Hoosiers Edge No. 10 Temple

The season is just underway and already Indiana has defined itself as a comeback team.

A.J. Guyton, off target from 3-point range for most of the game, connected with 5.5 seconds left Saturday gave the 16th-ranked Hoosiers their fourth come-from-behind victory this season.

The 63-62 victory over No. 10 Temple wasn't as challenging as the previous three. Indiana (8-1) overcame a 19-point halftime deficit to beat Indiana State 76-70, trailed Kansas State by 18 with 18:50 left before winning 76-70 and overcame a 45-34 deficit with 17:03 to play to beat Notre Dame 76-72 in overtime on Tuesday.

"I got myself set and knocked the shot down, that's it," Guyton said. "It wasn't no set play or anything like that. Somebody needed to hit one. I finally hit one. I was kind of lucky."

Indiana overcame a nine-point deficit in the final eight minutes as Temple (4-3) lost its second consecutive one-point decision. The defeats followed a 73-70 overtime setback at Pennsylvania.

Temple's aggressive zone defense kept Indiana outside for most of the game.

"That's why Temple plays zone. They get you to shoot outside shots and miss them, so they can get the rebounds," Guyton said.

The winning shot set off a mob scene of jubilation among Indiana's players.

"That's what you live for, to play college basketball and hit a game-winning shot," he said.

"I think if you went back over the times that we played for a tie or a win, I think you'll always find we've got for the win," Indiana coach Bob Knight said. "If you get to overtime, you may never get a chance to win."

Temple's Pepe Sanchez drives against Indiana's Luke Jiminez during the first half of the Hoosiers' 63-62 victory Saturday. (AP)

Temple took its biggest lead of the game at 52-43 on a free throw by Lamont Barnes, who earlier had missed an open dunk when h tried to showboat on a fast break and his reverse dunk bounced off the rim

My grandmother used to say when you come in the house for cooking, show your manners, and she would give me a stare if something was wrong," Temple coach John Chaney said of the miss. "I didn't say anything to him. That's enough humiliation. ... He needed to find out where do we go from here."

Redshirt freshman Kirk Haston, who came off the bench to score 12 points and lead his team with nine rebounds, then started the comeback with a layup and two free throws. Indiana tied the game at 58 on consecutive 3-pointers by Luke Recker and Guyton, who had missed his first eight shots from behind the arc and then made his final two.

Barnes, who led the Owls with 16 points, gave Temple a 60-58 lead with 2:14 remaining by making two free throws. Indiana tied the game for the last time on a turnaround basket by Lynn Washington with 1:38 left.

Indiana failed to take the lead on its next possession, failing to get a shot off before the 35-second buzzer sounded with 46.7 seconds to go.

Temple called timeout with 36.8 seconds remaining and took the lead on a tip-in by Barnes with 18.1 seconds to go.

The Owls had two fouls to give and used them in the next seven seconds to set the stage for Guyton's score, which produced the ninth lead change in a game that was tied nine times.

Temple used only six players. Guard Lynn Greer did not make the trip after being hit under his left eye in Temple's previous game. Greer, Temple's top outside shooter, had surgery on a fractured bone and could miss the rest of the season. Keaton Sanders missed his second consecutive with a sprained right ankle.

Recker scored 15 points for Indiana. The Hoosiers made just 9-of-27 attempts from 3-point range with three of them coming in the final 3:37.

Both teams were cold in the first half, especially from 3-point range. The Hoosiers led 30-29 at the break, having hit 13-of-30 shots and only 3-of-12 from behind the arc. Temple was 10-of-24 from the field and hit on just 3-of-11 3-point attempts.

Indiana's biggest lead was four points in the first half.

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