Temple to Take on Undefeated Seton Hall

Temple basketball will take on Seton Hall Saturday at 7pm. Seton Hall is the 4th undefeated Big East opponent Temple will face this year. So Temple won't be afraid of Seton Hall since they have already played a lot of good teams out of the Big East. However, Temple is 1-2 in games vs undefeated Big East opponents, the most recent being a comeback win vs #3 Villanova. Hopefully Temple can use that big win vs Nova to get them pumped for the next few tough games games before the conference schedule starts. Temple will face yet another high scoring team. Seton Hall averages over 90 ppg which is more than nova averaged. However, Temple proved vs. Nova their defense is legit and can stop a high powered offense. It wont be easy as Seton Hall has 4 players that average over 10 ppg. They also have 2 more players that average over 9 ppg. Temple will have to slow down the tempo of the game to try and mess up Seton Hall's rhythm and have it be a low scoring affair which plays in their favor. Temple will hope that Juan Fernandez can have a repeat performance from the Nova game where he scored 33 points and was 11-15 from the field and 7-9 from behind the arc. Temple will also hope that Brooks can continue gaining confidence and become the scorer they thought he could be at the beginning of the season.

Seton Hall is lead by Jeremy Hazell, who averages 21.5 ppg. Seton Hall also has a very talented forward named Herb Pope who averages 14.6 ppg and 12.8 rpg. Seton Hall will look to make it a high scoring affair and make Temple make a lot shots to win the game. Seton Hall also gets two transfer players eligible for the game Saturday. Keon Lawrence and Jeff Robinson will look to make an immediate impact in the Seton Hall lineup. It will be interesting to see how both teams match up against each other defensively and who marks who.

This will be a great game that should come down to the wire. Temple will need to stay fired up from their Nova win and do work, while Seton Hall will need to be prepared for their first real contest of the year.

Prediction

Temple 71

Seton Hall 66