Mashburn Jr. Eclipses 2,000-Point Mark for Collegiate Career; Men's Basketball Defeats UMass, 87-80

Saturday, November 23

Uncasville, Conn.

5:00 PM

Temple University

UMass

Mashburn Jr. Eclipses 2,000-Point Mark for Collegiate Career; Men's Basketball Defeats UMass, 87-80

11.23.24 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Temple guard Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored the 2,000th point of his collegiate career and registered a game-high 26 points to help the Owls to a 87-80 win over UMass at the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off on Saturday. The Owls (4-2) had five players score in double figures in the total team effort - Mashburn Jr., Quante Berry (12), Steve Settle III (12), Zion Stanford (11), and Jameel Brown (10).

HOW IT HAPPENED

For the second straight night, the Owls opened up strong and led 7-2 following a three-point play by Quante Berry.
UMass responded with seven straight points to take a brief lead, and the Owls returned the favor with an 8-0 spurt to regain a 15-9 advantage.
Temple extended its lead to 15 at 32-17, before the Minutemen slowly came back thanks to their efforts from the charity stripe.
UMass held a 24-11 advantage in free-throw attempts through the first 20 minutes, making 18 of them.
Free throws accounted for seven straight points from UMass over a stretch that cut the margin to 34-32.
The Owls closed the half strong, and a shot-clock beating three by Jameel Brown put the score at 43-36 heading into intermission.
Temple quickly opened up a 10-point lead following a three from Shane Dezonie at the 15:53 mark and throughout the second half fended off UMass at every turn.
Mashburn Jr. was the catalyst offensively, scoring 16 of his 26 points in the first half and doing most of his damage in the second at the free-throw line.
His two free throws with 13:50 to go pushed him over the 2,000-point mark for his collegiate career.
From there, Temple held a relatively comfortable cushion to snap a two-game losing skid.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Mashburn Jr. went 7-for-10 from the field in the first half as the Owls shot 48.5 percent over the first 20 minutes as a team.
Brown had all 10 of his points in the opening period.
Stanford got going in the second half, scoring eight points on 4-of-4 shooting.
UMass held a 25-20 edge in rebounding through the first 20 minutes, but Temple responded with an impressive 22-10 advantage in the second half.
Freshman Babatunde Durodola had seven of his game-high 12 rebounds in the second half.

UP NEXT

The Owls will have a week-long break before returning to action on Saturday, November 30 against La Salle.
The matchup between the two Big 5 schools will determine who plays for the Big 5 championship at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday, Dec. 7.
Tipoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m., and the game will air live on ESPN+.

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