Owls

On the softball field, Lauren Quense and Sam Offenback couldn't be a better unit for Neshaminy. Quense is the starting pitcher for the Redskins and hits third in the batting order, and Offenback is the catcher and bats cleanup. As far as tandems go, these two are beyond effective, dominating games defensively as well as offensively. The two kept the routine going Thursday afternoon against Suburban One League National Conference opponent Bensalem, as the Redskins defeated the Owls, 15-2.

Class starts with an outlook on the U.S. economy and consumer confidence, and then the analyst's sales pitch begins: Will the fund be spending its precious dollars buying shares of VF Corp. (VFC), maker of North Face, Nautica, Timberland and Vans fashions, and Lee and Wrangler jeans? The fund just bought 75 shares in Qualcomm (QCOM) last week at $65.84, making a bet on a rebound in 2013 sales of chips for mobile handsets. And in April, the investment committee will hear a pitch for Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

Class starts with an outlook on the U.S. economy and consumer confidence, and then the analyst's sales pitch begins: Will the fund be spending its precious dollars buying shares of VF Corp. (VFC), maker of North Face, Nautica, Timberland and Vans fashions and Lee and Wrangler jeans? The fund just bought 75 shares in Qualcomm (QCOM) last week at $65.84, making a bet on a rebound in 2013 sales of chips for mobile handsets. And in April, the investment committee will hear a pitch for Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

DAYTON, Ohio - Temple's latest setback in the NCAA tournament will sting for a while. This was a game the Owls had every opportunity to win. Temple guard Khalif Wyatt had one of the tournament's best individual performances Sunday, scoring 31 points for the second consecutive game. And with the Owls leading top-seeded Indiana in the East Regional, Temple was 2 minutes, 57 seconds away from one of the biggest upsets in school history. But the Hoosiers scored the game's final 10 points en route to a 58-52 victory over the ninth-seeded Owls in a third-round game at the University of Dayton Arena.

DAYTON, Ohio - Scootie Randall sat at the podium and stared at the box score. He knew full well that no matter how long he peered, the numbers were not going to change. Still, he couldn't divert his eyes. Randall missed every shot he took, but going 0-for-12 wasn't what was eating him up the most. It was the final score indicating Indiana had beaten Temple, 58-52, to deny the Owls, a No. 9 seed, what would have been the biggest NCAA Tournament upset in school history. "I've had days like this," said Randall, a senior.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - It takes a lot to distract Lavoy Allen. But the 76ers forward/center, a Temple graduate, said he took time out of his preparation for Sunday's game with the Sacramento Kings to watch the Owls go down to Indiana in the NCAA East Regional. Temple lost, 58-52. "I watched it, and I was rooting for my guys," Allen said. "But I have been focused on getting ready to play the Sacramento Kings today. " The Hoosiers closed with a 10-0 run. "They almost had them, yeah," Allen said of the Owls.

DAYTON, Ohio - Scootie Randall made no excuses. In the biggest game of his career, the Temple swingman turned in his worst shooting performance Sunday. On an afternoon when Khalif Wyatt desperately needed a co-star, Randall missed all 12 of his shots from the floor. The 6-foot-6, 225-pound recent graduate had plenty of good looks at the basket. But they just didn't fall, and top-ranked Indiana posted a 58-52 come-from-behind NCAA East Regional victory over the ninth-seeded Owls.

DAYTON, Ohio - When you carry around an 800-pound gorilla, he's not so easy to discard. Temple came to Dayton bearing the burden of recent NCAA Tournament failure, and although the Owls led by as many as 18, they escaped with a 76-72 win over North Carolina State on Friday. Temple (24-9), the East Region's ninth seed, will play Indiana on Sunday. The Hoosiers, the region's top seed, made quick work of James Madison, 83-62. Temple senior Khalif Wyatt gutted out a thumb injury by making all six of his free-throw attempts in the final 33 seconds.

Who's hot Indiana guard Victor Oladipo is arguably the best player in the country. The 6-foot-5 junior was named the national player of the year by the Sporting News. He is averaging 13.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 2.2 steals. Who's not Temple post player Anthony Lee's statistics have taken a hit since he suffered a concussion in a March 15 game against Massachusetts. The 6-9 redshirt sophomore was limited to eight minutes in the Owls' 76-72 second-round win over North Carolina State on Friday.