Women’s Basketball Wins Third Straight, Taking Down Wichita State 72-59

Wednesday, February 1

Philadelphia, Pa.

7:00 P.M.

Temple University

10-11,5-4AAC

Wichita State

13-9,3-6AAC

Wichita St.

Temple

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Women’s Basketball Wins Third Straight, Taking Down Wichita State 72-59

2.1.23 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple Women's Basketball team. (10-11, 5-4 AAC) took down the Wichita State Shockers (13-9, 3-6 AAC) 72-59 Wednesday night at Liacouras Center. This is the Owls third straight victory, the first time the Cherry & White have won three straight this season.

Caranda Perea scored a career-best 17 points with four rebounds. Trajata Colbert led all scorers with 25 points and also grabbed 11 boards.

First Quarter: Temple 18, Wichita State 12
> Temple kicked off the game strong, going into the first media timeout the Owls hit four of their last five shots while shutting the Shockers down over the previous 2 minutes of game time (11-6, TU).
> Thanks to points from seven different scorers, the Cherry & White built a lead of as many as nine points. Wichita State hit two three pointers in the closing minutes of the period to cut into the advantage.
> Makayla Waleed and Perea tied for the team lead in points in the first with four each.

Second Quarter: Temple 35, Wichita State 28
> The Owls continued the diverse attack in the second quarter. Three different members of the Cherry & White scored the first five points of the quarter, while holding WSU to 31% from the field in the first five minutes (26-18, TU).
> Temple caught fire late in the second, Wichita State could stop Temple as each of the final four baskets of the half were scored by different Owls (35-22, TU).
> The Shockers scored the last five points of the quarter to trim the deficit down to seven.
> Six different Owls scored in the quarter, with none finding the hoop for more than four points.

Third Quarter: Temple 57, Wichita State 41
> The two sides traded punches for the first few minutes of the quarter, with the lead never exceeding nine points.
> Free throws from Aleah Nelson and a three from Tiarra East extended the lead out to 14, 48-34 TU.
> WSU managed to stop the bleeding till the final 90 seconds of the quarter, when Nelson and East combined for a quick five points to grow the lead to 16 points.
> Perea had her best quarter of the season, with 10 points. The forward broke her career-high of 15 midway through the frame (17 total).

Fourth Quarter: Temple 72, Wichita State 59
> The Owls scored the four of the first six points. Wichita State scored the next seven points as the Owls went cold from the field (61-50, TU).
> Tarriyonna Gary hit a three to snap the Cherry & White out of the cold stretch, but WSU kept coming to trim the lead to single digits (64-56, TU).
> The Shockers pushed, but could not overcome the Owls' stout defense. Temple scored the last six points to earn the win, 72-59.

Game Notes
> Perea set a new career-high with 17 points. She was extremely efficient from the field, knocking down 7-9 field goals and going 3-4 from deep.
> This is the first time Temple has won a game by double-digits since the conference opener on December 30 against Memphis (80-69).
> Makayla Waleed scored a career-high with six points, all in the first half. Prior to tonight she had scored eight points in her career.

Up Next
> Temple will hit the road for a battle at Houston on Saturday (2 p.m. EST/ESPN+/Varsity Network App).