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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Temple 77, Kansas 52
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, December 22, 2014
Where: Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Officials: # Joe DeRosa, # Gary Maxwell, # Gerry Pollard
Attendance: 11188

Temple 77, No. 10 Kansas 52:
Will Cummings scored 19 points to lead the way as the Owls routed the visiting Jayhawks.

Quenton DeCosey added 18 points and Jesse Morgan had 17 for Temple (8-4), which improved to 6-0 at home. Jaylen Bond contributed eight points, a game-high nine rebounds and three of the Owls' eight steals.

Frank Mason III hit four 3-pointers en route to 20 points for Kansas (9-2), which shot 32.1 percent overall and 29.7 percent inside the arc. Kelly Oubre Jr. added nine points and seven rebounds for the Jayhawks, who had won eight straight.

The Owls took control from the opening tip, scoring the first seven points and never trailing. They led by as many as 14 in the first half before Mason hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final minute of the half to get Kansas with 35-25 at the break.

The Jayhawks trimmed the deficit to six on an Oubre jumper with 17:20 left but never got any closer, as DeCosey scored six points during a 15-4 run to push Temple's lead to 50-33. Morgan scored nine points during a 15-6 burst that stretched the lead to 25 with 7:12 left, and the Owls cruised from there.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Temple snapped a three-game losing streak in the series and beat Kansas for the first time since 1995-96. … Kansas leading scorer Perry Ellis was limited to five points on 1-of-10 shooting. … Temple improved to 6-0 when scoring at least 70 points.

Top Game Performances
 
Kansas   Temple
Frank Mason 20 Scoring Will Cummings 19
Wayne Selden Jr 3 Assists Will Cummings 4
Kelly Oubre 7 Rebounds Jaylen Bond 10
Perry Ellis 3 Free Throws Made Will Cummings 7
Frank Mason 3 Steals Jaylen Bond 3
Cliff Alexander 1 Blocks Obi Enechionyia 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Kansas 52 32.1 7-19 9-15 8 27 2 5 17
Temple 77 58.3 7-20 14-19 15 29 8 8 12