Owls Win Another Thriller at Home

Saturday, January 11

Philadelphia, Pa.

2:00 p.m.

Temple University

10-6,4-1AAC

Tulsa

8-9,2-3AAC

Tulsa

Temple

Photo by: Tim McCall

Owls Win Another Thriller at Home

1.11.25 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - Temple women's basketball (10-6, 4-1 AAC) defeated Tulsa (8-9, 2-3 AAC) 73-71 Saturday afternoon at The Liacouras Center. Leading scorer Tarriyonna Gary had 21 points, three rebounds, and three assists. Jaleesa Molina had her third double-double of the season, 11 points and 10 rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Quarter

Tiarra East earned the first bucket for the Owls following a miss from the Golden Hurricane at the 9:23 mark.
Tulsa and Temple followed with back-to-back buckets following a pull-up jumper from Tulsa's Crawford and Kaylah Turner, Temple leading by two, 8-6 score.
Out of the media timeout, Tarrioynna Gary grabbed her second steal of the game.
Tusla went on a 6-0 run, gaining the lead 16-12 with under five minutes to play. Gary responded with a three, cutting into Tulsa's lead.
The Owls closed out the quarter trailing by two, 19-17, with seven points from East.

Second Quarter

To open the second quarter, Turner nailed a three-point basket at the top of the key and a steal and a layup on the next possession, giving Temple a one-point advantage, 22-21, with 8:52 remaining in the quarter.
Temple forced Tulsa to three turnovers early in the second quarter, capitalizing by scoring six points.
A 14-5 run in the middle of the quarter, gave Temple a 36-26 advantage by the 4:21 mark. Out of the media timeout, Turner scored a corner three and reached double figures (13 points) halfway through the second quarter.
Tulsa used a 7-2 run to cut Temple's lead in half, 38-33, by the 3:11 mark.
Anissa Rivera drew a foul draining both free throws, at the 2:13 mark.
Jaleesa Molina made the last bucket of the half, Temple led 45-35.
Turner scored 11 of Temple's 28 points in the second quarter.

Third Quarter

Tulsa's Ellis Hill scored the first basket of the second half, with 8:08 remaining in the period 45-37.
After being in a scoring drought for over three minutes, Temple went on an 11-0 run [Gary (6) Amaya Oliver (2), and Savannah Curry (3)]. Gary drilled her third and fourth three of the game, extending Temple's lead to 17, 56-39 with 5:21 remaining.
Tusla ended a four-minute scoring drought with a 7-0 run, they trail by 10, 56-46, with 2:17 in the period.
Gary ended Tulsa's run with a jumper and three, the Owls ended the quarter with a 15-point advantage over the Golden Hurricane, 61-46.

Fourth Quarter

The Golden Hurricane Hadley Periman scored the first points, thirty seconds into the fourth quarter. Tulsa went on an 11-0 run, cutting its deficit to four, 61-57, with 6:48 remaining.
After being scoreless for almost five minutes, Gary drove to the basket and drew a foul, sinking both free throws, Temple's led 63-57 with 5:12 in the period.
Gary had a steal and an assist to Molina, extending Temple's lead to 10, 67-57 with under four minutes to play.
Tusla went on a 8-0 run to bring Tulsa within two, 67-65, at the 1:34 mark.
Out of Tulsa's timeout at 1:19, Turner made a two-point jumper, and Taylor followed with a steal that led to a Molina layup, giving the Owls a six-point lead, 71-65, with 32.7 left in the quarter. That bucket gave Molina a double-double for the game.
Tulsa's Jade Clack scored a three, making it a three-point game, 71-68, with under 20 seconds remaining.
Temple failed to get the inbound pass in five seconds, giving the ball to Tulsa. With 8.2 seconds remaining, Tulsa called a timeout. Crawford knocked down a corner three to tie the game at 71-71 with 5.2 remaining.
Oliver grabbed a rebound and scored the game-winning basket to secure the win for Temple, 73-71.

INSIDE THE BOX

Temple had seven second-chance points in the first quarter.
Tusla didn't take a trip to the line in the first quarter and only had three free throw attempts in the second quarter.
Temple forced Tulsa into 10 turnovers, which is the eighth game in a row Temple has forced double-digit turnovers in the first half.
Temple's 28 points in the second quarter is the second most points in a quarter this season.
Temple outrebounded Tulsa 23-15 with 13 defensive rebounds in the first half.
In the third quarter, the Owls shot 47% (4-7) from three.
Temple shot 92.3% (12-13) from free throws.
Temple scored a season-low 10 points in the fourth quarter.

UP NEXT
The Owls will be back in action on January 18th as they take on the Charlotte 49ers at The Liacouras Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on ESPN+. During this matchup, Temple women's basketball will be hosting a Divine Nine celebration. Discounted tickets are available—click here for more information.