Men's Basketball Runs Past Monmouth, 103-74, at Jersey Jam

Friday, November 8

Trenton, N.J.

6:00 P.M.

Temple University

2-0,0-0AAC

103

Monmouth

0-2,0-0CAA

Temple

103

Monmouth

Men's Basketball Runs Past Monmouth, 103-74, at Jersey Jam

11.8.24 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

TRENTON, N.J. - The Temple University men's basketball team used a red-hot offense to improve to 2-0 on the season in a 103-74 victory over Monmouth at the Deborah Heart & Lung Cancer Jersey Jam on Friday. Graduate student Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored a game-high 25 points and was named Most Outstanding Player of the event as he helped the Owls score in triple digits for just the 22nd time in program history.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Hawks held an early 5-4 lead before Mashburn Jr.'s runner in the lane jumpstarted an 20-3 run over the next six minutes.
In addition to Mashburn Jr.'s exploits, freshman Dillon Battie had consecutive finishes inside to put Temple in front 24-8 at the 11:40 mark of the first half.
Monmouth continued to battle, chipping away at the lead and pulling to within 35-26 with less than six minutes to go in the period.
Mashburn Jr. stemmed the tide, converting on a four-point play to ignite an 11-0 spurt and give the Owls their largest lead of the game at 46-26.
Temple would go into the locker room with a 21-point cushion and continued to play well offensively over the final 20 minutes of action.
Jameel Brown drained a triple to put the score at 72-46 with 12 minutes to go, and another from downtown to make it 83-55 with 6:40 on the clock.
From there, the only thing that remained in doubt was if Temple would hit the 100-point mark, which happened when Christian Tomasco hit a free throw with 57.5 left.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Mashburn scored his 25 points on just 15 shots (10-15), including a 3-for-4 performance from three-point range.
Senior Steve Settle III registered his first double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds, adding three blocks and two assists.
Freshmen Babatunde Durodola and Dillon Battie were impressive in their second game as collegiate players, scoring a combined 29 points and going 11-for-13 from the floor in 33 combined minutes of action.
Brown finished with 11 points off the bench as Temple's reserves outscored Monmouth's 40-22.
The Owls were on fire offensively in the first half, shooting 64.3 percent overall and 4-for-8 from downtown.
Another key stat was turnovers, as Temple made just six miscues over 40 minutes compared to Monmouth's 11.

UP NEXT

The Owls return home for their first Big 5 pod game of the season as they host Drexel at the Liacouras Center on Tuesday, November 12.
Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., with all of the action airing live on ESPN+.

POST-GAME PRESS CONFERENCE