Owls Dominate Charlotte to Extend Winning Streak

Saturday, January 18

Philadelphia, Pa.

2:00 p.m.

Temple University

11-6,5-1AAC

Charlotte

5-12,0-6AAC

Charlotte

Temple

Photo by: Joshua Kanner

Owls Dominate Charlotte to Extend Winning Streak

1.18.25 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – Temple women's basketball (11-6, 5-1 AAC) beats Charlotte (5-12, 0-6 AAC) 80-62 Saturday afternoon at the Liacouras Center in front of 1,490 fans. Temple had three starters in double figures: Tarriyonna Gary (18), Jaleesa Molina (15), and Tristen Taylor (11).

Molina had her fourth double-double of the season with 15 points (shooting 5-5 from the field) and 11 rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Quarter

Charlotte scored the first basket with a layup from Jordan Peete with 9:15 remaining in the period.
Jaleesa Molina drew a foul and made one of two free throws, scoring Temple's first points. Molina started an 8-0 run by Temple with points from Amaya Oliver (2), Tarriyonna Gary (3), and Tiarra East (2). Temple led 8-4 with 7:42 remaining in the first quarter.
Gary connected with East after a steal for a layup, extending Temple's lead to 8, 12-4.
Prior to the media timeout, Charlotte made its last two baskets, cutting the Owls' lead to four, 12-8, with just under five minutes to play.
Out of the media timeout, Temple forced Charlotte into a turnover on its first possession. Temple then made six consecutive field goals, including seven points from Molina after the media timeout.
Anissa Rivera rejected Hayleigh Breland, resulting in a layup by Oliver, extending Temple's lead to 13, 25-12, with 54 seconds remaining in the first quarter. That ended the scoring in the quarter.

Second Quarter

To start the second quarter, the 49ers scored the first basket 20 seconds into the period.
Kaylah Turner made a jumper, scoring the Owls' first basket of the second quarter. The Owls led 27-14 with 8:07 remaining in the first half.
Tristen Taylor scored her first basket of the game and drew a foul, resulting in a three-point play, giving the Owls a 12-point advantage, 30-18.
Molina reached double figures (10), shooting 3-3 from the field and 4-5 from free throws with 5:35 remaining in the half.
Charlotte went through a scoring drought lasting over three minutes, going 0-6, entering the media timeout at the 4:31 mark.
Out of the media timeout, Taylor scored a jumper off a fast break after Temple forced Charlotte into its 11th turnover of the first half.
The Owls went on an 8-0 run lasting over two minutes as Temple hit 4-5 from the floor.
To close out the first half, Turner made both free throws. Temple had a 17-point advantage, leading 44-27 at halftime.

Third Quarter

Both teams exchanged missed baskets before Charlotte scored the first points of the second half, getting one to fall with 9:26 remaining.
Gary reached double figures (11) and scored Temple's first points with 7:37 remaining in the third quarter. However, an 11-2 run by Charlotte made the score 46-38 by the 5:44 mark.
Temple went on a 6-0 run with points from Taylor (4) and Turner (2), extending its lead to double digits, 52-38, before the 4:18 media timeout.
Coming out of the media timeout, Charlotte's scoring drought lasted over two minutes until a Temple foul from Gary ended it, making it a 52-40 game.
Temple scored on five of its final six possessions of the quarter—Savannah Curry (2), Rivera (3), Oliver (2), and Gary (1)—extending Temple's lead to 60-44 by the end of the period.

Fourth Quarter

Charlotte's leading scorer, Madison Roshelle, scored the first basket of the final quarter, making it 60-46 with 9:24 remaining.
Taylor reached double figures (11) after a layup extended Temple's lead to 16, 68-52, with 5:07 in the period.
Temple led by 15+ for the remainder of the game and pushed the lead up to 20—the highest in the game—in the final minute. The game ended 80-62.

INSIDE THE BOX

Temple had 7 steals in the first quarter, with 16 points off of turnovers.
The Owls shot 64.7% from the field, hitting 11-17 shots, putting up 25 points in the first quarter. The Owls' 25 points in the first quarter is the fifth time this season they have scored 25+ points in a quarter.
The Owls forced 12 turnovers in the first half, marking nine consecutive games with double-digit turnovers in the first half.
Temple's starters were a combined 15-19 from inside the arc in the first half: Molina (4-4), Gary (3-3), Oliver (2-2), East (4-7), Taylor (2-3).
Charlotte went 3-14 from the floor in the second quarter, shooting 20% for the quarter.
In the first half, Temple had 13 fast break points.
In the third quarter, Charlotte forced seven Temple turnovers.
Gary scored 18 points, making it four out of five games that she has hit double figures in scoring.
After Charlotte went up 2-0 in the first quarter at the 9:30 mark, Temple maintained the lead for the remainder of the game.
Temple scored 70+ points for the third straight game—all wins. They have now won five straight games when posting over 70 points.
Molina posted another double-double with her 15 points and 11 rebounds, marking the second time this season she has had back-to-back double-doubles.

UP NEXT

Temple women's basketball is heading to North Carolina to face ECU in their second of two games this season. The game is scheduled to tip off at 6 p.m. and will be available for streaming on ESPN+.