Temple is one of the top teams in the AAC at forcing turnovers and offensive rebounding, but they have to improve their shooting to stay near the top of the conference standings.
After major first half struggles, Temple Women’s Basketball had a chance to win at the buzzer, but guard Tiarra East did not shoot in time as Temple fell to SMU 68-66 Wednesday.
Temple Men’s Basketball held the lead for 33 minutes of the game, but the Owls scored just six points in the final five minutes of their 75-69 loss to South Florida Wednesday at home.
Temple Women’s Basketball moved to a game behind first place in the conference with its 73-68 win against Charlotte Sunday afternoon at The Liacouras Center.
Temple Men’s Basketball found a groove to start the second half but struggled to close out, losing to Rice 69-66 Saturday afternoon at The Liacouras Center.
Temple Men’s Basketball did not score in the final four minutes of play and dropped its third straight conference game to Southern Methodist 77-64 Tuesday on the road.
Temple Men’s Basketball scores the third fewest points per game in the American Athletic Conference and sits at 347th in the country in field goal percentage.