ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Temple's leading scorer, Dionte Christmas, has been on the bench for most of the first half with two fouls -- but the Owls still lead, 19-14.

Chris Clark's three-pointer gave the Owls their first double-digit lead of the night. An'Juan Wilderness dropped two tough layups inside on consecutive possessions to cut the Temple lead to five.

Temple has a decent-sized student section, but it is noticeably smaller than SJU's was. The anti-Penn State Temple fan is back in the same spot with the same shirt. Good luck t-shirt, probably.