If passed, the NIL Youth Protection Bill will be the first of its kind in the United States. Temple will also fund a hotline for high school student-athletes to get legal advice about Name, Image and Likeness laws.
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.
Temple Men’s Basketball could not stop North Texas on defense, allowing the Mean Green to shoot 47 percent from the field, giving the Owls their second straight conference loss.