Williamson Leads Women’s Basketball Past Cincinnati

Wednesday, February 3

Cincinnati, Ohio

6:00 PM

Temple University

6-7,6-4AAC

Cincinnati

3-11,2-8AAC

Temple

Cincinnati

Williamson Leads Women’s Basketball Past Cincinnati

2.3.21 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

CINCINNATI — Junior forwarded Alexa Williamson scored a career-best 21 points as the Temple women's basketball team topped Cincinnati 69-53 Wednesday evening at Fifth Third Arena. The Owls improved to 6-7 (6-4 AAC) while the Bearcats fell to 3-10 (2-7 AAC).

How It Happened
> Temple shot 40% (24-60) from the floor as they scored 40 of their 69 points in the paint.
> The Owls never allowed Cincinnati to take the lead besides the opening two minutes of the game.
> The Bearcats worked towards a comeback in the third quarter when they tied the game 42-42, but Temple answered with two-straight buckets to put themselves back on top.
> Cincinnati held the edge on the boards, pulling down 43 rebounds to the Owls' 38.

Statistically Speaking
> Williamson added five rebounds, three steals, three blocks and an assist to her impressive stat line.
> Freshman Jasha Clinton poured in 18 points while adding a career-high eight rebounds, five assists and a steal.
> Senior Mia Davis added 17 points as she moved into fifth in program history in career points with 1,702, passing WNBA All-Star Candice Dupree's mark of 1,689. Davis' eight rebounds put her past 900 career boards with a total of 906. The forward is chasing down Dupree's fourth-place record of 940.
> Sophomore Asonah Alexander rounded out the box score with her nine points, eight boards, four assists and two blocks.

First Quarter: Temple 21, Cincinnati 13
> Temple scored their first nine points from the free throw line after the Bearcats committed seven fouls in the first five minutes of the game.
> The Owls then went on a 6-0 run to take a 15-6 lead with 3:28 left in the opening frame.
> Cincinnati was only able to come within six points before the Owls extended their lead to eight at the end of the first 10 minutes.
> Temple finished the first quarter shooting 45.5% (5-11) from the floor and 78.6% (11-14) from the foul line.

Second Quarter: Temple 36, Cincinnati 29
> Despite Cincinnati outscoring Temple 16-15 in the second quarter, the Bearcats were still unable to come within more than six points.
> Temple went on a 6-0 run to go up by as many as 14 points.
> However, the Bearcats ended the half on a 7-0 run with the Owls going scoreless after the 3:37 mark.

Third Quarter: Temple 54, Cincinnati 47
> Caitlyn Wilson came out and hit back-to-back threes for Cincinnati to start the second half.
> Arame Niang knocked down a trey followed by a second-chance layup on the next possession to tie it at 42.
> The Owls quickly responded on the opposite end with back-to-back buckets from Williamson.
> However, another triple from Cincinnati's Wilson cut Temple's lead to one with 2:49 to go in the frame.
> Temple then finished the quarter on a 6-0 run capped off by a big three from Clinton to hold a 54-47 lead heading into the final quarter.

Fourth Quarter: Temple 69, Cincinnati 53
> The Owls outscored Cincinnati 15-6 in the final frame to walk away with the win.
> Davis led Temple with six points in the last 10 minutes of action.
> The Bearcats committed eight turnovers, giving the Owls seven points off their mistakes.

Up Next
> The Owls conclude their four-game away stretch at Wichita State on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. on ESPN+.