ORLANDO - Temple Men's Basketball opens play in the Orlando Invitational on Thanksgiving morning as the Owls (4-0) take on #5 Maryland (5-0) on ESPN2 at 11 am. It is the first of three games for the Cherry and White in the tournament with the team also playing Friday and Sunday.
Scouting Temple
> This is the second time that the Owls will take part in the Orlando Invitational, the last time was in 2010 when the tournament was dubbed the Old Spice Invitational.
> Temple, under the direction of first-year head coach Aaron McKie, is led by the guard tandem of Nate Pierre-Louis and Quinton Rose.