Men's Basketball Defeated by Hot-Shooting Boise State, 82-62

Friday, November 19

Charleston, S.C.

12:00 P.M.

Temple University

1-3,0-0AAC

Boise State

2-2,0-0Mountain West

Boise St.

Temple

Photo by: Chris Cook

Men's Basketball Defeated by Hot-Shooting Boise State, 82-62

11.19.21 | Men's Basketball

Box Score Aaron McKie Interview Khalif Battle Interview

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Boise State drained 12 three-pointers in defeating Temple, 82-62, in consolation round play of the Shriners Children's Charleston Classic Friday afternoon at TD Arena. The Owls fall to 1-3 while the Broncos improve to 2-2.

Recapping the Game

First Half
> Boise State, which gave #22 St. Bonaventure all it could handle in its opener, came out red-hot, making three of four threes over the first five minutes to take a 15-10 lead.
> The Broncos would shoot eight-of-12 from long range in the frame, including one at the buzzer from Naje Smith in taking a 43-28 lead at the break.
> Temple was hurt badly by turnovers, making 12 in the half with many unforced while Boise State only had five miscues.
> Boise State closed the half on a 10-3 run over the final two-plus minutes
> Emmanuel Akot, who had 24 against the Bonnies, led the way with 13 in the half, including two baskets in the final run.
> Khalif Battle, who was held to four points against Clemson, led Temple in the period with nine.

Second Half
> Boise State quickly moved the lead over 20 points, making consecutive three pointers to take a 51-30 lead and forcing a Temple timeout with just under 17 minutes to play.
> The Broncos pushed the margin to 34 points, 71-37, on a Akot three-pointer at the 9:14 mark that capped an 8-0 BSU run.
> Battle scored eight of his game-high 19 points over the final 10 minutes, but the Owls never were able to get back into the contest.

Statistically Speaking
> Besides Battle, Sage Tolbert III and Jahlil White had Temple highs with eight and six points, respectively.
> Hysier Miller scored his first collegiate points, tallying seven on four-for-four free throws and hitting his only field goal attempt, a three-pointer.
> Temple finished with just 17 turnovers while forcing 10 miscues.
> Akot led four double-figure scorers for Boise State with 16. The Broncos shot 32-60 (53.3%) from the field and 12-of-23 (52.2%) from deep.

Next Up
> Temple will play in the seventh-place game Sunday (10:30 am/) against either Elon or Mississippi.