Women's Basketball Triumphs Over Tulane on the Road, 68-59

Wednesday, January 25

New Orleans, La.

7:00 P.M.

Temple University

8-11,3-4AAC

Tulane

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Temple

Tulane

Photo by: Tim McCall

Women's Basketball Triumphs Over Tulane on the Road, 68-59

1.25.23 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS - The Temple Women's Basketball team took down the Tulane Green Wave on the road, 68-59 on Wednesday night. With just eight active players, the Owls put forth a total team effort, with three players logging over 35 minutes and four players in double-figures.

Tiarra East scored a team-high 20 points and a career-high tying 11 rebounds, it is her third double-double this season. Tulane's Kyren Whittington led all scorers with 26 points.

First Quarter: Temple 20, Tulane 18
> The game was high-scoring in the early goings, with the teams trading baskets to put up 21 combined points in the first five minutes (12-9, TEM).
> The Owls got hot in the first with an 11-0 run to build an 18-9 lead. Tulane had an early 9-2 run of their own to cut into the lead and pull within two, 20-18.
> Tarriyonna Gary and Aleah Nelson paced the Cherry & White with six points each.

Second Quarter: Temple 33, Tulane 27
> Temple shot out of the gate in the second, with a 9-2 run to open the frame. Tiarra East scored five of the nine points (29-20, TEM).
> Tulane hit a three to signal the end of the run and grind the game to a halt. Only two points were scored in the next 3:30 of gametime.
> Tulane scored five of the final eight points in the quarter, with Brittany Garner cashing in on an and-one for the Owls. TU took a six-point lead into the half.
> East made her presence felt in the first half, scoring 10 points and grabbing six boards.

Third Quarter: Temple 46, Tulane 41
> The third quarter started off with a Nelson three pointer to extend the Owls' lead to nine. Tulane scored the next 10 points to take the Green Waves' first lead since the first quarter (37-36, TUL).
> Temple fired back with three pointers from Gary and Nelson sandwiching a Tulane basket to put the Cherry & White up one (42-41, TEM).
> East and Nelson scored the last two buckets of the third to give the Owls a five-point lead.
> Nelson scored eight of Temple's 13 points in the quarter.

Fourth Quarter: Temple 68, Tulane 59
> TU came out of the break on fire. Three different Owls scored in the first 90 seconds to give the Owls a ten-point lead and force a Tulsa timeout. Temple proceeded to a 14-0 run, shutting the Green Wave down for 3 minutes and 28 seconds of game time.
> Tulane was not done yet. The Green Wave hit all four of their next field goal attempts for an 11-0 run to cut the lead back to single digits (62-54, TEM).
> East scored four points in the last two minutes while the Owls' defense held Tulane to just 5 points in the final three. Temple won by a score of 68-59.

Game Notes
> East's 20 are the most points since 12/5 against La Salle. This was also her third double-double of the season. She tied her career-high in boards (11).
> Garner set new a season-high in points (10) and tied her season-high in rebounds (5).
> The Owls had a +15-rebound margin, by far its best of the season. The previous season-high was +9.
> The Cherry & White also tied its season-high in free throw percentage (92.9).

Up Next
> The Owls return to North Broad on Saturday, Jan. 28 to take on the UCF Knights (2 p.m./ESPN+/Varsity Network App). Tickets are available for purchase at Owlstix.com.