The redshirt-sophomore guard set a conference tournament record for made 3-pointers in the first half and scored 24 points in the Shockers’ 89-81 win against Temple on Friday at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.
Led by junior guard Melvin Frazier, who won the American Athletic Conference’s Most Improved Player award, Tulane will face Temple in the first round of the conference tournament on Thursday in Orlando, Florida.
Senior guard Tanaya Atkinson set a single-game tournament record for rebounds in her final college game, a 77-70 loss to Central Florida on Sunday in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Temple will be the No. 7 seed at the American Athletic Conference tournament and face No. 10 Tulane on Thursday in Florida after Sunday’s 76-58 loss to Tulsa in Oklahoma.
The 11th-seeded Owls beat No. 6 Wichita State, 72-59, on Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, to advance to the quarterfinal round of the American Athletic Conference tournament.
Senior guard Tanaya Atkinson moved into second place on the Owls’ all-time scoring list during Temple’s 83-78 overtime loss to Memphis on Monday at McGonigle Hall.