Temple Falls to No. 20 Michigan State in Baha Mar Hoops Opener

Friday, November 28

Nassau, Bahamas

6:30 p.m.

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Michigan State University

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Temple Falls to No. 20 Michigan State in Baha Mar Hoops Opener

11.28.25 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NASSAU, Bahamas — The Temple Owls women's basketball team (3–4) fell to the No. 20 Michigan State Spartans (7–0) in their opening game of the Baha Mar Hoops Championship. Saniyah Craig led Temple with 11 points on 4–9 shooting, while Kaylah Turner added 10 points on 5–10 from the field.

How it happened
First Quarter

Temple opened with back-to-back baskets from Craig, answering early makes by Michigan State's Marah Dykstra and Grace VanSlooten.
A mid-range jumper from Tristen Taylor pulled the Owls within one midway through the quarter.
Michigan State then went cold, enduring a 2:28 scoring drought and missing four straight field goals.
VanSlooten ended the skid with a tough finish and a free throw to give the Spartans a 15–10 advantage.

Second Quarter

The Spartans opened the frame with consecutive threes from Rashunda Jones and Juliann Woodard.
Theryn Hallock added another triple to push the lead to 28–12.
A two-minute Spartan drought ended when Jalyn Brown scored at the 5:15 mark to make it 30–12.
Turner responded with a jumper from the free-throw line, and Craig followed with a layup and two free throws to trim the deficit to 35–21.
Michigan State went scoreless over the final 3:48 of the quarter but still entered halftime ahead 37–21.

Third Quarter

The Spartans extended their lead to 20 at the 7:00 mark, going up 43–23.
Turner connected on a fadeaway for her eighth point.
Drew Alexander knocked down Temple's first three-pointer of the night—and the team's first bench points—midway through the quarter.
Turner then grabbed a rebound and went coast-to-coast to cut the deficit to 50–33.
Michigan State closed the quarter strong, hitting 5 of their final 7 shots to take a 60–35 lead into the fourth.

Fourth Quarter

Jaleesa Molina opened the scoring for Temple with a layup, but Michigan State continued to roll, eventually featuring five different players with made three-pointers.
A Dykstra three and an Isaline Alexander putback fueled an 8–0 run that put the Spartans ahead 70–39, their largest lead of the night, prompting a Temple timeout.
Taylor hit her first three-pointer of the game to move to 4–10 from the field.
At the media timeout (4:57), Michigan State had made four of its last five attempts.
After a Molina free throw at 3:57, Temple went cold again, shooting 0–4 over nearly three minutes.

Inside the Box

Temple went 0–7 from three in the first half and 9–33 overall from the field.
Michigan State held the Owls to just 9 points in the second quarter.
The Spartans forced 10 turnovers and turned them into 16 points.
Entering the fourth quarter, Michigan State was 9–18 (50%) from deep; Temple was 1–13 (8%).
Temple never led, while Michigan State held the advantage for 39:29 of game time.
The Owls kept the Spartans under 90 points for the first time this season.
Final shooting: Temple 2–18 from three and 19–64 overall; Michigan State 13–28 from three and 30–63 from the field.
Michigan State's bench contributed 32 points; Temple's bench added 12.

Up Next
Temple will face Western Carolina in the consolation game on Sunday at 4 p.m. The matchup will be streamed on FloSports.