Men's Basketball Falls to #17 Memphis on Road

Sunday, February 9

Memphis, Tenn.

2:00 P.M.

Temple University

14-10,6-5AAC

Memphis

20-4,10-1AAC

Temple

Memphis

Photo by: Robin Hsiao

Men's Basketball Falls to #17 Memphis on Road

2.9.25 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Temple University men's basketball team, playing without its leading scorer Jamal Mashburn Jr. for the second straight game, fought valiantly on the road against No. 17 Memphis but ultimately dropped a 90-82 decision at FedEx Forum on Sunday afternoon. Freshman Aiden Tobiason tied a career high and led five Owls in double figures with 18 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Temple made six of its first nine attempts from the floor and took a 17-16 lead after a three-pointer from sophomore Quante Berry with 13:08 on the clock.
Another triple, this one from senior Steve Settle III, gave the Owls another one-point lead and junior Elijah Gray connected on a long three to put the score at 27-25 in favor of the visitors with 4:39 to go in the first half.
Trailing by three in the closing moments of the period, freshman Aiden Tobiason drained one from downtown to tie the score at 35-35 heading into halftime.
The Owls shot 50.0 percent (5-for-10) from distance in the first half, and scored 11 points off 11 Memphis turnovers.
Following a back-and-forth first few minutes of the second stanza, a 7-0 spurt by the Tigers gave the home team a 47-42 advantage and forced a timeout by the Owls.
Two quick baskets by Berry cut the deficit to one, but seven consecutive points by Memphis put the margin back to eight.
From there, the nationally-ranked Tigers held the lead the rest of the way and improved to 20-4 on the season and 10-1 in AAC play.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

In addition to Tobiason, Settle III (17), Berry (16), Shane Dezonie (13), and Gray (10) registered double-figure points.
Memphis shot 56.1 percent from the field and held a 40-26 advantage in points in the paint.
Tobiason's 18-point total came on a perfect shooting afternoon - 4-for-4 from the field (3-for-3 from three) and 7-for-7 from the foul line.
P.J. Haggerty scored a team-high 20 points to lead the Tigers.

UP NEXT

Temple returns home for two straight at Liacouras Center, beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 12 against Tulsa.
The game is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. tipoff, and will air live on ESPN+. Tickets are on sale now by visiting OwlsTix.com.