Owls Drop Heartbreaker to Rebels in Waning Seconds

Wednesday, November 22

Philadelphia, Pa.

3:30 P.M.

Temple University

3-2,0-0AAC

Ole Miss

5-0,0-0SEC

Ole Miss

Temple

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Owls Drop Heartbreaker to Rebels in Waning Seconds

11.22.23 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – All five starters scored in double figures, but a pair of free throws with less than 10 seconds remaining saw the Ole Miss Rebels slip past Temple 77-76 on Wednesday night.

BY THE NUMBERS

Hysier Miller scored 21 in the contest.
Zion Stanford posted a career-high tying 14 in the game with a personal best seven rebounds.
In his first start of the season, Jordan Riley netted 10 with seven boards. Both totals were personal bests in a Temple uniform.
Matteo Picarelli was the fourth Owl in double figures, netting 14, nine of them in the second half.
Sam Hofman had his first game with 10 or more in a Temple uniform, tallying 11 with five assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Trailing by eight with just under five minutes to go, the Owls came all the way back, taking a 76-75 lead on a pair of free throws by Miller with 1:39 remaining. After going scoreless in the next minute, Ole Miss connected on a pair of free throws with 9.2 seconds remaining before a last look from TU missed off the rim.
It was a close game early on as the Rebels held just an 11-9 lead after a pair of free throws by Stanford with 14:52 to go in the half. Riley was a key during the stretch with five points and three rebounds. Ole Miss got hot during the next couple of minutes, opening a 29-16 lead
Undeterred, Temple battled back as Miller scored five in a row to cut the gap to eight. The Rebels started to pull away again, but a 12-5 run by the Owls in the final five minutes of the frame sliced the lead to 38-33 at intermission. Picarelli fueled the run, scoring five of the points including his first trey of the game.
TU came out for the second half with energy as after Ole Miss opened the scoring, an 8-2 run by Temple was capped by a Riley putback dunk, chopping the lead to 43-41. The game remained at a four-to-six-point gap for the majority of the rest of the half. Down by eight, Temple continued to fight as back-to-back treys by Picarelli and Sam Hofman, once again sliced the edge to a pair, at 73-71 with 3:55 to go.

UP NEXT
The Owls wrap their three-game homestand, hosting La Salle on Wednesday, November 29 in a Big 5 matchup that will determine seedings in the upcoming Big 5 Classic. Tipoff from the Liacouras Center is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.