The Temple Owls beat the Virginia Tech Hokies to advance to the third round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament to play the Massachusetts Minutemen tonight at 7:00.
(6) Temple 71, Virginia Tech 52
VIRGINIA TECH (16-15)
Roberts 4-9 1-2 9, Ray 0-1 0-0 0, Wheeler 0-5 0-0 0, Chase 6-15 0-0 16, Dunlop 4-7 2-4 12, Whaley 0-0 0-1 0, J. Smith 1-4 4-6 6, D. Smith 1-3 0-0 3, Dobbins 2-5 1-1 6, Viegas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-49 8-14 52.
TEMPLE (24-5)
Karcher 7-16 0-2 17, Barnes 2-5 8-8 12, Lyde 2-3 3-3 7, Sanchez 3-3 0-0 9, Wadley 2-12 2-2 8, Greer 3-5 1-2 9, Sanders 2-4 3-3 7, Wesby 0-1 0-0 0, Rollerson 0-1 0-0 0, Thomas 1-2 0-0 2, Barry 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-53 17-20 71.
Temple 36, Virginia Tech 22. 3-Point goals-Virginia Tech 8-23 (Chase 4-10, Dunlop 2-4, D. Smith 1-3, Dobbins 1-4, J. Smith 0-1, Roberts 0-1), Temple 10-27 (Sanchez 3-3, Karcher 3-9, Greer 2-4, Wadley 2-10). Fouled out-Wheeler. Rebounds-Virginia Tech 24 (Roberts, Chase 4), Temple 43 (Karcher 10). Assists-Virginia Tech 12 (Roberts, Ray 3). Temple 14 (Sanchez 5). Total fouls-Virginia Tech 16, Temple 15.
A-7,500.
The Villanova Wildcats lost to the St. John's Red Storm to end their regular season at 19-12.
(19) ST. JOHN'S 75, Villanova 70
VILLANOVA (19-12)
Lynch 4-10 1-1 11, Sales 3-6 1-5 7, Allen 8-12 0-0 16, Buchanan 6-15 3-3 19, Medley 2-7 1-2 7, Matthews 1-2 1-1 3, Wright 2-4 0-0 4, Caouette 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 27-58 7-12 70.
ST. JOHN'S (22-7)
Jessie 5-7 0-0 10, Postell 8-14 0-0 18, Glover 2-4 0-0 4, Barkley 4-12 2-2 11, Thornton 9-17 0-1 21, Emanuel 1-5 2-3 4, Gray 3-6 0-1 7. Total 32-65 4-7 75.
Halftime-St. John's 41, Villanova 26. 3-Point goals-Villanova 9-22 (Buchanan 4-9, Lynch 2-5, Medley 2-6, Caouette 1-2), St. John's 7-20 (Thornton 3-8, Postell 2-4, Gray 1-3, Barkley 1-5). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Villanova 37 (Allen 11), St. John's 33 (Postell, Barkley, Thornton 5). Assists-Villanova 17 (Buchanan 7), St. John's 21 (Barkley 11). Total fouls-Villanova 13, St. John's 14.
A-19,472.
The St. Joe's Hawks lost to the Dayton Flyers to end their season at 13-16.
Dayton 67, St. Joseph's 64
ST. JOSEPH'S (13-16)
Crenshaw 3-11 6-6 13, Howard 5-6 0-0 10, Reid 2-4 1-4 5, Jennings 0-0 0-0 0, O'Connor 4-14 2-2 13, Brown 3-6 0-0 8, Phillips 5-7 0-0 13, Woods 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 23-49 9-12 64.
DAYTON (22-7)
Green 2-3 0-0 4, Hall 2-6 0-0 5, Ashman 5-11 4-8 14, Stanley 6-13 4-6 19, Young 1-4 5-7 7, Fitz 0-0 0-0 0, Morris 5-9 4-6 16, Holland 1-3 0-1 2, Cooper 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 22-51 17-28 67.
Halftime-St. Joseph's 29, Dayton 29. 3-Point goals-St. Joseph's 9-24 (Phillips 3-5, O'Connor 3-9, Brown 2-5, Crenshaw 1-5), Dayton 6-17 (Stanley 3-7, Morris 2-4, Hall 1-5, Young 0-1). Fouled out-Phillips. Rebounds-St. Joseph's 24 (Crenshaw 6), Dayton 37 (Ashman 10). Assists-St. Joseph's 17 (Howard 4), Dayton 9 (Stanley 3). Total fouls-St. Joseph's 24, Dayton 16.
A-N/A.