Temple lost in the Liacouras Center tonight to LaSalle 70-63. This a crushing blow to Temple in their quest to make it back to the NCAA field of 65. Dionte Christmas put up 19 points on 7-of-16 shooting, grabbed 6 boards, had 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Temple falls to 17-10 (9-4 in A-10 play). The Owls play Saturday at Dayton.

Temple needs to Squad up if they are to return here...

Naismith Watch: 19.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.4 spg, 42.4 FG%, 74.2 FT%, 34.9 3pt%

Temple real-time RPI: 45 SOS: 54