Temple Dominates Western Carolina 84–64 to Close Baha Mar Tournament

Sunday, November 30

Nassau, Bahamas

4:00 p.m.

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Temple Dominates Western Carolina 84–64 to Close Baha Mar Tournament

11.30.25 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Temple Owls women's basketball team (4–4) rolled past Western Carolina (2–7) with an 84–64 win on Sunday evening in the consolation game to wrap up the Baha Mar Hoops Tournament in Nassau. Kaylah Turner led all Owls with 23 points, while Jaleesa Molina (12 points) and Savannah Curry (11 points) followed behind. Temple snapped a four-game losing streak with the win.

How it happened
First Quarter:

Savannah Curry and Kaylah Turner started the game with the first two buckets for the Owls.
A Western Carolina turnover turned into a Temple layup, sparking a 6–0 run.
Betsey Burnett cut the game to three with a three-pointer, making it 6–3.
The Owls took an 11–5 lead heading into the media timeout at the 4:08 mark.
Turner was fouled on a corner three to extend the lead to 15–5.
WCU's Ary Dizon connected on a putback to make it 17–7.

Second Quarter:

Khloe Miller earned her first basket of the day with a pull-up jumper in the paint.
Christina Bowers answered for WCU, cutting it to 20–13.
WCU made it a seven-point game after another layup from Dizon, 24–17.
A three-pointer from Dizon cut the deficit to four as the Catamounts went on a 7–0 run.
Temple went on a scoreless drought lasting over three minutes, going 0–4 from the field.
After a Temple turnover, Taj Hunter hit a spot-up three, trimming the Owls' lead to 27–24.
A WCU turnover led to a fast-break layup from Saniyah Craig, ending the drought.
The Owls responded with an 8–0 run after back-to-back baskets from Molina following the media timeout at 3:54.
WCU went scoreless for over two minutes following the timeout.
Temple followed with a 13–1 run behind a Curry three and a Molina layup, forcing a WCU timeout; the Owls were 6–6 from the field during the stretch.
Brianna Mead knocked down a jumper for Temple, while Hunter scored a three-pointer and added two free throws for WCU.
Felicia Jacobs closed the half with two free throws, giving Temple a 44–31 lead.

Third Quarter:

Curry opened the quarter with a corner three assisted by Craig.
Both teams traded baskets as Craig and Hunter scored on opposite ends, giving Temple a 49–35 lead.
Heading into the media timeout, Molina finished at the rim, and Hunter answered with a three, making it 51–38.
Threes from Drew Alexander and Mead forced a WCU timeout as the Owls went up by 17.
After the timeout, Temple continued scoring with baskets from Molina and Turner, extending their largest lead to 22 (62–40).
The Owls went on an 8–0 run for over two minutes while WCU remained scoreless until a jumper from Grace Pack.

Fourth Quarter:

Burnett opened the fourth with a three, while Miller answered with a pull-up jumper for Temple, making it 67–50.
WCU went 3–3 from the field behind baskets from Hunter and a layup from Ally Hollifield, cutting it to 69–52.
Turner hit two free throws and knocked down back-to-back threes to push the lead to 77–57.
At the 4:12 media timeout, both teams were shooting well as Temple went 3–3 and WCU went 5–7 from the field.
Turner fueled a 6–0 run with consecutive threes, extending the lead to 80–60.
In the closing minutes, Hunter and Bowers scored for WCU, while Ariana Meriedy added a last-second layup to secure the 84–64 win.

Inside the Box:

Temple outrebounded WCU 41–19, including 27 defensive rebounds.
The Owls shot 41% from three (9–22).
Temple shot 54% from the field (31–57).
Kaylah Turner scored 23 points on 70% shooting (7–10 FG) and had 11 points in the fourth quarter.
Khloe Miller recorded a season-high 8 points.
Despite committing 17 turnovers to WCU's 12, Temple earned more points off turnovers (15–9).
Temple led the entire game, with the largest lead reaching 23 points.

Up Next
Temple will be on the road next Sunday to face Drexel in the Big 5 Classic at Villanova. Game time is yet to be determined.