Balanced Attack Leads Men’s Basketball to 75-57 Win Over Morgan State

Saturday, November 9

2:00 P.M.

Temple University

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Morgan State

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Morgan St.

Temple

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Balanced Attack Leads Men’s Basketball to 75-57 Win Over Morgan State

11.9.19 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – Junior Nate Pierre-Louis posted his second straight double-double of the season to lead Temple men's basketball to a 75-57 win over visiting Morgan State Saturday in front of 5,889 fans at the Liacouras Center. Pierre-Louis, who led all scorers and rebounders with 19 points and 11 boards, was one of four Owls in double figures for the contest. The Owls improved to 2-0 under first year coach Aaron McKie while Morgan State falls to 1-1.

Summary
> Pierre-Louis, who became the first Owl with three consecutive double-doubles (also Belmont game, 3/19/19) since Lavoy Allen (2011), also had game highs in steals (6) and assists (5).
> Temple reached double figures in steals (14) for the second straight game and scored 27 points off turnovers compared to two for the Bears.
> Temple also had only six turnovers in the game, and none in the second half.
> The Owls received 49 points from their starting backcourt as senior guards Quinton Rose (16 points) and Alani Moore II (14 pts) also reached double figures. Junior forward De'Vondre Perry came off the bench to contribute 12 points.
> Freshman Josh Pierre-Louis (5 points) made his first collegiate basket a memorable one, a one-handed put back slam in the first half. Later he took a length of the court pass from his brother Nate for a lay-up, marking the first Pierre-Louis combination of the season.

First Half
> The Owls took the lead on an Alani Moore three at the 17:02 mark and held it for all but one minute the rest of the opening period.
> Rose had five points in a 14-5 run that lifted Temple to its biggest first half margin, 26-16, at the 7:45 mark. Back-to-back three-pointers by Isaiah Burke (11 points) in a 26 second stretch quickly closed the gap to 26-22.
> Nate Pierre-Louis then made two steals and baskets and dished to Alani Moore to again put Temple ahead by ten points, 32-22.
> Each team had five point runs over the final three minutes with the Owls holding a 37-27 lead at the break.

Second Half
> Morgan State cut the deficit to six twice over the first nine minutes, the last on a three-point play by Stanley Davis, Jr. (10 pts) with 11:16 to play.
> Temple then used a 9-3 run with the second of two Perry three-pointers capping it as the Owls matched their largest lead, 58-46, with just under nine minutes remaining.
> The Owls kept the lead in double-figures the remainder of the contest, extending it to 16 points (64-48) three minutes later on a pair of Perry free throws.
> The Bears made one final attempt to come back, whittling the deficit to 67-56 with 3:46 to play, but the Owls then ramped up the defense in closing out the game on an 8-1 run.

Next Up
>Temple travels four miles north on Broad street to take on La Salle in its first Philadelphia Big 5 game of the year on Saturday, Nov 16 (2 pm/ESPN+/1210 AM WPHT).