Temple just dropped 109 on St. Bonaventure. 109. That has to be a Liacouras Center record. Easily. I dont wanna sound as giddy as a school girl, but after seeing your boys drop 109 on a conference opponent, you cant help but be a tad excited. You know things were going well for TU when:
1. Dunphy started emptying the bench with 8 minutes to go and we still drop a C note on 'em
2. Dion Dacons had a career high in points....in the first half. He ended the game with 16 and 10
3. Serg drilled a 15 footer
4. Reserve C Anthony Ivory scored 4 straight points, first on a lay up and then a silky smooth 15 footer
5. Reserve G Brian Shanahan drilled an NBA-range three pointer on the final possession
6. Tyndale yanked down 16 boards, 4 of which came on the offensive end
7. We out rebounded the Bonnies 47-20
8. The Bonnies shot almost 50% from 3 (11-23)....and lost by 39
The student section was psyched, it felt good to all be so pumped to see Ivory and Shanny score. Honestly though, I'd like to see more of Ivory. Why not? What have you got to lose? Serg is good for his 5 fouls a game if he plays. At least Ivory might mix in a basket every once in a while.
Hopefully, and the key word is hopefully, we can shoot the lights out like this on Sunday against UMass and again on Valentines Day, when we travel to Tom Gola Arena to take on Big 5 and A-10 rival La Salle. Tickets go on sale later this week for both games and I can imagine they'd be more than $7. If you get the chance, I'd definately pick up a ticket for these two games.
On a more somber note, Dustin Salisbury was seen in the second half wearing a neck brace, but there was no formal announcement to the student section as to when or how the injury occured. I will post later regarding his condition as soon as the information becomes available.