Columbia, Mo. ? Missouri running back Tony Temple’s trial on a misdemeanor assault charge was postponed Tuesday for the second time in as many months.

Temple, a junior from Kansas City, Mo., who is averaging 104.2 yards rushing for the No. 25-ranked Tigers, was scheduled to appear before a Boone County Circuit Court judge Tuesday.

Temple was not in the courtroom when his attorney, R. Travis Jacobs, asked the judge for a continuance. The request was granted without explanation, and no future court date was announced.

Temple was arrested June 11 for allegedly punching a Bennigan’s worker in the face in a dispute involving Temple’s girlfriend, a former Missouri softball player who worked at the restaurant.