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11/26/2025

Temple Men’s Basketball attempted 41 free throws and shot 56% from the field in its 79-75 win against Princeton Tuesday night in the consolation round of the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Invitational.

Guard Derrian Ford led the Owls in the first few minutes as he piled up seven early points to help them to a 9-8 lead. Ford cooled off alongside Temple’s offense, which allowed Princeton to take command.

The Tigers went on an 11-0 run to open up a double-digit lead at the midway point of the first half. Temple’s offense finally started to stir with a 9-2 run of its own to get within three points before both teams started to struggle finding the basket. Princeton used a late three-pointer to take a 36-32 lead into halftime.

Princeton held Temple at arms reach early in the second half before the Owls finally broke away for the lead. They used a 12-2 spurt, capped off by a short jumper from forward Ayuba Bryant Jr., to take a 45-43 lead. Temple never trailed again as it managed to match every Princeton bucket and eventually pulled away for the 79-75 win. Ford led the way with 21 points and guard Aiden Tobiason added in 16.

Temple will face Rhode Island in Kissimmee, Florida in the fifth place game of the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Invitational on Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Temple Men’s Basketball attempted 41 free throws in its 79-75 win against Princeton Tuesday night.

11/25/2025

Temple’s win against Lafayette on Sept. 16 could have been a season-defining game for the Owls. They were winless in their first six games but had two draws and finally earned their first win of the season.
Instead of rallying from the victory, Temple crumbled.

The Owls lost their final nine games and went winless in American Conference play for the first time since 2021. They finished the season 1-13-2, the worst record in program history. After appearing in the postseason in 2024, Temple returns to the drawing board to get the program back on track.

“If we continue to work, we have the pieces to do it [win,]” said goalkeeper Diego Dauzier. “So, we just gotta put it together and we’ll get some results.”

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11/25/2025

Temple allowed University of California San Diego to shoot 62.5% from the field and 50% from three-point range in its 91-76 loss Monday evening. The Owls were outscored by 11 points in the first half and couldn’t recover.

While UCSD made three of its first five three-point attempts, Temple wouldn’t go away. Guard AJ Smith converted a spot-up three to give the Owls a 17-16 lead, but matters escalated. The Tritons’ hot shooting remained prevalent as they knocked down their last seven field goal attempts of the first half to enter the locker room with a 47-36 advantage.

Guard Derrian Ford’s layup capped off a 7-0 Temple run that trimmed its deficit to 10 points, but it was to no avail. UCSD forward Leo Beath delivered 14 consecutive points to build a 81-64 advantage that put the Owls’ victory hopes out of reach.

Temple will play the loser of Bradley and Princeton’s game at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25 in Kissimmee, Florida, in the consultation round of the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Invitational.

Temple Men’s Basketball allowed University of California San Diego to shoot 62.5% from the field in its 91-76 loss Monday evening.

11/25/2025

Copy Editor Bradley McEntee mourns their high school dance teacher after years of not confronting their complicated emotions surrounding her memory.

“On a cold day in November 2017, I stood at an awkward five-foot-six in an underground dance studio auditioning for The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts. I was in front of Philadelphia legend herself, LaDeva Davis.

Somewhere in the hazy memory of high school, Ms. Davis and I became close. I view many memories of her tenderly, but in between them her love was rough, so rough it made me bleed. She called me too stupid to do anything other than “be pretty” on stage. Another time, I cried while walking for a mile down Broad Street after she berated me for talking too quickly in graduation speech rehearsals.

Ms. Davis died in September 2022, just three months after I graduated. After I found out she died, I spent the day in a spiral. I sobbed, the shaking kind of sob.

I was still angry after her death. I wasn’t far enough removed from her style of affection after she died to view her in the pure light that everyone else did. This persisted until she visited me in a dream last month where I was sitting in the audience at a dance concert watching a group perform to a Donny Hathaway song. I didn’t see her in the dream, but I felt her spirit under my skin, squirming around in my stomach.

Part of me was curious as to why I was having such a strong reaction to her death years later. There had to be a reason I was thinking of her, or why she was thinking of me after I’d been nothing but mean when I thought of her. But as I melted into tears in the driver’s seat in that Wawa it was clear –– I never appreciated her after she was gone.

Ms. Davis excavated me. She unfurled the layers of the jittery teenager and turned them into someone who can step into a room and make their presence felt. I still walk with a swing in my hips, sternum open and core engaged because of her. It took me until this year to realize that.”

A student reflects on their complicated experience grieving the death of their high school dance teacher.

11/23/2025

Temple allowed 26 fastbreak points in its 88-58 loss to Villanova Saturday night. The Owls coughed up 19 turnovers, which the Wildcats converted into 24 points. Temple shot just 15% from three-point range to Villanova’s 48% as well.

The Owls had seven turnovers in the first 10 minutes, but their defense kept the Wildcats from gaining separation as they were tied at 13 heading into the second quarter. Temple’s offensive began to catch up with it, however. Villanova outscored the Owls 31-11 in the period and jumped out to a 44-24 lead entering the locker room.

Temple attempted to claw back in the third quarter, scoring 18 points to the Wildcats’ 19, but to no avail. Villanova stayed ahead 63-42 heading into the final frame and took its biggest lead of the game at 34 points with one minute left in the contest. The Wildcats ran the clock down to hand the Owls their third loss of the season.

“I really don't think we were very competitive today,” said head coach Diane Richardson. “Transition points is not something that we normally give up and we didn't sprint back. They had a lot of transition points, 26 points to us with six, and we’re a transition team.”

Temple will travel to Nassau, Bahamas for the Baha Mar Hoops tournament and face Michigan State on Nov. 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Temple Women’s Basketball allowed 26 fastbreak points in its 88-58 loss to Villanova Saturday night.

11/23/2025

Temple Football recorded just 167 total yards of offense in its 37-13 loss to Tulane Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field. Temple has now lost three straight games and has to win its final game of the season to be bowl eligible. The Owls’ offense was stagnant to open the game, failing to score on their first two drives while the Green Wave took a 10-0 lead.

Temple’s offense finally started to click with a 75-yard drive at the end of the first quarter to get on the board. Quarterback Evan Simon found tight end Peter Clarke for a three-yard score to make it 10-7 Tulane. The Green Wave proceeded to dominate the next three quarters of the game.

They held Temple to -24 yards in the second quarter after a botched trick play at the end of the half resulted in a loss of 43 yards. Tulane added 10 second quarter points to take a 20-7 lead into the locker room. Temple finally scored again on a touchdown pass from Simon to wide receiver Colin Chase in the fourth quarter, but it was insignificant to the outcome. Tulane racked up 406 total yards of offense while Temple had just 167 and 20 rushing yards in the loss.

“You need to out-execute those kinds of teams,” said head coach K.C. Keeler. “We did not out-execute that team.”

Temple closes out the regular season on the road against North Texas on Nov. 28 at 3:30 p.m.

Temple Football recorded just 167 total yards of offense in its 37-13 loss to No. 24 Tulane Saturday afternoon.

11/22/2025

Former Temple Men’s Basketball guard Hysier Miller was found to have placed 42 bets on Temple’s games, including three against his own team, during the 2022-24 seasons, the NCAA announced Friday. Miller placed a total of 42 bets totaling $473 on parlays and is permanently ineligible.

The NCAA’s announcement concludes its 18-month investigation into the university. Temple was one of multiple schools investigated.

Miller was cooperative during the NCAA investigations, giving them access to his phone and bank account. He admitted to placing parlay bets on Temple games when he was interviewed by the NCAA on Oct. 10, 2024, ESPN reported. He was also under investigation for potential point shaving, which he denied and the NCAA found that to be accurate.

Miller joined the Owls in the 2021-22 season where he was a reserve player before starting in every game during the 2022-24 seasons and led Temple in scoring in 2023-24. He transferred to Virginia Tech following the season, but was dismissed on Oct. 23, 2024 due to circumstances prior to his enrollment and never put on a Hokies jersey.

“Temple has always prided itself on playing by the rules and doing things the right way,” wrote Temple President John Fry and Athletic Director Arthur Johnson in a statement to the university Friday afternoon. “We are grateful that this process has affirmed the honesty and integrity of our student-athletes and the university’s commitment to compliance. We accept accountability for the findings, which have been submitted as a Level III violation for the university at the direction of the enforcement staff.”

An 18-month NCAA investigation found former Temple Men’s Basketball guard Hysier Miller to have placed a total of 42 bets during the 2022-24 seasons.

11/22/2025

It is officially do-or-die time for Temple. The Owls come out of their bye week with two chances left to make a bowl game. They are on a two-game losing streak but had a chance to reset physically and mentally during the off week.

Temple returns to action with a tall task standing in front of it in No. 24 Tulane, a projected College Football Playoff team. The Green Wave are one of the top teams in the American Conference and has appeared in three straight conference championship games. They are pushing for a championship yet again, being tied for first in the conference.

The Owls are finally getting healthy for the final stretch of their season but will need to play a perfect game to topple the Green Wave and earn an elusive sixth win.

“We're getting some guys back now, at least we're fresher,” said head coach K.C. Keeler. “Two games left, got senior day and then we have our last regular season game. These next two weeks give us a chance to play a third week, two nationally ranked teams. We have a great opportunity in front of us.”
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Here is everything you need to know before Temple’s game Saturday at 3:45 p.m.

Temple Football will face a Tulane team projected to make the College Football Playoff as it continues to vie for bowl eligibility.

11/21/2025

Taylor Davenport and Olivia Vance only spent one season playing together — in 2023, when they led Temple to its best season since 2017. Vance transferred in from Toledo that offseason and the duo qu**ky became the focal points of the team, playing to each other’s strengths to lift the Owls.
Davenport used her final year of eligibility in 2024 to play at Temple as a graduate student while Vance played professionally for Leixões Sport Club in Portugal. Neither Davenport nor Vance considered coaching a viable option once they were done playing. However, Temple had two assistant coach vacancies for the 2025 season.

Head coach Linda Hampton-Keith admired them both, not just as volleyball athletes, but as people. She believed their leadership would benefit the program and offered them both roles on the staff, as well as the recruiting coordinator role to Vance.

“It just kind of felt like a natural thing for me to fall back into,” Vance said. "You wear different hats every single day. You do a lot of different things. It's a lot of learning. I think I'm learning a lot of valuable life skills beyond just telling people how to keep a ball in the air. But it's been a very seamless process.”

Davenport spent her entire collegiate career at Temple and became the face of the program. When she exhausted her playing eligibility, she stayed at Temple to finish the final year of her master’s and volunteered at the team’s camps during the summer. Davenport enjoyed spending time in the office, so she became an assistant coach for the program she dedicated five years to.

“[Hampton-Keith and I] were talking about how I could add a lot of value from a different side,” Davenport said. “So that's kind of how I made that decision and I've loved it. It's been great to be able to stay in Philly, be able to stay around the team, be able to stay around a great coaching staff."

Temple Volleyball former athletes Taylor Davenport and Olivia Vance became assistant coaches for the 2025 season.

11/21/2025

Members of the Temple University Student Activists Against Sexual Assault and the Pennsylvania chapter of Every Voice Coalition rallied in front of the Bell Tower Nov. 18 for the passage of House Bill 1279 in Pennsylvania State Congress.

The bill, also known as the Every Voice Bill, is designed to increase support and provide better resources for survivors and reporters of sexual assault on college campuses across the state.

Two representatives from SAASA spoke at the rally alongside speakers from the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University. The press conference began at 11 a.m. and ran for around 11 minutes, with SAASA and EVC members tabling at the Bell Tower to provide information and garner support for the bill until 1 p.m.

“We stand here before you today to call for a vote in the House Education Committee,” said Emma Wentzel, vice president of SAASA and co-state director of EVC. “Survivors deserve a vote. Down to its core, this bill is not controversial. It's crafted with care, experience and common sense, and it's passed in 13 of the 15 states that we're active in. Now it's Pennsylvania's journey.”

The Every Voice Bill is sponsored by PA House District 10 representative Amen Brown in partnership with PA EVC that would establish four programs and services for support to survivors and reporters of sexual assault on college campuses.

Organizations from Temple, Drexel and UPenn held a press conference Nov. 18 at the bell tower advocating for the passage of House Bill 1279.

11/20/2025

Colman Domingo, Temple alum and two-time Oscar nominee, will serve as the keynote speaker at Temple’s 2026 Commencement ceremony on May 6, the university announced Thursday.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Domingo attended Temple in 1987 as a journalism major before leaving for San Francisco in 1991 to pursue an acting career. Domingo has earned two Oscar nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in “Euphoria” in 2022.

“As a journalism student who struggled with the balance of working two jobs and supporting himself through school from 1987-1990, eventually dropping out with a good 50 credits to go, this degree is very meaningful to me,” Domingo said in the university announcement. “The foundation that Temple University has given me in my early years, awakened my curiosity to pursue a life in the arts.”

Domingo, a Temple alum, will receive an honorary degree at the 2026 commencement ceremony on May 6.

11/20/2025

One unidentified student was placed on interim suspension after they were positively identified in connection with two separate reports of sexual assault, Vice President for Public Safety Jennifer Griffin and Vice President for Student Affairs Jodi Bailey Accavallo wrote in a statement to the Temple community Thursday.

The university, Temple’s Department of Public Safety and the Philadelphia Police Department are investigating the cases, one of which occurred at a residence hall. The other occurred at an off-campus location.

The student is prohibited from being on campus or in university buildings or classes during their suspension, Griffin wrote.

One unidentified student was placed on interim suspension in connection with two reports of sexual assault.

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