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Saint Joseph's snaps skid against Temple

Feb 26, 2012 - 7:17 AM Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Langston Galloway dropped in 22 points as Saint Joseph's snapped a 10-game losing streak against No. 22 Temple with an 82-72 decision at Hagan Arena.

Carl Jones and Ronald Roberts Jr. added 18 points apiece, while Halil Kanacevic contributed 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Hawks (19-11, 9-6 A-10), who had not beaten the Owls since January 26, 2008.

Ramone Moore and Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson each netted 15 points to pace Temple (22-6, 11-3), which had its 11-game win streak snapped.

Michael Eric had 14 points and 14 boards in a losing effort.

"I think we got out of character offensively," said Temple coach Fran Dunphy. "What that leads to is really good offense by the opposition."

After Galloway opened the game with a jumper, Temple reeled off eight of the next 11 points to take an 8-5 lead with 14:41 remaining in the first half.

Saint Joseph's, though, used the long ball to respond with a 16-8 run to jump ahead, 21-16.

Kanacevic made one three-pointer and Galloway dropped in back-to-back shots from beyond the arc around a Hollis-Jefferson dunk in the Hawks' spurt.

Anthony Lee's layup stopped the run and closed the gap to three, but the Hawks reeled off the game's next 11 points to take a 32-18 advantage with just under five minutes left in the half.

However, the Owls closed out the first half with a 14-5 swing that included five straight points by Khalif Wyatt to trail, 37-32, at the break.

Temple used an early 11-2 run in the second half to take its first lead since the opening minutes of the first, 47-44.

But a Kanacevic layup followed by a Jones three-pointer put the Hawks back on top and the Owls never led again.

A brief 7-3 spurt by Temple brought them within one, 62-61, with a little over eight minutes remaining in the game before Saint Joseph's used a 16-4 run to put the game away.

Game Notes

This was the 10th time overall and first time since 2001 the teams met at Hagan Arena. The Hawks own a 6-4 advantage in games played on their campus...Temple leads the all-time series, 88-66...Wyatt finished with 11 points for Temple, which outscored Saint Joseph's in the paint, 42-28.