Three Point Barrage from #16/14 DePaul Tops Women's Basketball

Monday, December 3

Chicago, Il

12:00 PM

Temple University

2-5

102

DePaul

5-3

Temple University

#16/14 DePaul

102

Photo by: Steve Woltmann

Three Point Barrage from #16/14 DePaul Tops Women's Basketball

12.3.18 | Women's Basketball

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CHICAGO — #16/14 DePaul made 18 threes to power the Blue Demons to a 102-88 win over the Temple women's basketball team in a high scoring matinee on Monday in Chicago. The Owls dip to 2-5 with the loss, while DePaul improves to 5-3.

Keys to the Game
> Temple shot a season-high 50.8% from the field, but 18 DePaul threes made the difference.
> The Owls found themselves trailing by over 20 points early in the first half, before battling back to a single-digit deficit with five minutes remaining in the game.
> DePaul was able to go on a final run to close things out, 102-88.
> The Blue Demons 18 threes was a season high given up for Temple erasing the Owls' season-high 13 threes on 13-29 (44.8%) shooting.

Individual Highlights
> Sophomore Mia Davis led the way for the Owls with 26 points and 11 rebounds, recording her fourth double-double of the season.
> Graduate student Alliya Butts finished with 23 points, 19 coming in the second half.
> Sophomore Desiree Oliver filled out her stat line with 10 points, seven rebounds, and five assists.
> Senior Lena Niang tallied a season-high 12 points, while freshman Alexa Williamson added nine points and sophomore Emani Mayo chipped in with eight.

First Quarter
> A fast paced first quarter saw the Owls give up their most points in a quarter this season, as DePaul led 29-17.
> The Blue Demons opened with an 8-0 run before Temple answered with eight unanswered of their own.
> Tied 8-8, the teams traded scores, with Niang hitting a pair of threes for Temple, but DePaul led 18-15.
> From there, the hosts closed the frame on an 11-2 run to lead by 12.

Second Quarter
> Temple shot a season-best 61.5% (8-13) in the quarter, but DePaul still increased the lead.
> After an opening bucket from Oliver, the Blue Demos put together an 18-5 run to take a 47-24 lead.
> Temple stopped the bleeding with a bucket from Butts, before DePaul sunk a pair of free throws with 3:36 to play.
> From there, it was all Temple, as the Owls closed the frame on a 10-0 run, to get the deficit back down to 13 at 49-36.

Third Quarter
> An 8-2 early run pushed the DePaul lead back to 20, but Temple kept chipping away.
> Temple surged with nine-unanswered, including six from Oliver, to cut it to 67-56 3:18 on the clock.
> DePaul pushed it back to a 19 point lead with a 10-2 run, before a Butts triple made it 81-65 after three.

Fourth Quarter
> DePaul had a pair of threes and two three point plays the hard way to push the lead back to 18 at 93-75.
> From there Temple put together a 16-5 surge, backed by nine Davis points, to get the deficit to single digits, at 95-88.
> Temple would get no closer, as the Blue Demons finished out the game on a 7-0 run to set the final to 102-88.

Up Next:
> The Owls play just their second home game of the season on Thursday, hosting Iona at 7:00 p.m.