Temple University Athletics
Saturday, February 5
Philadelphia, Pa.
2:00 P.M.
Temple University
67
vs
58
Tulsa
Photo by: Zamani Feelings
Balanced Attack Leads Men’s Basketball to 67-58 Win Over Tulsa
2.5.22 | Men's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA – On a day when the University honored two of its NCAA Elite Eight teams, Nick Jourdain posted his first career double-double and Jahlil White dished a career-high nine assists in leading Temple to a 67-58 win over Tulsa Saturday at the Liacouras Center.
Jourdain led four double-figure Temple scorers with 15 points while grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds and two blocks. White tallied just nine points, but also pulled down six boards and committed just one turnover in filling up the stat sheet. Temple improves to 13-7 overall and 6-3 in the American Athletic Conference while Tulsa falls to 7-14, 1-9.
Recapping the Game
First Half
> Temple trailed for only the first two minutes and change before using a 12-2 run to open a 13-6 on a dunk by Arashma Parks with just under 12 minutes on the clock.
> Tulsa used a 9-2 run to tie the game at 15 with 8:20 on the clock, but an 11-2 Owl run over the final five minutes gave the Cherry and White a commanding 32-21 lead at the half.
> Temple only committed one turnover in the first half but struggled from behind the arc, hitting just 3-of-14 from three-point range (21.4%).
> The Owls' defense forced eight turnovers and held the Golden Hurricane to 1-of-9 from distance (11.1%).
Second Half
> The teams traded baskets to start the second half before Tulsa used a 15-4 run to tie the game at 40 with 10:15 remaining.
> The Golden Hurricane took their first lead since early in the first half on a layup by Rey Idowu, 47-46, with 7:13 to play. It was the last field goal by Idowu, who was a perfect 8-of-8 from the field for a game-high 21 points.
> Tulsa would extend its lead to 49-46 on a Sam Griffin basket, but Temple answered with a 13-3 run, capped by a Jourdain fastbreak slam to make it 59-52 with two minutes to play.
> Temple then made eight straight free throws to hold off a Tulsa comeback.
Statistically Speaking
> Jeremiah Williams added 13 points while dishing four assists and making four steals.
> Zach Hicks (13) and Damian Dunn (11) also scored in double figures for the Owls.
> The Owls defense made eight steals while forcing 16 turnovers. The team also held Tulsa's high scoring backcourt tandem of Griffin (11) and Jeriah Horne (10) to 21 points on 7-of-24 shooting (1-of-11 from three).
Next Up
> Temple travels to Tampa to take on South Florida Monday night (7 p.m./ESPN+/1210 AM WPHT) in a rescheduled game.
Jourdain led four double-figure Temple scorers with 15 points while grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds and two blocks. White tallied just nine points, but also pulled down six boards and committed just one turnover in filling up the stat sheet. Temple improves to 13-7 overall and 6-3 in the American Athletic Conference while Tulsa falls to 7-14, 1-9.
Recapping the Game
First Half
> Temple trailed for only the first two minutes and change before using a 12-2 run to open a 13-6 on a dunk by Arashma Parks with just under 12 minutes on the clock.
> Tulsa used a 9-2 run to tie the game at 15 with 8:20 on the clock, but an 11-2 Owl run over the final five minutes gave the Cherry and White a commanding 32-21 lead at the half.
> Temple only committed one turnover in the first half but struggled from behind the arc, hitting just 3-of-14 from three-point range (21.4%).
> The Owls' defense forced eight turnovers and held the Golden Hurricane to 1-of-9 from distance (11.1%).
Second Half
> The teams traded baskets to start the second half before Tulsa used a 15-4 run to tie the game at 40 with 10:15 remaining.
> The Golden Hurricane took their first lead since early in the first half on a layup by Rey Idowu, 47-46, with 7:13 to play. It was the last field goal by Idowu, who was a perfect 8-of-8 from the field for a game-high 21 points.
> Tulsa would extend its lead to 49-46 on a Sam Griffin basket, but Temple answered with a 13-3 run, capped by a Jourdain fastbreak slam to make it 59-52 with two minutes to play.
> Temple then made eight straight free throws to hold off a Tulsa comeback.
Statistically Speaking
> Jeremiah Williams added 13 points while dishing four assists and making four steals.
> Zach Hicks (13) and Damian Dunn (11) also scored in double figures for the Owls.
> The Owls defense made eight steals while forcing 16 turnovers. The team also held Tulsa's high scoring backcourt tandem of Griffin (11) and Jeriah Horne (10) to 21 points on 7-of-24 shooting (1-of-11 from three).
Next Up
> Temple travels to Tampa to take on South Florida Monday night (7 p.m./ESPN+/1210 AM WPHT) in a rescheduled game.
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