Mashburn Jr. Leads Men's Basketball to Third Straight AAC Victory

Sunday, January 19

Philadelphia, Pa.

1:00 P.M.

Temple University

12-6,4-1AAC

Tulane

10-9,4-2AAC

Tulane

Temple

Mashburn Jr. Leads Men's Basketball to Third Straight AAC Victory

1.19.25 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - Graduate student Jamal Mashburn Jr. registered a season-high 32 points on an efficient 12-of-16 shooting, and the Temple men's basketball team improved to 8-0 at the Liacouras Center this season with an 80-77 victory over Tulane on Sunday. The win was the team's third straight and the Owls improved to 12-6 overall and 4-1 in American Athletic Conference play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Owls started slow offensively, missing their first three shots as Tulane took an early 8-2 lead.
Jamal Mashburn Jr. was the catalyst to kickstart Temple's offense, scoring seven points as part of a 9-2 spurt that gave the home team an 11-10 advantage with 13:10 to go in the period.
The remainder of the first half was close, with neither team gaining a lead larger than four. A three-pointer from senior Steve Settle III pushed Temple in front, 33-29, before the Owls went into the locker room with a one-point lead.
Mashburn Jr. had a team-high 12 points through the first 20 minutes, while a trio of Owls - Settle III, Quante Berry and Zion Stanford - adding seven apiece.
Tulane shot 53.8 percent from the floor in the opening half but the Temple forced the Green Wave into 10 turnovers.
The second half began with the two teams still close, before a 7-0 spurt by the Owls extended their lead to 51-42 with 14:11 remaining.
Senior Shane Dezonie capped the run with a tomahawk dunk on the fastbreak, while Stanford and Mashburn Jr. also scored buckets.
The Green Wave came right back with a four-point play on the next possession, and cut the margin to just one at 55-54 with 11:10 on the clock.
From there, Temple scored 11 of the next 15 points to regain a nine-point cushion, with Dezonie connecting on a big three-pointer from the corner.
Tulane did not go down without a fight, and had a pair of chances to tie the score but each time the three-point attempt was off the mark as the Owls held on.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

For the second straight game, Temple won the rebounding battle by double digits as the team outrebounded Tulane, 33-20.
Mashburn Jr.'s point total was just one shy of his career high of 33, set on Jan. 23, 2023 against Nevada while he was a member of the New Mexico program.
Three other Owls registered double figures in points, including 13 from senior Shane Dezonie, who extended his double-figure scoring streak to seven games. Stanford and Settle III added 11 apiece.
Rowan Brumbaugh led Tulane with 20 points, leading four Green Wave players in double digits.

UP NEXT

Temple returns to the road for a pair of American Athletic Conference contests, beginning with a trip to North Texas on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Tipoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET, with the contest scheduled to air live on ESPN+.