A-10 Championships: Bonnies fall to Owls in conference quarterfinal
Jason MacBain
Issue date: 3/12/10 Section: Men's Basketball
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The chant was predictable.
Temple's Lavoy Allen and Michael Eric had once again teamed up to systematically dissect St. Bonaventure's man-to-man defense for another uncontested lay-in.
"It's too easy," came the vocal opinion from the 150 or so students clad in cherry and white behind the Bonnies' second-half basket.
The Brown and White didn't exactly do much to keep the Philadelphia students entertained for the remainder of the game, either.
"This is boring," came the Temple students' serenading with 8:59 to play after Ramone Moore's converted give-and-go with Allen put the Owls ahead 58-40, en route to a 69-51 win this afternoon at Boardwalk Hall in quarterfinal action of the Atlantic 10 tournament.
Temple (27-5) did exactly what a No. 1 seed - and No. 17 (ESPN/USA Today) team in the country - should do to a No. 8 seed, and team nearly 150 spots behind it in the RPI: dominate.
The Owls flew out to a 24-8 start not even nine minutes into the game, and the Bonnies (15-16) got no closer than seven the rest of the game.
"I give all the credit to Temple; they're a terrific team," head coach Mark Schmidt said while emphasizing the Owls' defensive prowess. "We didn't get off to a great start … in order to beat Temple we had to be kicking on all cylinders, and we weren't."
The Bonnies tried to get the cylinders turning from the outset by establishing A-10 All-Conference second-team member Andrew Nicholson in the low blocks, but Temple's All-Conference first-teamer Allen would have none of it. He repeatedly directed Nicholson - who took six of his 18 field goal attempts in the game's first five minutes - into contested shots, blocked two and even forced up an air ball from the Mississauga, Ontario native.
"It all starts with knowing what our opponents' strengths are," Allen said of the key to the Owls' defensive success. "Me and Michael (Eric) did a good job today on Andrew Nicholson. It's all about talking and playing help defense."
Temple's Lavoy Allen and Michael Eric had once again teamed up to systematically dissect St. Bonaventure's man-to-man defense for another uncontested lay-in.
"It's too easy," came the vocal opinion from the 150 or so students clad in cherry and white behind the Bonnies' second-half basket.
The Brown and White didn't exactly do much to keep the Philadelphia students entertained for the remainder of the game, either.
"This is boring," came the Temple students' serenading with 8:59 to play after Ramone Moore's converted give-and-go with Allen put the Owls ahead 58-40, en route to a 69-51 win this afternoon at Boardwalk Hall in quarterfinal action of the Atlantic 10 tournament.
Temple (27-5) did exactly what a No. 1 seed - and No. 17 (ESPN/USA Today) team in the country - should do to a No. 8 seed, and team nearly 150 spots behind it in the RPI: dominate.
The Owls flew out to a 24-8 start not even nine minutes into the game, and the Bonnies (15-16) got no closer than seven the rest of the game.
"I give all the credit to Temple; they're a terrific team," head coach Mark Schmidt said while emphasizing the Owls' defensive prowess. "We didn't get off to a great start … in order to beat Temple we had to be kicking on all cylinders, and we weren't."
The Bonnies tried to get the cylinders turning from the outset by establishing A-10 All-Conference second-team member Andrew Nicholson in the low blocks, but Temple's All-Conference first-teamer Allen would have none of it. He repeatedly directed Nicholson - who took six of his 18 field goal attempts in the game's first five minutes - into contested shots, blocked two and even forced up an air ball from the Mississauga, Ontario native.
"It all starts with knowing what our opponents' strengths are," Allen said of the key to the Owls' defensive success. "Me and Michael (Eric) did a good job today on Andrew Nicholson. It's all about talking and playing help defense."
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