On a cold November night, the Temple Owls headed into Lafayette looking to get back on track- that's exactly what they did. Coming off a loss to Clemson just 5 days prior, nobody knew how the team would react. The Lafayette Leopards made an attempt to keep things optimistic, but it didn't work out for them. The final score of this one was 71-55 in the Owls' favor.Coming off two consecutive victories, Lafayette looked strong and determined to take down Temple. The team needed big showings from both Andrew Brown and Jeff Kari- unfortunately, they were only able to get one. Temple's defense held Andrew Brown to a mere 3 points (13 under his average). The two leading scorers combined for merely 19 points. However, forward Jared Mintz filled in the gap with 12 of his own. The two spots that hurt the Leopards the most were the turnovers and shooting scoring.Temple, on the other hand, got the job done in merely every aspect of the game. Dionte Christmas (right) was able to bounce off a disappointing performance against Clemson with 29 points. He also received help in the scoring category from guards Ryan Brooks (10) and Semaj Inge (11). Temple's main weakness came from their shooting.Freshman Scootie Randall also contributed to the Owls' victory with 7 points.Here's a quick look at the comparison in both teams' struggles:Overall Shooting PercentageTemple- 41.4 %Lafayette- 35.8 %3-Point Shooting PercentageTemple- 21.7 %Lafayette- 31.8 %TurnoversTemple- 12Lafayette-17Overall, the category that both teams shared that might have been game changing. The overall percentages were so low, that it was as if someone put a lid on the rim.Key players from both teams come down to Dionte Christmas and Jeff Kari (right). Both these players became the anchors of their respective teams for the evening. For Dionte, it was a matter of getting back into the groove of things after the double teaming of Clemson that withheld him. Jeff Kari, though, came up big in making up for Andrew Brown's struggles.Temple needed to get back into a rebounding game after that upsetting showing against Clemson. The Owls allowed one player (Trevor Booker) to obtain 16 boards of his own. In this game, though, Dionte Christmas and Lavoy Allen picked up the pieces that let to a 9 rebound advantage. With such poor shooting, the rebounding before 2nd chance shots was a necessity. With this victory, Temple extends their record to 3-1 overall, and Lafayette goes to 2-1.The Owls will be back in action on Saturday, November 29th against Buffalo. Lafayette will be on today against Rider.Go Owls! Subscribe via RSS