2014-15 DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL NOTES
HORNETS (5-7; 0-0 MEAC) vs. Temple “Owls” (8-4; 0-0 AAC)
Sun., Dec. 28, 2014 - 5 p.m.
Phila., Pa. (Liacouras Center – 10,500)
TV: ESPN3; Radio: HSRN (HSRN.com; Sirius XM channel 126)
Live TV: ESPN3 (ESPN3.com)
Live Audio: Radio: HSRN (HSRN.com; Sirius XM channel 126)
Live Video: n/a
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/temple/mbball/
Twitter updates: @DSUAthletics
Delaware State Head Coach Keith Walker (Clemson, '81): 10-13 at DSU (first year, plus 11 games as interim head coach in 2013-14); 101-115 career (ninth year); 0-0 vs. Temple
Temple Head Coach Fran Dunphy (La Salle, '70): 175-101 at Temple (ninth year); 485-264 career (26th year); 0-0 vs. DSU
THE GAME
The Hornets wrap up a four-game road swing with a second visit to the City of Brotherly Love this season to face Temple of the America Athletic Conference. Delaware State has been idle since an 83-70 loss to Oregon on Dec. 20. The Hornets (5-7), playing without preseason All-MEAC center
Kendall Gray (injury), cut a 20-point second half deficit to 10 on two occasions in the last eight minutes but could get no closer the rest of the way. Amere May shook off a slow start to lead the Hornets with 16 points in the Oregon contest, 14 coming in the second half. He had a career-best 48 points, tops in Division I this season, in the Hornets' 72-64 win over St. Francis Brooklyn in DSU's previous contest. Tyshawn Bell added 15 points for the Hornets vs. Oregon. He had three three-point field goals to move into a tie with Miles Davis (2000-04) for fifth on the school's career list with 159. May is tops on the Hornets and second in the MEAC in scoring at 19.1 points per game. Bell is tied for second on the Hornets in scoring (11.5 ppg) and is tops on the team with 25 three-point field goals. May is second on the club with 22 three-pointers. Gray is tied for second on the Hornets in scoring (11.5 ppg), is tops in rebounding (10.4 pg) and the team leader with 36 blocks.
Temple (8-4) has won four of its last five games, including a 77-52 thumping of No. 10 Kansas in its most recent outing on Dec. 22. Will Cummings led three Temple players in double figures with 19 points vs. Kansas. Cummings was five-for-eight from the field (2-3 3pt. FGs) and seven-of-seven at the free throw line. Temple's Quenton Decosey added 18 points (7-9 FGs) and Jesse Morgan 17 (three three-pointers), while Jaylen Bond had a game-high 10 rebounds in the win over Kansas. Morgan leads the Owls in scoring this season at 16.5 points per game. Decosey is second on the team in scoring (15.1 ppg) and tops in three-point field goals with 20. Cummings averages 14.8 points and has a team-high 45 assists.
DSU vs. TEMPLE/AMERICA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HISTORY
The Hornets and Owls are meeting for the first time. DSU and Temple have played two common opponents this season, each going 2-0 vs. Penn and Delaware. The Hornets opened the season with a 77-75 overtime win at Penn in Philadelphia on Nov. 15. Delaware State won at Delaware 66-53 on Dec. 7. Temple upended Penn 76-67 on Nov. 25; and posted an 82-62 victory at Delaware on Dec. 18. The Hornets are 0-5 all-time vs. current members of the American Athletic Conference: 0-2 vs. Connecticut and 0-1 vs. Tulsa, East Carolina and Houston.
