Dionte Christmas and the Temple Owls won their fifth strait, a 70-56 victory over St. Bonaventure. Christmas had a rough shooting night (4-15 overall, 2-10 from beyond the arc) but finished with 18 points, 5 boards, 3 assists and 1 steal. LaVoy Allen continued his beastly play with 20 points and 18 rebounds (on 8-of-8 shooting), setting a Liacouras Center record for boards. Temple is now 17-9 (9-3 in A-10 play) and host LaSalle on Thursday night.

Naismith Watch: 19.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.4 spg, 42.4 FG%, 75.6 FT%, 35.3 3pt%

Temple real-time RPI: 38 SOS: 46