Owls Suffer Road Loss to UTSA

Saturday, February 1

San Antonio, TX

3:00 p.m.

Temple University

12-9,6-4AAC

UTSA

18-3,9-1AAC

Temple

UTSA

Photo by: Tim McCall

Owls Suffer Road Loss to UTSA

2.1.25 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

SAN ANTONIO – Temple women's basketball (12-8, 6-3 AAC) fell to UTSA (17-3, 8-1 AAC), 70-61, on Saturday, February 1st, at the Convocation Center. Leading scorer Tiarra East had 18 points, shooting 7-13 from the field.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter

Jaleesa Molina scored the Owls' first rebounds and points after making a jumper to start the game, 2-0, 22 seconds into the quarter.
The Roadrunners responded with two baskets of their own, giving them an early two-point lead, 4-2, with 8:43 remaining.
Out of the 4:58 media timeout, Tarriyonna Gary scored the last four points for the Owls, giving them a three-point lead, 9-6, with 3:42 left in the period.
The Owls went on an 8-0 run, scoring on four consecutive possessions, 17-8, with 1:51 remaining.
The Roadrunners closed the quarter, scoring five unanswered points, leaving Temple with a 17-13 lead.

Second Quarter

Tiarra East scored a jumper, marking the Owls' first points in the second quarter.
On the next possession, Gary, now in double figures (13), got the Owls' seventh forced turnover, scoring a fast-break three, extending Temple's lead to nine, 22-13, at the 8:43 mark.
Temple's lead peaked at 12 at the 7:37 mark, 27-15. Both teams went dry from the field over the next two minutes, exchanging free throws to move the score to 29-19.
After being in a scoring drought for over three minutes, Anissa Rivera converted on a three-point play, 32-24, with 4:11 left in the period.
Both teams struggled to find a basket, being in a drought for almost three minutes.
Kaylah Turner extended Temple's lead to double digits with a layup, 34-24, with just over one minute left in the first half.
Savannah Curry closed out the quarter by making both free throws, giving Temple a 12-point advantage at the break.
Neither team shot well from the field in the quarter (Temple 27.8%, UTSA 25.0%), but both were perfect from the foul line (Temple 8-8, UTSA 5-5).

Third Quarter

Tiarra East reached double figures (11) and opened the quarter with a jumper, 38-24, 40 seconds into the quarter.
UTSA went on a 5-0 run before East scored her first three of the game, 41-29, at the 8:02 mark.
The Roadrunners scored on their first four possessions, trimming their deficit to seven, 45-38, with 5:32 remaining in the quarter.
East ended Temple's two-minute scoring drought, 47-40, with 3:36 left in the period.
Temple went on a 6-2 run to close the period with a nine-point Owls' advantage, 51-42.

Fourth Quarter

Curry grabbed a steal to start the fourth quarter, and Taylor capitalized by scoring a jumper, extending Temple's lead to 11, 53-42, with 9:34 to play.
Eleven unanswered points by UTSA tied the game, 53-53, forcing Temple to take a timeout at 5:57.
Heading into the media timeout, Temple went 0-5 and had a scoring drought lasting over three minutes. Taylor responded with a three out of the 5:57 media timeout, 56-53.
A desperation three as the shot clock expired tied the game for UTSA.
After Molina broke the tie with a foul shot, Gary nailed a three to give Temple a 60-56 lead at the 3:01 mark.
By the 2:25 mark, the Roadrunners hit a field goal and two foul shots to tie the game at 60-60.
A pair of successful foul shots by UTSA gave them their first lead of the second half, 62-60. Gary split a pair of foul shots to cut it to 62-61.
UTSA hit a jumper from the paint and then stole the inbound pass for another bucket, 66-61, with 45 seconds remaining.
A Temple turnover at 31.6 seconds led to a Roadrunners' timeout.
Four UTSA free throws to close out the game resulted in a 70-61 defeat for the Owls.

INSIDE THE BOX

Gary had 13 points in the first half, making it the third straight game Gary has had double-digit points in the first half.
The Roadrunners did not score any points in the last four minutes of the first half.
Temple recorded nine steals in the first half, leading to 13 UTSA turnovers and resulting in 10 points off those turnovers.
East had 9 points in the third quarter and went 4-6 from the field.
The Owls went 3-15 from the field in the fourth quarter. Temple was outscored 27-10 by UTSA in the fourth quarter.
In the second half, Temple was outscored 25-46 by UTSA. The Owls shot 10-31 from the floor while going 3-11 in the second from three.
UTSA went 15-20 from the free-throw line in the second half, while the Owls went 2-5.
After 13 points in the first half, Tarriyonna Gary scored 4 points and went 1-5 from the field.
Temple was outrebounded 34-47 by UTSA.

UP NEXT

The Owls are back at the Liacouras Center to face the Memphis Tigers on February 5 at 11:00 AM. Wednesday's game will also celebrate Temple's National Girls & Women in Sports Day, as well as a School Day event.