Temple’s double-digit lead was slipping away, and John Chaney was cussing in the huddle when David Hawkins quieted his tempestuous coach.

“I told him to calm down, that we were going to win it for him,” Hawkins said.

Just like that, the Owls put the game away.

Chaney won his 700th career game Wednesday night when the Owls beat St. Bonaventure, 76-57, behind Hawkins’ 21 points.

“I thought I would be a very old man when this happened,” Chaney told the crowd. “Today, I feel like a very young man.”

Chaney, who turned 72 last week, is 700-278 in 32 seasons as coach at Division II Cheyney State and Temple. He is 475-219 in 22 seasons with the Owls.

The 2001 Hall of Fame inductee joins Bob Knight, Lou Henson, Eddie Sutton and Lute Olson as the only active Division One coaches with 700 victories and is the 21st coach overall to win that many games.

This was Chaney’s second attempt at No. 700 after the Owls lost Saturday at Massachusetts.

“I’ve never been one to have outside things pressure me,” Chaney said. “I think most coaches and most players put more pressure on themselves than anybody on the outside.”

Chants of “700!” and “Cha-ney! Cha-ney!” started in the final minutes before 700 red and white balloons dropped from the rafters.

“When you see kids expressing an honest emotion, a feeling we don’t see too often, when you see that you can’t help but have a lump in your throat,” said Chaney, who choked up and spoke slowly. “It certainly makes me feel taken aback by that.”