COLLEGE HOOPS Temple defeats Penn St., 67-56

The Owls led by 17 points at halftime, then played poorly thereafter.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- For Temple coach John Chaney, Saturday's win was a game of polar opposites: A first half of rare good shooting followed by a second half of dreadful offense.
Luckily for Temple, the first half outweighed the second.
David Hawkins scored 25 points and Mardy Collins added 15 to lead Temple to its first home victory of the season, a 67-56 win over Penn State.
"Sometimes you get good shots from the right people as opposed to getting bad shots from bad shooters," Chaney said. "That's what happened in the latter stages of the game."
Despite shooting 20 percent from the field in the second half and going 11:01 without a field goal, the Owls (2-4) beat the Nittany Lions by forcing 19 turnovers and hitting 14 of 17 free-throw attempts down the stretch.
The first half was "fool's gold," Chaney said. "Fool's gold in the second half as well."
Leading Nittany Lions
DeForrest Riley-Smith led Penn State (3-4) with 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Marlon Smith scored 12, while Ndu Egekeze and Jan Jagla each had 11.
Hawkins had 19 points in the first half, including seven during a 19-2 run that snapped a 26-26 tie and put Temple up 45-28 at halftime.
Smith -- who was held scoreless in Wednesday's 60-47 loss to Rutgers -- hit three 3s in the first half. The Nittany Lions had a season-high 11 on the day, but missed 12 in a row at one point.
Afterward, Penn State coach Ed DeChellis credited Temple's matchup zone defense with shutting down the Nittany Lions' offense late in the first half.
"We really can't simulate that kind of defense in practice," DeChellis said. "It was a tale of two different halves and two different teams."
Riley-Smith scored 14 in the second half, but couldn't pull Penn State closer than nine late in the game.
"[Riley-Smith] was coming off screens and we didn't do a good job of finding him," Hawkins said. "We just came out flat in the second half and weren't getting the fast breaks we got in the first half."
Freshman Mario Taybron had a season-high eight assists for Temple. Penn State's Ben Luber had 11 assists, also a season-high.
DeChellis acknowledged Luber was one of a few bright spots on the young team, but said he would prefer not to rely on the freshman for leadership. Luber disagreed with his coach's assessment.
"I feel I need to be a leader," said Luber -- who went 1-for-6 from the field for just three points. "Freshman is just a title. I look at myself as a point guard. A point guard is more of a leader. Right now, I'm trying to be more of a vocal leader."
Temple freshman Dustin Salisbery was limited to six points and only one rebound. Chaney said that Salisbery was hindered by back spasms that have been aggravated since the team returned from its trip to Arizona State Tuesday.
The Owls have won four straight against the Nittany Lions, a streak that began with a Sweet 16 win in 2001.