Temple Drops Second Strait at Dayton

A furious flurry of threes by Dionte “Floyd” Christmas couldn’t save Temple’s postseason hopes from being dealt another crushing blow.  This time the Flyers  of Dayton built a lead and held on to win 70-65 by making six free throws over the last 41 seconds to counter Floyd’s two 3-pointers.  Christmas finished with 20 points on 7-of-16 shooting (5-of-12 beyond the arc) to go with 1 board and 3 assists versus 0 turnovers.  Temple is now 17-11 and 9-5 in A-10 play.

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: 46 SOS: 48