Men’s Basketball Suffers Setback at Boston College

Friday, November 15

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

7:00 P.M.

Temple University

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Boston College

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Temple

Boston College

Men’s Basketball Suffers Setback at Boston College

11.15.24 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Temple University men's basketball team fought back from a double-digit, first-half deficit to take a five-point lead in the second before falling just short in a 72-69 loss at Boston College on Friday night. Graduate student Jamal Mashburn Jr. led the Owls with 23 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Redshirt senior Steve Settle III set the tone early for the Owls, scoring 10 first-half points on an efficient 4-of-6 shooting.
The home team was on fire offensively through the first 20 minutes, shooting 56.3 percent from the field and connecting on 6-for-13 from three-point range.
Temple trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half but slowly chipped away and trailed by just five, 46-41, at intermission.
The Owls and Eagles traded scores to open the second half, but Temple regained control after the first media timeout with a 9-0 spurt.
A coast-to-coast layup by sophomore Zion Stanford put the Owls in front, 55-50, with 13:24 remaining in the second stanza.
The game remained tightly contested with Elijah Gray stepping up, hitting a three-pointer and quickly following it with a layup to put the score at 61-47 in favor of the visitors with 8:42 remaining.
Stanford came up big defensively with three crucial late-game blocks, helping the Owls stay within striking distance.
After B.C. took a four-point advantage, Mashburn Jr. hit a three with 20 seconds left to bring Temple within one. But that is as close as it would get as the Eagles held on.

BY THE NUMBERS

Mashburn Jr. has scored 20 or more points in four straight games, marking the second time in his career he has achieved the feat.
Gray scored 10 points and recovered five rebounds in his Temple debut.
Stanford set a career-high with three blocks as Temple recorded a season-high six rejections.
Durodola shot 5-for-7 from the free-throw line, and finished with seven points and seven boards.

UP NEXT
The Owls will next compete in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament against another ACC opponent in Florida State. Tip-off from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. is set for 5:00 p.m. on Nov. 22.

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