Jackson leads East Carolina against Temple after 25-point showing

Temple Owls (11-7, 4-3 AAC) at East Carolina Pirates (11-9, 2-6 AAC)

Greenville, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

LINE: East Carolina -1.5; over/under is 135.5

BOTTOM LINE: East Carolina faces the Temple Owls after Vance Jackson scored 25 points in East Carolina's 60-59 loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats.

The Pirates have gone 10-2 in home games. East Carolina is sixth in the AAC scoring 70.6 points while shooting 41.2% from the field.

The Owls have gone 4-3 against AAC opponents. Temple scores 67.1 points and has outscored opponents by 1.2 points per game.

The teams play for the 10th time in conference play this season. The Owls won the last meeting 78-75 on Jan. 8. Damian Dunn scored 33 points to help lead the Owls to the win.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tristen Newton is shooting 45.1% and averaging 17.6 points for the Pirates. Jackson is averaging 9.1 points over the last 10 games for East Carolina.

Jahlil White is averaging 6.1 points and 5.2 rebounds for the Owls. Zach Hicks is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Temple.

LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 3-7, averaging 67.2 points, 31.3 rebounds, 15.0 assists, 6.5 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 38.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.1 points per game.

Owls: 6-4, averaging 65.0 points, 33.9 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 6.9 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 38.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.3 points.

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