Head coach Steve Addazio announced two suspensions for the Villanova game on Thursday, senior quarterback Chester Stewart and senior defensive back Kee-ayre Griffin, at noon to begin a media press conference.

“Chester Stewart and Kee-ayre Griffin have been suspended for the [Villanova] game for violations of team policy,” Addazio said. “I’m not going to talk about it, so don’t ask me any questions.”

Addazio said that the starting quarterback will be a “game time decision.” The position battle is currently between sophomore Chris Coyer and junior Mike Gerardi. Addazio also said that sophomore quarterback Clinton Granger may play a small role in the game.

Former men’s basketball power forward Lavoy Allen has played his entire basketball career in Pennsylvania. He now has a chance to continue playing in his home state on the professional level.

The Philadelphia 76ers selected Allen with the 50th overall pick in the NBA draft tonight.

Allen was born in Morrisville, PA and attended Pennsbury high school in Bucks County. Allen finished his career at Temple as the Owls’ all-time leading rebounder (1,147) to go along with the third highest blocked shots total in school history (213) and the eighth highest win total (98).

Allen becomes the second Temple athlete to be drafted by a professional Philadelphia sports team this year; the Philadelphia Eagles drafted former Owls’ safety Jaiquawn Jarrett in the 2nd round of the 2011 NFL draft in April.

After six years without a winning season, Rob Valli resigned as the head coach of the baseball team today, according to a statement from Temple athletics. Valli leaves Temple with a 112-206 record with the Owls. In his last season with the Owls, the team went 24-29 overall, but went 4-20 in the Atlantic Ten Conference, which put them in last place in conference play. Temple will begin a new search for its coach

Matt Langel, an assistant on the men’s basketball team, will be named head coach at Colgate University, according to a report by OwlScoop.com

Langel, who came over from the University of Pennsylvania with Temple coach Fran Dunphy before the 2006-2007 season, spent five years on North Broad Street. During his time at Temple, Langel focused primarily on the guards and was instrumental in the recruitment of a number of players, including junior guard Juan Fernandez.

At 32 years old, Langel will be the second-youngest Division-1 coach in the nation behind IPFW’s Dane Fife.

The football team’s annual Cherry and White game at the Edburg-Olson practice facility has been moved to 10 am this Saturday from its original time of 2:30 pm due to concerns of severe weather, the athletic department announced in a statement today.

“We feel the time change was necessary to secure the safety of all involved– our alumni, fans, and student-athletes,” athletic director Bill Bradshaw said in a statement. “With the threat of inclement weather, safety is always our first concern. This change would also make it convenient for fans and students to attend the scrimmage.”

The change also means the alumni basketball game will start at 1 pm.

Lavoy Allen, the men’s basketball team’s all-time leading rebounder, earned the Robert V. Geasey Trophy, which is presented annually to the Philadelphia Big 5’s Most Outstanding Player. Allen is the first Temple player to garner the honor since Mark Tyndale shared the honor with St. Joseph’s forward Pat Calathes in 2008.

Allen averaged 11.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game en route to being name to the Atlantic Ten Conference All-Conference squad for the second-straight year.

Junior guard Ramone Moore joined Allen on the Big 5 First Team. Junior guard Juan Fernandez was named to the second team.

John R. Boles, a former player and coach with the men’s soccer team from 1964 to 1994, passed away on Monday at 65 years old from moyamoya disease, an illness that affects the arteries in the brain.

Boles was a three-time All-American as a player from 1964-1966, where the Owls compiled a 43-6-1 record and the programs first trip to the NCAA tournament. He would then serve as an assistant coach with the team for seven more seasons before becoming the Owls’ head coach in 1974. The team would go 210-110-23 in 22 seasons under Boles including an undefeated season in 1985 that included a trip to the NCAA tournament.

While coaching at Temple, he was also a teacher in the Philadelphia School District for 29 years. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Evelyn, his daughter Jennifer, his three sons, John, Jamie and Jeffrey, and his eight grandchildren, Tyler, Kaitlin, Megan, Colleen, Jonathan, Dylan, Coleman and Leanna.

Michel’Le Daughtry, a junior psychology major and student manager with the football team, passed away on March 22 after battling acute myeloid leukemia since July, 2008, a statement from Temple athletics said.

Daughtry, who also went by “Misha” had been with the team since her freshman year and during the 2009 season, the team honored her by wearing pink decals with her initials on the sides of the player’s helmets.

She is survived by her mother, Yonne Daughtry, her aunt and uncle Daraina and Al-Quaddir Vines and her three younger sisters Eva, Kayla, and Jahida Daughtry.

Daughtry spoke with The Temple News last spring. The announcement from athletics can be found here.