National Basketball Association
Temple 58, La Salle 57
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 6, 2014
Where: Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Officials:
# Jose Carrion, # Rick Crawford, # Alfred Smith
Attendance:
7445
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Temple 58, La Salle 57: Quenton
DeCosey scored 19 points as the Owls held off the Explorers in a
tight game at Philadelphia's Palestra.
DeCosey was 3-of-3 from 3-point
range and 8-of-9 from the free-throw line for Temple (5-3), which
shot 34.7 percent from the field. Jaylen Bond had 11 points,
five rebounds, five steals and four assists for the Owls, who had 14
assists on their 17 made field goals.
Jerrell Wright paced La Salle
(4-4) with 15 points along with eight rebounds, while Jordan Price
added 13 points, but missed a potential game-tying jumper with 11 seconds to play. Khalid Lewis and Cleon Roberts each chipped in 12
points in losing efforts.
Temple came out hot, going on a
14-3 run after falling behind 2-0 to open up a nine-point lead just
over six minutes into the contest. The lead was up to 12 with 5:05 to
go on Bond's layup, but the Owls managed only a DeCosey free
throw the rest of the half, as La Salle closed to within six on
Roberts' jumper at the horn.
The Explorers scored the first
six points of the second half to tie the game as Temple went nearly
four minutes without a point, then took their first lead since their
initial bucket on Roberts' 3-pointer — La Salle's first of the game
— with 15:10 to go. The lead was short-lived, though, lasting just
22 seconds, as the Owls went back ahead and held off the Explorers
the rest of the way, with Lewis' long 3-pointer at the buzzer bringing La Salle as close as it got.
GAME NOTEBOOK: La Salle won the
rebound battle, 34-28, led by Steve Zack, who had 13 boards to go
with three blocks. … Will Cummings came into the game averaging a
team-high 14.9 points for Temple but went 3-of-11 from the field and
finished with eight points. … The Owls finished 18-of-20 from the
free-throw line while La Salle was 12-of-19.
Top Game Performances
| La Salle |
|
Temple |
|
Jerrell Wright 15 |
Scoring |
Quenton DeCosey 19 |
|
Khalid Lewis 2 |
Assists |
Jaylen Bond 4 |
|
Steve Zack 13 |
Rebounds |
Jaylen Bond 5 |
|
Jerrell Wright 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Quenton DeCosey 8 |
|
Cleon Roberts 2 |
Steals |
Jaylen Bond 5 |
|
Steve Zack 3 |
Blocks |
Jaylen Bond 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| La Salle
|
57 |
42.9 |
3-10 |
12-19 |
9 |
32 |
5 |
5 |
14 |
| Temple
|
58 |
34.7 |
6-11 |
18-20 |
14 |
27 |
3 |
9 |
11 |
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