West Virginia Mountaineers (9-1) at Temple Owls (5-3)
Philadelphia; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Temple takes on No. 15 West Virginia after Tiarra East scored 26 points in Temple’s 76-62 victory over the Villanova Wildcats.
The Owls are 1-2 in home games. Temple is eighth in the AAC scoring 63.4 points while shooting 37.8% from the field.
The Mountaineers play their first true road game after going 9-1 with a 2-1 record in neutral-site games to start the season. West Virginia ranks fifth in the Big 12 shooting 36.4% from 3-point range.
Temple averages 63.4 points, 14.2 more per game than the 49.2 West Virginia allows. West Virginia has shot at a 49.8% rate from the field this season, 8.0 percentage points above the 41.8% shooting opponents of Temple have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: East is shooting 39.7% and averaging 16.6 points for the Owls.
JJ Quinerly is averaging 18.6 points, 3.3 assists and three steals for the Mountaineers.
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