National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Temple 76, Villanova 61
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Where: The Pavilion, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Officials: # Roger Ayers, # John Cahill, # Michael Stephens
Attendance: 6500
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Temple 76, Villanova 61: Scootie Randall collected 21 points and seven rebounds and Anthony Lee scored 16 as the visiting Owls knocked off the Wildcats in a Philadelphia Big 5 battle.

Khalif Wyatt added 13 points and Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson chipped in eight and seven assists for Temple (6-0), which has taken back-to-back games from Villanova for the first time since the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons.

James Bell scored 15 points for the Wildcats (4-4), who have started out 0-2 in the Big 5 and have dropped four of five overall.

Villanova held a 36-32 lead at the break, but the Owls scored the first nine points of the second half as Wyatt scored five points and assisted on Lee’s dunk. Randall hit back-to-back 3-pointers as Temple extended it to an 18-2 run to begin the half.

The Wildcats missed their first 10 field-goal attempts after the break and did not connect until Tony Chennault hit a 3-pointer with 9:44 left in the game. Chennault connected from beyond the arc again just over a minute later to draw Villanova within 52-45, but the Owls used a 10-4 burst over the next two minutes to stretch it back out.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Owls are 6-0 for the first time in 25 years and won at the Pavilion for the first time since Nov. 29, 1990. … Temple ended up outscoring Villanova 44-25 in the second half. The Wildcats shot 7-for-20 after the break. … Villanova will finish up its Big 5 slate with Penn and St. Joseph's over the next week.
Top Game Performances
 
Temple   Villanova
Scootie Randall 21 Scoring James Bell 15
Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson 7 Assists James Bell 3
Scootie Randall 7 Rebounds JayVaughn Pinkston 6
Will Cummings 4 Free Throws Made Ryan Arcidiacono 4
Will Cummings 2 Steals James Bell 2
Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson 2 Blocks Maurice Sutton 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Temple 76 42.6 10-27 14-22 18 26 3 11 10
Villanova 61 44.7 5-15 14-20 9 31 6 5 20