Temple's Mark Tyndale drives for the winning basket. (Jerry Lodriguss/Inquirer)
Postgame audio
Temple: Fran Dunphy, Mark Tyndale and Chris Clark
St. Joseph's: Phil Martelli
Inquirer staff writer Ray Parrillo's early recap
Mark Tyndale admitted after the game that he felt Temple deserved some sort of revenge for the Owls' controversial loss to St. Joe's earlier in the season.
Tonight, he got it.
Tyndale delivered the game-winning basket with 22 seconds left, and 9-6 Temple now sits alone in second place in the Atlantic 10 after its 57-56 win over St. Joe's. The Hawks fell to fourth place in the conference below Massachusetts, and are even with the Minutemen, Richmond and La Salle at 8-6.
The Owls shot 21-for-50 from the field (42.0%), including 7-for-20 from three-point range (35.0%) and 14-for-30 from two-point range (46.7%), and 8-for-11 from the free throw line (72.7%). Eight offensive rebounds, 23 defensive rebounds, 12 assists, 11 turnovers, four blocks, five steals and 13 fouls committed.
That adds up to 59 possessions and 0.962 points per possession.
St. Joe's shot 20-for-52 from the field (38.5%), including a frigid 2-for-16 from three-point range (12.5%) and 18-for-36 from two-point range (50.0%), and 14-for-16 from the free throw line (87.5%). Ten offensive rebounds, 22 defensive rebounds, six assists, nine turnovers, seven blocks and five steals.
That adds up to 58 possessions and 0.972 points per possession.
Just as significantly, after scoring 24 points in the paint in the first half, the Hawks only scored six from there in the second half. At the other end of the floor, Temple scored six points in the paint in the first half and 20 in the second.
Line of the Game goes to the guy who took the thing on his back in the second half and carried the Owls to the win:
Name |
Min |
FG |
FT |
3pt |
OR |
DR |
TR |
A |
S |
TO |
Blk |
PF |
Eff |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Tyndale |
40 |
7-8 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
23 |
15 |
So as I head off to sleep, I leave you with this question:
What does finishing second in the Atlantic 10 get you this year?
Honestly, I have no idea.
Comments (4)
I'm waiting for that St. Joes fans to present a doctored photo of the clock expiring before Tyndale could get the shot off.
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March 3, 2008 8:30 AM
Posted on March 3, 2008 08:30
Second place in the A-10 gets us (Temple) squat, unless we can make a run from here to the A-10 finals. However, I can see lesser teams (in the standings) get at-large bids. I can see Rhodey still making it, I can see UMass possibly getting in if they have a good tourney run.
However, I think we (again, Temple) have too many bad losses (Providence, Coll of Charleston OOC, plus Fordham, Charlotte in conference) to get in based on our A-10 record alone.
Bottomline, too many close losses I'd LOVE to have back:
2 pt loss to Providence
3 pt loss to Charleston
2 pt loss @ Akron
2 pt loss at Charlotte
1 pt loss vs St Joe's
2 point loss vs Fordham
That's 12 points and 6 losses away from an at-large bid. Ouch.
Posted by tjc | March 3, 2008 9:32 AM
Posted on March 3, 2008 09:32
So I guess Philly's hopes for an NCAA team fall back on Villanova again!
Posted by callie | March 3, 2008 9:41 AM
Posted on March 3, 2008 09:41
Clearly this has been a down year for the city.
On paper Nova has the best team, but the team fizzled in the conference.
SJU has hit the wall. The loss at home to St Louis killed them.
Temple continues to improve and is rarely blown out or not in a close game. Great job by Dunphy this year.
LaSalle has improved, but as always, they seem to get any attention. Still they are a middle of the road team.
Penn has been horrific. Even playing in such a weak league, they have managed to get drilled a few times. And the alums are growling about Miller. Very disappointing.
Drexel: Bottom feeder in the CAA.
Sussberg Awards:
City Player of the year: Tyndale. Runner up: Calathes and Harris
City Coach of the Year: Dunphy: Team has gotten better as the season has gone on.
Embarassment of the Year: Penn. Thumped at Brown. Lost to Florida Gulf Coast, which speaks for itself around here.
Posted by jeremy sussberg | March 3, 2008 1:57 PM
Posted on March 3, 2008 13:57