By: Stephen Gorchov
Hempstead, NY - The Hofstra men's basketball team will continue its Pennsylvania road trip on Wednesday when the Pride visits Temple.
The Bucknell game was the first of five consecutive games in the state of Pennsylvania for the Pride.
Tip-off from The Liacouras Center is scheduled for 7 p.m.
The game will air on ESPN+. WRHU will have an audio-only broadcast on WRHU (88.7 FM). Links to both, as well as the live statistics, can be found on this page and on the men's basketball schedule page on GoHofstra.com.
Hofstra evened its record at 2-2 with an 83-77 road win over Bucknell this past Friday.
Preston Edmead had 23 points, including 18 in the second half, to lead the way.
Cruz Davis added 18 points and
Biggie Patterson chipped in with 17. Edmead and Davis both had five assists, while
Victory Onuetu had 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Temple is 2-1 this season and most recently dropped a 76-71 decision at home to Boston College on Saturday. Derrian Ford had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Owls, which also got 16 points from Gavin Griffiths.
Wednesday will be the 20th all-time meeting between Hofstra and Temple. The Owls lead the series, 13-6. Despite having met 19 times this will mark only the second meeting since the 1981-82 season. Temple visited the Mack Sports Complex a season ago and earned a 60-42 win over the Pride. The schools were conference rivals in both the Middle Atlantic Conference and the East Coast Conference from 1969-70 to 1981-82. The first-ever meeting occurred during the 1964-65 season and Hofstra's most recent victory in the series was a 50-49 win on February 6, 1980.