Temple Owls (4-3) at Villanova Wildcats (5-3)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Friday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Villanova takes on Temple after Jasmine Bascoe scored 26 points in Villanova’s 81-65 victory over the Saint Joseph’s (PA) Hawks.
The Wildcats have gone 3-0 in home games. Villanova has a 1-0 record in one-possession games.
The Owls are 3-1 on the road. Temple is ninth in the AAC scoring 61.6 points per game and is shooting 35.7%.
Villanova averages 7.0 made 3-pointers per game, 1.7 more made shots than the 5.3 per game Temple allows. Temple’s 35.7% shooting percentage from the field this season is 5.3 percentage points lower than Villanova has allowed to its opponents (41.0%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Bascoe is scoring 15.4 points per game and averaging 4.0 rebounds for the Wildcats.
Tiarra East is scoring 15.3 points per game and averaging 4.7 rebounds for the Owls.
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