Owls Roll Past Explorers in First Big 5 Meeting of the Season

Friday, November 14

Philadelphia, Pa.

11 AM

Temple University

3-1,0-0American

La Salle University

3-1,0-0Atlantic 10

La Salle

Temple

Owls Roll Past Explorers in First Big 5 Meeting of the Season

11.14.25 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – Temple women's basketball (3–1) came out victorious against Big 5 rival La Salle (3–1) on Friday afternoon at the Liacouras Center. Kaylah Turner led all Owls with 12 points, while Saniyah Craig, Kelian Cedano, and Jaleesa Molina each added 11. Both Molina and Craig recorded double-doubles. The win marks the Owls' 11th straight against the Explorers.

First Quarter

Saniyah Craig fought for an offensive rebound and scored the first basket of the game.
Kiara Williams responded with back-to-back baskets to give La Salle a 4–2 lead.
A fast break put the Explorers ahead 6–5 with under seven minutes left.
La Salle entered a scoring drought at the five-minute mark, going 0–4 and eventually 1–7 before Anna Przyszlak broke the slump with a layup, cutting the deficit to 9–8.
By the media timeout at 3:58, the teams had already traded the lead four times.
Williams knocked down a three-pointer to put La Salle up 11–9, improving to 3–3 from the field.
Temple went scoreless for over two minutes, missing five straight shots, until Kelian Cedano grabbed a rebound and powered in a basket to tie the game at 11.
Jaleesa Molina followed with a layup to put Temple ahead 13–11.
La Salle closed the quarter shooting 2–10, ending a three-minute drought when Ashley Connor scored with two seconds remaining.

Second Quarter

Aryss Macktoon opened the scoring with a jumper to give La Salle a 15–13 lead.
Kaylah Turner answered with a three-pointer to put Temple back on top, 18–17.
Both teams went cold, entering a scoreless stretch from 8:04 to the media timeout at 4:55.
Craig muscled inside for a layup to tie the game at 20–20.
Turner drained another three, giving Temple a 23–20 advantage and improving to 2–4 from deep.
Coming out of the timeout, Temple went on a 7–0 run behind back-to-back buckets from Turner.
Tristen Taylor added her first basket at 1:48, extending the lead to 25–22.
Molina blocked a shot that led to a fast-break layup by Cedano, sparking a stretch of five straight made field goals for the Owls.
Baskets from Tiarra Curry and Taylor capped off the Owls' largest lead of the half, 34–24, during a run of seven consecutive made shots.

Third Quarter

Macktoon scored the opening basket of the second half, making it 34–26.
Crisp ball movement on a fast break allowed Craig to convert an easy layup, pushing the lead back to double digits.
After another Macktoon basket, La Salle went 1–8 from the floor and endured a scoring drought of over two minutes.
Turner weaved through defenders for a layup to restore a 12-point lead, 40–28.
Cedano cut backdoor, absorbed contact from Connor, and finished a three-point play to make it 42–28.
La Salle shot 2–12 during the stretch before Ivona Miljanic knocked down a jumper to make it 43–30 Temple, following a drought of nearly four minutes.

Fourth Quarter

Craig collected an offensive rebound off a missed three and scored to make it 51–36.
Brianna Mead buried a deep three to extend the lead to 18—the Owls' largest at that point.
Drew Alexander hit her first three of the game to push the margin to 63–42.
Temple then committed four straight turnovers and went 1–7 from the field, enduring a scoring drought of over three minutes until Cedano broke through with an open layup.
Mead scored again in the paint, giving her a season-high seven points.
Macktoon finished with a team-high 16 points for the Explorers.

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