Who’s Playing
Davidson Wildcats @ Temple Owls
Current Records: Davidson 8-2, Temple 6-4
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The Temple Owls will take on the Davidson Wildcats in a holiday battle at 7:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday at at Liacouras Center. The Owls are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they’ve averaged 78.8 points per game this season.
Temple is headed into this one after the oddsmakers set last week’s over/under low at 141.5, but even that wound up being too high. They enjoyed a cozy 60-42 win over Hofstra on Sunday. The 60-point effort marked the Owls’ lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn’t matter.
Temple smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That’s the most offensive rebounds they’ve posted since back in February.
Meanwhile, Davidson had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging an 86-51 victory over the Titans. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three games by 27 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Davidson to victory, but perhaps none more so than Bobby Durkin, who went 6 for 9 en route to 19 points plus five rebounds. What’s more, Durkin also posted a 66.7% field goal percentage, which is the highest he’s posted since back in February. Reed Bailey was another key player, going 6 for 11 en route to 17 points plus seven rebounds and five steals.
The win made it two in a row for Temple and bumps their season record up to 6-4. As for Davidson, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Temple hasn’t given up the ball easily this season, having only averaged 9.9 turnovers per game. However, it’s not like Davidson struggles in that department as they’ve been averaging only 9.7. Given these competing strengths, it’ll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Temple was able to grind out a solid win over Davidson when the teams last played back in December of 2019, winning 66-53. Will Temple repeat their success, or does Davidson have a better game plan this time around? We’ll find out soon enough.
Series History
Temple has won both of the games they’ve played against Davidson in the last 6 years.
- Dec 01, 2019 – Temple 66 vs. Davidson 53
- Dec 15, 2018 – Temple 77 vs. Davidson 75
