Men’s Basketball Falls to Memphis at the Buzzer, 61-59

Sunday, January 15

Philadelphia, Pa.

3:00 P.M.

Temple University

10-9,4-2AAC

Memphis

13-5,3-2AAC

Memphis

Temple

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Men’s Basketball Falls to Memphis at the Buzzer, 61-59

1.15.23 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – Kendrick Davis hit a baseline jumper as time expired to lift Memphis to a 61-59 comeback win over Temple Sunday afternoon at the Liacouras Center. Davis's winner came after Damian Dunn drained a three to tie the game with five seconds remaining. The Owls fall to 10-9 and 4-2 in American Athletic Conference play while the Tigers improve to 13-5 and 3-2.

Dunn led all scorers with 23 points while Nick Jourdain posted his first double-double of the season and second of his career, tallying a season-high 16 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.

Davis and DeAndre Williams each scored 20 points for the Tigers with Davis tallying 16 in second half.

First Half
> Williams scored eight points to spearhead a 10-2 Memphis run to the start the game.
> The Owls would answer with 10 consecutive points, taking a 12-10 lead on two free throws by Jourdain.
> After the Tigers ran off five straight to retake the lead (15-12), Dunn scored six straight in a 6-2 Temple run to make it 18-17 with just under eight minutes on the clock.
> Neither team was able to establish a rhythm offensively with the lead changing hands eight times in the half.
> The Owls tied the game at 23 on a Khalif Battle free throw following a flagrant foul call on Memphis' Jonathan Lawson with 1:03 on the clock.
> Davis made a driving layup with 26 seconds left to give the Tigers a 25-23 lead at the half.
> It was an ugly half for both teams with the Owls shooting 26 percent (7-27) from the field and just 1-11 (9%) from three. The Owls also committed 11 turnovers with the Tigers making seven.
> Temple's defense held Memphis to 37 percent shooting (11-30) and 15 percent (2-13) from three.
> The Owls outrebounded the Tigers, 23-16, with Jahlil White pulling down a team best five in the period.

Second Half
> After a slow start to the half for both teams, the Owls scored seven straight to take their largest lead, 36-31, on a Dunn three-pointer with 13:09 to play.
> The Owls would extend their lead to nine, 45-36, following consecutive driving layups by White, with 8:49 on the clock.
> Memphis answered with a 7-0 run to make it a 45-43 game following a three-point play by Eijah McCadden.
> Temple rattled off four straight to extend the margin back to six, but Davis would score eight points in a 12-0 run to take a 55-51 lead with 2:55 left.
> The Owls answered with five straight, two free throws by Jourdain and a corner three from Battle to retake the lead, 56-55.
> Davis then made a driving layup to put the Tigers back on top. The Tigers then made a defensive stop and called timeout with 50.3 seconds to play.
> Temple held defensively, but a Dunn driving layup rimmed off with 13 seconds to play.
> Williams then converted two free throws to put Memphis ahead by three, 59-56.
> The Owls pushed the ball up with Dunn draining a deep three with just five seconds left to tie the game.
> Following a timeout, Davis drained a baseline jumper at the buzzer to lift the Tigers to victory.

Statistically Speaking
> Temple shot 21-of-23 from the line with Dunn making 10-of-11 and Jourdain a perfect six-of-six.
> White pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds for Temple and was two points shy of a double double.
> Both teams struggled making shots with Temple shooting 29.3 percent (17-58) from the field and four-of-29 (13.8%) from long range. Memphis was not much better, hitting 37.9 percent (22-58) overall and four-of-23 (17.4%) from behind the arc.
> The Owls held the Tigers to a season low in points.

Next Up
> Temple continues its two-game homestand with a Wednesday evening game against East Carolina (7 pm/ESPN+/1210 AM WPHT).