Tulane Snares Huge Road Win at Temple

Saturday, January 25

Philadelphia, PA

1:00 PM

Tulane University

12-7,5-3AAC

Temple University

12-7,6-2AAC

Tulane

Temple

Kendall Sneed

Jan 25, 2025 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA, PA –Tulane women's basketball team went on the road Saturday and dug deep with a stout fourth-quarter defensive effort, emerging with a 62-60 win over Temple in Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.

The Green Wave improved to 12-7 overall and 5-3 in the American Athletic Conference. The Owls fell to 12-7 and 6-2 in the league.

Tulane closed the game with a flourish, connecting on four of its last five shots from the field and limited the home team to a 2-for-10 effort and no points in the game's last two minutes, 32 seconds.

The visitors were led by Amira Mabry's 19 points, while Kendall Sneed contributed 16 and Kyren Whittington added 15. The trio combined to made 21 of their 31 field goal attempts (67.7 percent). Sherese Pittman paced the team on the glass with six rebounds, while Whittington and Victoria Keenan had seven of the squad's eight steals.

Temple was powered by Tarryionn Gary's 23 points, eight rebounds and three steals as she connected on five of nine from 3-point range.

The Green Wave did a masterful job on the Owls' leading scorer Tiarra East. The senior from Louisville, Kentucky came into the contest averaging a team-best 14.8 points per game. On Saturday, Tulane allowed her just six points on a 2-for-19 shooting performance from the field and an 0-for-7 clip from downtown.

The Olive and Blue led for more than 30 minutes Saturday, but the hosts nosed ahead by two (60-58) on a Gary triple with 2:32 left. Pittman then got a pair of baskets down the stretch for the contest's final margin, but the Owls had a look at the end. After a pair of timeouts (and two Tulane fouls to whittle the clock further), East grabbed an in-bounds pass and fired a game-winning salvo from 27 feet but saw it clatter off the glass and rim, clinching the win for the Green Wave.

Tulane shot 52.9 percent (27-for-51) from the field and allowed Temple to make just 32.8 percent (21-for-64).

The Owls actually had a 16-6 edge on offensive rebounds, but Tulane boasted more (10-9) second chance points.

The home team had a big advantage on bench points (19-4), but the visitors did the same on points in the paint (38-20).

Tulane returns home on Wednesday to play Florida Atlantic (9-12, 1-7) at 6:30 p.m. inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. Those Owls lost 73-61 at home to North Texas on Saturday and suffered a 20-point home defeat (91-71) at the hands of Tulane on December 29.

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