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Qwedia Wallace scored 17 points as Temple snapped a three-game losing streak with a 67-34 win over visiting Fordham at McGonigle Hall last night. Wallace was 5-for-9 from beyond the three-point arc. BJ Williams (10 assists) and Kristen McCarthy added 13 points each for Temple (11-5, 1-1 Atlantic 10). Fordham fell to 6-11, 0-2. In another game: At Charlotte, Jamie Walsh's 20 points weren't enough as La Salle lost to the 49ers, 69-60. Morgan Robertson added 10 points for the Explorers (5-12, 0-2 Atlantic 10)

When: Saturday at 6 p.m., Franklin Field Radio: WFIL-AM (560). Records: Fordham, 1-3; Penn, 1-2. Coaches: Fordham, Tom Masella, (sixth season, 27-33); Penn, Al Bagnoli (20th season, 132-59). Series: Penn leads, 4-0. This is the first meeting since 1999 of two of college football's most historic programs.  WHAT TO WATCH Has all-Ivy quarterback Billy Ragone hit his stride? Ragone (15 for 25, 160 yards) led Penn on an 89-yard, game-winning drive last week against Dartmouth.

Freshman guard Adrian Walton scored 22 points and William "Smush" Parker added 20 as Fordham beat La Salle, 74-63, yesterday. It was the Rams' third straight victory. The Explorers have lost six of their last seven. Walton was 6 for 9 from the floor and 9 for 10 from the free-throw line. "He's a good player," La Salle coach Billy Hahn said of Walton. "He's aggressive. He takes control of the ball. He doesn't turn it over. " Rasual Butler had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Explorers (8-11 overall, 1-6 Atlantic Ten)

Jamir Livingston, a three-year starter at tailback for St. Joseph's Prep, has orally committed to play for Fordham. "I liked the school a lot on my visit there over the weekend," he said. "It's not that far from home, but far enough. And the idea of going to school in the city of New York excited me. " Last season, in helping the Hawks go 10-3 overall and reach the Catholic League Red Division championship game, the 5-foot-7, 165-pound Livingston rushed for 1,390 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Marcus Stout of Fordham is getting into a habit of beating Richmond with late shots. The first one may be considered ho-hum. A layup with 2 seconds to play in a regular-season game in January. The second, which occurred yesterday, was more memorable. Stout, who finished with 17 points, converted a three-point play with 29.5 seconds to play and fifth-seeded Fordham (18-11) avoided an early upset with a 63-61 win in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament at Boardwalk Hall.

Take away a 10-point loss to Villanova last week, and the Penn basketball team had been making short work of its opponents in winning five of its last six outings. The Quakers have had an average margin of victory of 21.4 points per game. They have shot 52.08 percent, doled out 111 assists on 143 baskets, compiled a plus-4.20 turnover ratio, averaged 12 steals per game, and spent only 4 minutes, 31 seconds trailing on the scoreboard. Last night, in a nonleague contest against Fordham, however, Penn saw hot-shooting visitors who had things go their way. The result was a 77-60 victory for the Rams before 3,156 spectators at the Palestra.

NEW YORK - John Giannini has insisted that the margin for error for his La Salle team in the Atlantic 10 is minuscule. In Fordham's overstuffed gym in the Bronx Saturday, he was proven right. The Explorers (18-11, 7-7 A-10) dropped a physical 67-62 decision to Fordham, surrendering 35 points and 16 rebounds to Chris Gaston, the league's leading rebounder, and 26 offensive rebounds to the Rams. The win dropped La Salle behind Dayton, which hosted UMass on Saturday night, in the Atlantic Ten standings.

The gist of the sermon was familiar, even if the volume was a bit higher. And if there was a damning word in it, try quit. La Salle coach Speedy Morris' comments to his team after its 87-79 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference loss to Fordham last night wouldn't make good reading in a family newspaper. Not that they included that many expletives. Accusations, yes. Expletives, no. Among other things, Morris accused his team of not believing in itself at critical times of the game, of not being able to live with adversity and of not being able to play tough defense.

NEW YORK - In one locker room, there was a familiar chant, the most familiar one for all St. Joseph's Hawks fans, this time chanted by the Hawks players themselves after they doused their coach with a Gatorade shower, an NCAA tournament celebration. Down the hall, quiet. A last shot, season on the line, so much history backing it up. You wouldn't bother making up the plot. . . . . . . Then a whistle blew. Instead of Fordham trying for a game-winner, St. Joe's walked down to the other end to take free throws with a one-point lead, with 3.8 seconds left in the Atlantic Ten championship game at the Barclays Center.

St. Joseph's is headed to the Atlantic Ten women's title game. Chatilla van Grinsven had 19 points and 10 rebounds as the fourth-seeded Hawks (22-8, 11-3) posted a 61-54 upset of the top seed, No. 11 Dayton, in the conference semifinals Sunday at Hagan Arena. The Hawks, who lost by 73-66 at Dayton on March 3, will face third-seeded Fordham in Saturday night's final at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The loss snapped a 15-game winning streak by the Flyers (27-2), who hadn't lost since Dec. 30 against Bowling Green.

NEW YORK - Two Rams down, one to go. Temple's final three regular-season games, all against teams nicknamed the Rams, could determine the Owls' NCAA tournament fate. Like Saturday's game against the Rhode Island Rams, Wednesday night's meeting with Fordham ended in a Temple victory. Sparked by seldom-used freshman Daniel Dingle, the Owls defeated Fordham, 74-55, at Rose Hill Gym. "Actually if it wasn't for him in the first half, we wouldn't have been in as good shape as we were," guard Khalif Wyatt said of Dingle, who scored six of the first eight points in a decisive 22-4 run. "I think we were up by 11 at halftime," Wyatt added.

SAINT JOSEPH'S didn't need C.J. Aiken in order to dispose of lowly Fordham last weekend. But they're going to need him if they have hopes of securing a ticket to the NCAA Tournament - a feat bracketologists say will require an Atlantic 10 Tournament title. On Wednesday night, Aiken showed why. Behind their junior center, the Hawks (17-11, 8-7 A-10) dismantled Rhode Island on Senior Night at Hagan Arena, 81-44. Aiken, who sat out the Fordham game, scored 10 points in only 10 first-half minutes off the bench to propel St. Joe's to a 19-point halftime lead.

NEW YORK - Temple's win over Fordham won't be a victory the selection committee holds in high regard when it evaluates the Owls' resume next weekend. And that's not a bad thing. Wednesday night's game really only stood to potentially hurt the Owls, as a loss to the Rams would've been devastating to their at-large chances. A win really just kept the status quo. But that surely beats the alternative. Temple avoided a devastating loss as it easily took care of Fordham, 74-55, in front of a sparse crowd at Rose Hill Gym in the Bronx.

Carl Jones didn't lack motivation or production. Coming off his most disappointing effort of the season, Jones scored a game-high 24 points and shot 5 of 8 from beyond the arc as St. Joseph's earned an 82-56 Atlantic Ten win over Fordham on Saturday at Hagan Arena. In the previous game, Wednesday's 70-53 loss at St. Louis, Jones was limited to two points, shooting 1 for 9 from the field. "Today I tried to redeem myself as much as possible," Jones said. With the victory, the Hawks are 16-11 and 7-7 in the A-10.

Carl Jones didn't lack motivation or production. Coming off his most disappointing effort of the season, Jones scored a game-high 24 points and shot 5 of 8 from beyond the arc as St. Joseph's earned an 82-56 Atlantic Ten win over Fordham on Saturday at Hagan Arena. In the previous game, Wednesday's 70-53 loss at St. Louis, Jones was limited to two points, shooting 1 for 9 from the field. "Today I tried to redeem myself as much as possible," Jones said. With the victory, the Hawks are 16-11 and 7-7 in the A-10.

La Salle's basketball team showed no rust after a week off from action. In fact, the Explorers were in record-tying form when it came to shooting. The Explorers equaled a school record for three-point field goals in a game with 18 during Saturday's 89-53 Atlantic Ten rout of Fordham at Tom Gola Arena. O.J. Lewis tied the record, hitting the Explorers' 18th three-pointer with 5 minutes, 6 seconds left in the game. The Explorers (16-6, 6-3 A-10), who were 18 for 33 from beyond the arc, missed two three-point attempts after that.

TRAILING BY 10 with less than 11 minutes to play, Saint Joseph's fought back for a 55-50 victory over VCU Wednesday night at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Richmond, Va. Speared-headed by junior guard Erin Shields' 16 points, the Hawks improved to 16-5, 7-0 in the Atlantic 10. Down 37-27, the Hawks went on a 16-6 run to take their first lead since the middle of the first half on a jumper by senior forward Chatilla van Grinsven at 5:08. The Hawks opened a 51-47 lead on a layup by junior forward Ilze Gotfrida with less than 2 minutes to play, but VCU's Jessica Pellechio buried a three-pointer to make it a 51-50 game with 1:03 to play.

St. Joseph's rallied from a 10-point deficit midway through the second half to beat Virginia Commonwealth, 55-50, Wednesday night in an Atlantic Ten game in Richmond, Va. Junior guard Erin Shields led the way with 16 points as the Hawks improved to 16-5 overall and 7-0. Fordham 69, La Salle 49 - Shanel Harrison led La Salle with 13 points, and Ebonee Jones chipped in 11 in a losing cause in an Atlantic Ten game at Tom Gola Arena....