Turnovers Trouble Owls in Road Loss to Villanova

Saturday, November 22

Villanova, Pa.

7 PM

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Turnovers Trouble Owls in Road Loss to Villanova

11.22.25 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – Temple women's basketball (3–3) fell to Villanova (4–2), 88–58, on the road Saturday night at Finneran Pavilion. Tristen Taylor led the Owls with 15 points, while Felicia Jacobs added a career-high 10.

How it happened
First-quarter

Saniyah Craig opened the scoring for Temple with a drive to the basket.
Villanova responded immediately, converting an Owls turnover into a fast-break basket by Jasmine Bascoe.
Following Craig's basket, Temple endured a two-minute scoring drought until Taylor was fouled on a drive and sank both free throws.
Despite those points, Temple went more than three minutes without a field goal.
Kaylah Turner connected on a three-pointer to give the Owls a three-point lead, but another turnover allowed the Wildcats to trim it back to one.
A Jaleesa Molina offensive rebound and putback after a Jacobs miss ended a two-minute Temple drought, putting the Owls up 11–8.
Raynne Allen hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 11.
After another Temple turnover, Villanova scored to tie the game at 13 heading into the second quarter.

Second-Quarter

Taylor found Craig under the basket to give Temple a 15–13 lead to start the quarter.
Villanova's Allen answered with back-to-back threes, and Brynn McCurry added an easy layup to push Nova ahead 21–15.
At the media timeout, the Wildcats were on an 8–0 run while Temple again went scoreless for over two minutes.
Taylor set up Molina for a fast-break layup to cut the deficit to 21–17.
At the 3:48 mark, Villanova extended its run to 8–0 with baskets from Brooke Bender and McCurry, making it 31–19.
Allen and Bascoe then knocked down threes as part of a 6–0 spurt. The Wildcats mounted a 14–1 run over three-plus minutes, going 6-for-6 from the floor.
During that stretch, Temple went nearly four minutes without a point and committed four straight turnovers.
Allen closed the half with a buzzer-beating three to give Villanova a 44–24 advantage at the break.

Third-quarter

Taylor scored the first points of the half for Temple, while Denae Carter knocked down two free throws for Villanova.
Savannah Curry fought for an offensive rebound and converted the putback to make it 48–28.
Kelsey Joens scored on a cut to the basket to push the Nova lead to 50–29.
Dani Ceseretti added another layup, giving the Wildcats a 57–33 lead.
Coming out of the media timeout, Villanova was shooting 5–7 in the quarter, but the Owls responded with three straight baskets—another from Taylor, a Brianna Mead three, and a bucket from Jacobs—to cut the deficit to 62–42.

Fourth-quarter

Villanova opened the fourth on a 6–0 run with baskets from Carter and McCurry, while Temple went scoreless for the first two and a half minutes.
The Wildcats extended their lead to 28 points during a 13–2 run over the same span.
A Temple turnover and a Nova fast-break layup gave the Wildcats a 32-point advantage with 4:43 remaining.
After two free throws from Jacobs, Temple went 1–7 from the field down the stretch as Villanova closed out the 88–58 win.

Inside Box

Temple committed 13 first-half turnovers to Villanova's four, leading to 18 Wildcats points.
Villanova held a 15–0 advantage in first-half bench points.
Temple shot 1–6 from three in the first quarter; Villanova shot 7–12.
The Owls finished 2–13 from deep (15%).
Taylor led Temple with 15 points; Jacobs recorded a career-high 10.
Villanova totaled 38 bench points to Temple's 15.
Temple finished with just seven assists.

Up Next
The Owls will travel to the Bahamas to take on Michigan State on Friday night in the Baha Mar Tournament. Game time is set for 6:30 p.m., with coverage on FloSports.