Women's Basketball Comeback Bid Falls Short to USF

Wednesday, February 9

Philadelphia, PA

7:00 PM

Temple University

11-10,6-4AAC

South Florida

17-6,7-2AAC

South Fla.

Temple

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Women's Basketball Comeback Bid Falls Short to USF

2.9.22 | Women's Basketball

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PHILADELPHIA – The Temple women's basketball team (11-10, 6-4 AAC) suffered its second loss this season against the South Florida Bulls (17-6, 7-2 AAC) on Wednesday night as USF completed the season sweep. Both teams struggled offensively, as the Bulls shot 31.1% and the Owls shot 29% from the field. Having clawed back from an 11-point deficit at halftime, the Owls found themselves within three with just over two minutes to play. However, a scoring drought for the remainder of the game kept TU off the scoreboard to give the Bulls the win.

Statistical Leaders
> Mia Davis: game-high 14 points and seven rebounds
> Aniya Gourdine: eight points
> Kyra Wood: six points and 11 rebounds

First Quarter: Temple 13, USF 18
> There was a back-and-forth battle to start the game, as the two teams were never separated by more than three points throughout the first five minutes of the period.
> TU spread the scoring around in the quarter as five different Temple players scored a basket.
> The Bulls ended the frame on a 5-1 run to increase their lead.

Second Quarter: Temple 17, USF 28
> USF started the quarter on a 6-0 run as the Owls were held scoreless for the first five minutes.
> The only two baskets in the period for Temple were made by Davis, both being assisted by Emani Mayo.
> The Cherry and White were plagued by turnovers, as Temple had eight of them in the quarter.
> Both teams shot poorly in the period with the Bulls (26.3%) faring slightly better than the Owls (16.6%).

Third Quarter: Temple 36, USF 41
> The Owls got off to a hot start after halftime with a 9-2 run, as Davis scored an and-one layup during the run.
> Gourdine scored two three-point baskets in the quarter, but those were the only three-pointers in the game for Temple.
> Temple received the majority of its scoring output from Davis (7) and Gourdine (6) to help the Owls decrease their deficit to single digits.

Fourth Quarter: Temple 40, USF 49
> Both teams struggled offensively to start the quarter, as each team had only two points apiece in the first five minutes.
> In the last two minutes of the contest, USF made several free throws to seal the game for the Bulls.

Up Next:
> The Owls will hit the road to face Tulsa for an AAC matchup on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 3:00pm ET.
> The game is scheduled to air on ESPN+.