The Temple College men's basketball team hits the road on Saturday for an early North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference road test at Collin County Community College Saturday afternoon in Plano.
Game time at Cougar Gymnasium is 4 pm.
The Leopards downed the Ranger College Rangers 90-83 Wednesday night at Kirby Johnson Court, while the Cougars beat Weatherford, 65-50.
Through 17 contests, Temple (10-7 overall, 2-4 road, 1-0 NTJCAC) has averaged 90.4 points per game and has allowed 86.8 points. The Leopards shoot 46.4% from the field, 32.2% from beyond the arc, and 64.7% at the free-throw line. The Leopards outrebound teams on average, 41.2-31.3, average 17.2 assists, 11.8 steals (tied for 14th nationally, and 4.4 blocks.
Josh Telfort (14.1 ppg, 22 points against Ranger), Roy Gardner (12.1 ppg, 15 points against Ranger), Jaymes Brown-Peterson (11.2 ppg), Harry Bates (10.6 ppg, 14 points against Ranger), and Ovie Agbigbe (9.2 ppg, 17 points off the bench against Ranger) are the leading scorers for Temple.
Through 16 games, Collin (13-3 overall, 9-1 home, 1-0 NTJCAC) has averaged 73.6 points per game and has allowed 63.8 points. The Cougars shoot 44.1% from the field, 29.9% beyond the three-point line and convert 69.7% at the free-throw line. Collin averages 36.4 rebounds, 20.6 assists, 8.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks
Jayden Ramnanan (13.4 ppg), Kevin Paul (12.4 ppg), Nick Gunter (11.3 ppg), David Chong (10.7 ppg, 23 points against Weatherford), and David Emelife (9.6 ppg) are the leading scorers for the Cougars.
NTJCAC Standings
Collin 1-0
Southwestern Christian 1-0
Temple 1-0
McLennan 0-0
Hill 0-0
Weatherford 0-1
Ranger 0-1
Grayson 0-1