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Allen Leads Temple Past La Salle

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Lavoy Allen scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Temple to a 90-82 win over La Salle on Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Khalif Wyatt added 18 points, Ramone Moore had 16 and Juan Fernandez 14 for the Owls (24-6, 14-2 Atlantic 10 Conference), who shot 15 of 27 from the floor (55.6 percent) in the second half to seal the victory and finish the season 14-0 at home.

The Explorers (14-17, 6-10) shot 64 percent from the field (16 of 25), including 5 of 9 from 3-point range (55.6 percent) in the opening half and led 57-53 with 15:35 left to play.

Temple used a 23-9 run, capped by a jumper from Allen, to pull ahead 76-66 with 8:33 to go.

Aaric Murray scored 17 points and had nine rebounds for La Salle, which shot 55.4 percent (31 of 56) overall. Earl Pettis added 12 points and Steve Weingarten had 11.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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