchanged buckets to build a Temple lead.
Hollis-Jefferson finished with 11 points, and Lee recorded another double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Forward Jake O’Brien, who has been stroking the three ball well as of late, continued to do so on Monday and hit three 3-pointers in the first frame to send Temple into the locker room at halftime with a 39-25 advantage.
O’Brien finished the game with a season-high 15 points on 5-7 shooting.
“Jake really stretches the defense, gives some opportunities to other insides and he’s a great asset to have,” Dunphy said.
The Owls would not look back after halftime and continued to build on their lead and moved the ball very effectively, taking advantage of both man-to-man and zone defensive sets that Bowling Green had featured.
Junior guard Dalton Pepper had his best game of the season and seemed to find the comfort zone that has been missing for much of the season. An injury to freshman Quenton DeCosey that he suffered in practice this past week opened up the opportunity for Pepper to get some steady burn, and he scored a season-high 10 points in just 13 minutes of action.
“I asked (Dalton) and he said his confidence is back. He’s shooting the ball well. He’s been practicing well the last couple days,” swingman Scootie Randall said. “We tell him all the time he’s a good player.”
Behind stingy defense from guards Will Cummings and T.J. DiLeo, the Owls defense held Bowling Green’s top scorer, senior guard Jordon Crawford, to just four points on 2-10 shooting. Crawford came into Monday’s game averaging 16.5 points per game.
“I think T.J. and Will in particular did a great job of once he gave the ball up not letting him getting back and when he did have the ball hound him, just hound him because he’s a really good player and he makes everything happen for them because he has the ball all the time,” Wyatt said.
Wyatt went scoreless in the first half and finished with just seven points, but did a remarkable job of finding his teammates. Wyatt’s ability to dish the rock has greatly improved from last year and he finished the day with a career-high eight assists.
“Some games they don’t need me to score,” he said. “Scootie made some shots today, Rahlir’s playing good. Jake made shots, Dalton made shots, Will made a couple shots. Just feeling out the game and just seeing what the team needs at the time. And I think today we needed somebody to get some guys some shots and get them in the right spots, and I think we did a good job of sharing the ball today and making shots when we had them.”
