The Temple College Leopards men's basketball team has won seven of their last eight games as they host Collin Community College in North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference play at Kirby Johnson Court Saturday afternoon at 4 pm.

TC, 7-1 on KJC this season, started conference play with an 89-83 victory at Ranger College on Wednesday. Storm Gilchrist led the effort with 21 points off the bench, Logan Myers and Josh Telfort added 14 points, and Jason Ward contributed 13 points.

CCCC began conference play with an 80-77 overtime loss at Weatherford College. Vinny Segona led the Cougars with 29 points, hitting 10-of-19 from the field, which included 4-of-10 from behind the three-point arc.

Top five leading scorers

Temple College: Josh Telfort 14.8 ppg, Storm Gilchrist 11.5, Rasuan Collier 9.9 ppg, Jaymes Brown-Peterson 7.9 ppg, Jason Ward 7.8 ppg.

Collin County: Garrett Falls 16.2 ppg, Vinny Sigona 15.4 ppg, David Emelife 11.0 ppg, Brady Kennison 9.5 ppg, Vladislav Karasev 8.2 ppg.

2023-2024 Head-to-head

The teams won on their own home floors in 2023-2024. The Leopards won on Feb. 3, 79-75. The Cougars won in Plano, 77-69.

Temple (12-5)

Wins: Fort Cavazos, Kilgore College, Dallas College Brookhaven, Dallas College Mountain View, Strength 'N Motion (twice), Dallas College North Lake, Lackland, Dallas College Cedar Valley, Coastal Bend College, Dallas College Eastfield, at Ranger College (89-83, NTJCAC..

Losses: Navarro College, Dallas College Richland, South Plains College Frank Phillips College, Angelina College.

Collin County (11-6)

Wins: Strength 'N Motion (twice), Loyalty Prep, Dallas College Brookhaven, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Angelina College, Seminole State College, Nelson University, St. Michael's Prep, Creating Young Minds Prep.

Losses: Murray State College (twice), Navarro College, Eastern Oklahoma State College, South Plains College, New Mexico Junior College, at Weatherford College (80-77 OT, NTJCAC).