All of the Philly area basketball teams will be in action this week. The La Salle Explorers start things off tonight when they travel to play Delaware at 7 p.m. The Explorers ride a five-game winning streak into the game.
Later at 9 p.m., the Temple Owls continue their Texas road trip with a game against Rice. Temple came up short in the first game of the road swing against Texas, 77-65, on Dec. 17. The Owls are 4-2 in their last six games.
Here's the Philly area college basketball schedule this week:
Monday, 12/19
La Salle at Delaware (7 p.m., TV: None)
Temple at Rice (9 p.m., TV: TCN)
Wednesday, 12/21
Coppin State at Saint Joseph's (7 p.m., TV: None)
Cornell at Penn State (7:30 p.m., TV: BTN/BTN.com)
Thursday, 12/22
La Salle at Central Connecticut State (7 p.m., TV: None)
American at Villanova (7 p.m., TV: None)
Drexel at Binghamton (7 p.m., TV: None)
Friday, 12/23
Marist at Penn (7 p.m., TV: None)
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