National Basketball Association
Temple 64, Tulane 56
When: 2:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 6, 2016
Where: Devlin Fieldhouse, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials:
# Raymond Naitili, # Olandis Poole, # Zelton Steed
Attendance:
1847
By The Sports Xchange
Forward Obi Enechionyia scored 18 points and guard Quenton DeCosey added 15 points to power Temple past Tulane 64-56 on Sunday at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans.
Forward Jaylen Bond added 10 points and helped the Owls (20-10, 14-4 American) control the boards with 16 rebounds.
Guard Malik Morgan and Louis Dabney each scored 16 points to lead Tulane (10-21, 3-15), who lost for the fifth straight time.
The Owls led wire-to-wire. Morgan tied the game at 2-2 with a jumper, but DeCosey ignited a 7-0 spurt and Temple never looked back.
Morgan was the entire Tulane offense – five points – for the first seven minutes until guard Melvin Frazier's dunk made the score, 22-7. Morgan scored the next six points for Tulane, but by the time Dabney got on the board, the Owls were up 25-13.
Temple extended its lead and took a 40-27 lead into halftime.
Morgan continued to be a thorn in the Owls' side when his layup cut the lead to five at 45-40 with under 15 minutes left.
DeCosey answered with a pair of free throws and the Green Wave went scoreless for nearly four minutes.
Tulane had one last run left and when Dabney connected on a 3-pointer with 20 seconds left the deficit was only five.
The Owls dominated from the free-throw line making 15 of 24. Tulane made only four of nine free-throw attempts.
Top Game Performances
| Temple |
|
Tulane |
|
Obi Enechionyia 18 |
Scoring |
Louis Dabney 16 |
|
Josh Brown 5 |
Assists |
Von Julien 2 |
|
Jaylen Bond 16 |
Rebounds |
Malik Morgan 9 |
|
Quenton DeCosey 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Blake Paul 2 |
|
Jaylen Bond 1 |
Steals |
Louis Dabney 3 |
|
Quenton DeCosey 1 |
Blocks |
Blake Paul 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Temple
|
64 |
40.4 |
7-14 |
15-24 |
14 |
42 |
2 |
4 |
15 |
| Tulane
|
56 |
33.8 |
6-19 |
4-9 |
6 |
36 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
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