Tulsa Women Fall to Temple 58-48

Saturday, January 6

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2:00 PM

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Tulsa Women Fall to Temple 58-48

1/6/2024 5:49:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score GAME BOOK (PDF)Angie Nelp Press Conference

TULSA, Okla. –– Temple outscored Tulsa by 19 points in the second half and went on to a 58-48 win Saturday afternoon in front of a crowd of 1,218 at the Donald. W. Reynolds Center. Tulsa fell to 12-4 and 2-1 in American Athletic Conference play, while the Owls improved to 8-7 overall and 2-1 in league action.

Tulsa had its poorest shooting game of the season, making 28 percent overall and just 24 percent from three-point range. Temple wasn't much better at 30 percent and 27.8 from behind the arc. However, the Owls attempted 70 field goals to Tulsa's 50, making 21 to Tulsa's 14 made shots.

The Owls also dominated on the boards 51-36. Although 24 of Temple's rebounds came on the offensive glass the Owls still only managed 14 second-chance points.

Temira Poindexter tallied a team-high 15 points and Delanie Crawford added 12 for the Hurricane, while Hadley Periman had a team-best eight rebounds. Temple's Aleah Nelson led all scorer with 17 points, followed by 15 from Tristen Taylor.

Both teams played without a key starters due to illness and injury. Tulsa was missing guards Ahhray Young and Katia Gallegos, while the Owls were without starting guard Tiarra East.

The loss snapped a seven-game overall and six-game home winning streak for the Hurricane.

"There were a few things just didn't go our way. We didn't do well in a few areas, but I felt like our defense was on point. Early in the game in the first half, I thought we did a great job of moving the ball on offense and being able to attack in different ways," said Tulsa Head Coach Angie Nelp.

"We know we've got to get better and this is going to be a great learning opportunity and growth opportunity for us. We know that we've got to rebound the ball better. The loss hurts and there's nobody who's hurting more than our players right now in that locker room. They prepare well and they give their whole heart, so these kinds of losses are really hard. We're going to be able to go back and reflect on this game and we're going to be a better team."

After an even first quarter that ended at 18-all, Tulsa outscored the Owls in the second period by a count of 13-4 to take a 31-22 lead into intermission.

Tulsa's lead reached to 12 points twice in the third quarter. The first coming on a three-point play by Caranda Perea at the 8:54 mark, and the second with 5:24 left on the game clock as Poindexter hit a driving layup for a 41-29 lead.

Temple outscored the Hurricane 29-7 over the final 15 minutes of the second half. The Owls made it a one-point game at the end of three period, 41-40, then opened the final quarter with a Tristen Taylor layup that put the Owls ahead before Crawford's layup gave the lead back to Tulsa, 43-42 with 9:01 left on the game clock.

Temple took the lead for good at 44-43 with 8:31 left and from that point on outscored the Hurricane 14-5.

The Hurricane went cold in the second half, making just 5-of-25 from the field and 1-of-11 from three-point range.

HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE FIRST QUARTER . . .
Delanie Crawford began the scoring with a three-pointer and after Tulsa took a 4-0 lead the Owls went on a 7-1 run to take a 7-5 lead at the 7:05 mark.

Tulsa shot 36 percent from the field and 60 from three-point range, compared to 27 percent from both for the Owls.

The Owls attempted 26 shots, while Tulsa shot just 11 times in the first period. Temple had 10 offensive rebounds and eight second chance points.

The quarter ended with the score tied at 18.

IN THE SECOND QUARTER . . .
Tulsa started the quarter on a 10-0 run over nearly a seven-minute period.

Cam Mathews dished to Crawford for a layup and scored a traditional 3-point play to make the score 26-18 with 4:51 on the clock.

Temple didn't score its first points of the quarter until the 2:56 mark on an Ines Piper layup.

Tulsa led by nine at intermission, 31-22.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER . . .
Tulsa built its lead to 12 points twice in the period. The second time came at the 5:24 mark when Poindexter made the score 41-29 on a layup.

Temple then went on a 12-1 run to make it a one-point game by the end of the period, 41-40.

Tulsa failed to score in the final five minutes of the quarter.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER . . .
Temple took its first lead at 42-41 with 9:17 on the fourth quarter clock before Tulsa retook the lead 43-42.

The Owls next basket by Jaleesa Moilna gave Temple the lead for good.

Over the final eight minutes of the quarter the Owls outscored the Hurricane 14-5 to garner the 58-48 victory.

The 10-point margin of victory was the largest lead of the game for the Owls.

GAME NOTES
• Tulsa fell to 12-4 on the season and 2-1 in the American Athletic Conference.
• The loss snapped Tulsa's 7-game winning streak and a 6-game winning streak at the Reynolds Center.
• Tulsa was without players –– Ahhray Young (9.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg) and Katia Gallegos (6.8 ppg, 2.8 apg) –– who have accounted for 21 starts this year.
• Tulsa's 48 points ties for fewest this year, but in the previous game Tulsa claimed a 48-47 win over Southeastern Louisiana.
• Tulsa led at halftime for the 10^th time this year and now stands at 8-2 in those games.
• Tulsa had a season-low .286 field goal percentage, dipping below 32-percent for the first time this season.
• Junior Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-figures in all 16 games this year and for the 61^st time in her career time in 74 career games.
• Junior Delanie Crawford had her 14^th double-figure scoring game of the season and the 40^th of her career.
• Poindexter moved into a 5^th place tie on the school's all-time blocked shots list (120) and 10^th place on the career 3-point field goals made list (133).
• Crawford surpassed 800 career points with her eighth point … she ended the game with 12 points for 804 career points.

Tulsa will hit the road for a two-game swing, starting at AAC preseason favorite South Florida on Wednesday at 6 p.m. (CT) and Saturday at FAU for a 2 p.m. (CT) tipoff. Tulsa returns to the Reynolds Center on Jan. 20 against Wichita State.

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