Tulane Surges Past Temple with Scorching Second Half

Wednesday, February 11

NEW ORLEANS

6:30 p.m.

Tulane University

14-10,5-6American

Temple

15-9,7-4American

Temple

Tulane

Photo by: Parker Waters

Tulane Surges Past Temple with Scorching Second Half

Feb 11, 2026 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS – A 20-4 run in the opening minutes of the second half powered Tulane men's basketball (14-10, 5-6) to a 77-66 victory over Temple (15-9, 7-4) inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse Wednesday night. The Green Wave connected at a stellar 68.4 percent from the floor while holding the Owls to just 37.0 percent in the second frame.

With the win, Tulane improved to 9-6 at home this season including a 2-4 mark against league opponents. The victory also marked the third-straight win for the Green Wave over Temple in New Orleans.

Tyler Ringgold led four players with double figures in scoring for the Wave as he finished with a career-high 22 points on 6-of-12 shooting. The redshirt sophomore also tallied a pair of assists and a pair of steals. Asher Woods followed Ringgold in the scoring column with 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field to go with two steals.

Rounding out the leaders for Tulane were Rowan Brumbaugh and Curtis Williams Jr. with 11 points and 10 points, respectively. Brumbaugh filled the stat sheet against the Owls adding nine assists and six rebounds while Williams added a team-high eight rebounds and matched his career-high with two blocks.

Defensively, the Green Wave locked down the Owls holding Temple its lowest shooting percentage of the season at 33.3 percent (20-60). Five different players recorded at least one block in the contest as the Wave swatted seven shots against the Owls. The rim protection by Tulane marked the fifth game this season the team has posted at least seven blocks in a game and the third time in conference play.

Tulane scored the first four points of the night before the two teams began to go back-and-forth throughout the first half. Neither team ever led by more than four points during the first frame as the evenly matched battled hit the half tied 30-30.

After the Wave and the Owls each scored in the opening minute of the second half, Tulane started to roll on both ends of the floor. The Green Wave started with an 11-0 run to take a 44-32 advantage with 15:24 to play.

The onslaught from Tulane did not stop there as the run ballooned to a 20-4 spurt that put the Wave in front by 17 points (53-36) with 11:17 remaining. A few minutes later a pair of free throws from Brumbaugh gave the Green Wave its largest lead of the night at 62-43.

With under six minutes on the clock Temple turned up the pressure to try and climb back into the game. The Tulane lead slowly dwindled back to single digits at 65-57 with 3:12 on the clock. However, the Wave answered to push its advantage back out to 13 before closing out the game at the free throw line for a 77-66 victory.

Next, the Tulane travels to Birmingham, Alabama, to face UAB on Sunday, February 15. Tipoff between the Green Wave and the Blazers is set for 1 p.m. on ESPNU.

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