All Entries Tagged With: "christmas"
Temple falls to LaSalle… at home
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 [...]
Christmas and Owls Keep Winning
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 [...]
Owls cruise past Fordham, 72-45
Fa-Fa-Fa-Floyd Christmas put in 14 points, grabbed 3 boards and had 3 assists, and LaVoy Allen went for 19pts and 11boards as Temple notched as easy A-10 victory. With the win Temple moves to 16-9 (8-3 in A-10). Don’t forget to vote for Dionte and Louisville’s Twill for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award. You can [...]
Christmas, Owls win another on road
Dionte “Floyd” Christmas and the Temple Owls defeated Duquesne 78-73 for their third strait win, and second strait on the road against an upper level A-10 squad. Christmas shot just 4-of-15 but had 15 points, 5 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Temple is now 15-9 (7-3 A-10) and in third place in the conference [...]
Floyd leads Owls past 1st place Hawks
Dionte “Floyd” Christmas and the Temple Owls got a much needed road victory over the A-10′s first place St. Joseph’s Hawks, 61-59 in the Palestra. Christmas had 19 points on 8 of 16 shooting (2 of 5 beyond the arc), and pulled down 11 rebounds to go with his 4 assists and a steal. St. [...]
Floyd Update
Dionte “Floyd” Christmas and the Temple Owls have split their last two games, a 83-74 loss to Xavier followed by yesterday’s 68-62 victory over Rhode Island. Temple is now 13-9 (5-3 A-10). Christmas had only 12 points in the Xavier loss, but handed out 8 assists to go with his 2 boards and 2 steals, [...]
Christmas Free Throws His Way To Double-Double; Owls Down Spiders
Straitpinkie.com candidate for Naismith POY Dionte Christmas had a bad night from the floor. Floyd shot just 2-12 (including 0-6 from threeland); however, Floyd was money from the charity stripe, connecting on 13-14 to give him 17 points to go along with his career-high 13 rebounds and 3 assists to help the Owls move to [...]
Floyd’s 27 not enough, Owls fall
The unpredictable Owls didn’t show up; Straitpinkie’s POY candidate did. Dionte Christmas had 27 points (on 8-17 FG, 5-11 3ptFG), 6 boards, 3 steals and an assist, but the only other Owl to score in double digits was Ryan Brooks with 12. The Rhode Island Rams took care of business at home, 67-59, and Temple [...]
Temple Destroys Charlotte, 80-53
Dionte Christmas took the floor earlier today looking like Antonio Margarito after his fight with Sugar Shane Mosley tonight. Stitches under his left eye, Floyd’s shooting touch was a little off. Christmas shot only 4 of 12 (2 of 7 from beyond the arc) and 2 of 3 from the line, good for 12 points [...]
Billikens Draw Blood on Christmas; Still Get Trounced by Temple
Apparently St. Louis decided the only way they would have a chance to come back from an already insurmountable lead was to try and take out straitpinkie.com Player of the Year candidate Dionte Christmas. With 13:17 remaining and the Billikens trailing by a bunch, a Billiken nailed Floyd and opened up a cut just over [...]
