Temple Athletics

American Men's Basketball 3-0 on Black Friday

11.29.19

The American Athletic Conference men's basketball teams went 3-0 on Black Friday (Nov. 29).

Temple 65, Texas A&M 42 - Box Score

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- Quinton Rose scored 19 points and Temple used an 11-0 second-half run to pull away from cold-shooting Texas A&M for a 65-42 victory in the Orlando Invitational on Friday.

Alani Moore II had 14 points and Monty Scott finished with 11 for the Owls (5-1), who rebounded from a seven-point loss to fifth-ranked Maryland to advance to the fifth-place game of the eight-team tournament at Disney World.

"Typically, this time of year your defense is a little better than your offense, but at some point you have to start making more open shots and we certainly got some looks,'' Temple coach Aaron McKie said.

Texas A&M (3-3) trailed 32-18 at halftime and trimmed the double-digit deficit to 38-32 before Temple pulled away for good with help from the 11-0 surge that Moore finished with a 3-pointer to put the Owls up 51-35 with 5:46 remaining.

''Last night we hurt ourselves a lot because we didn't share the ball as much as we should have,'' McKie said. ''We made a conscious effort to try and come out today and make one more pass and make our teammates better. I thought we did a pretty good job.''

Texas A&M missed 16 of their last 17 shots down the stretch and didn't score at all in the final 2:51. The Aggies finished 13 of 58 from the field, including 6 of 33 on 3-point attempts.

Josh Nebo was the only Texas A&M player in double figures with 12 points.

''Other than the last three minutes of the second half, I thought our fight was much better,'' Aggies coach Buzz Williams said. ''Lowest number of turnovers thus far this season, highest number of offensive rebounds this season. And I think in an unspoken way, those are byproducts of how hard we were fighting.''

SMU 70, Abilene Christian 51 - Box Score

DALLAS (AP) -- Tyson Jolly had 18 points as SMU won its seventh straight game to open the season, defeating Abilene Christian 70-51 on Friday night.

Kendric Davis and Feron Hunt each added a double-double for the Mustangs. Davis finished with 17 points and 10 assists while also scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Isiaha Mike had 12 points for SMU (7-0).

Joe Pleasant scored a career-high 20 points for the Wildcats (2-5). Payten Ricks added 15 points.

UCF 78, Pepperdine 65 - Box Score

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Ceasar DeJesus had a career-high 21 points as UCF defeated Pepperdine 78-65 in the Wooden Legacy on Friday night.

DeJesus made 8 of 10 shots.

Darin Green Jr. had 16 points for Central Florida (4-2). Dazon Ingram added 14 points and eight rebounds. Brandon Mahan had 11 points and eight rebounds for Central Florida.

Kessler Edwards had 21 points for the Waves (3-5), who have now lost four straight games. Kameron Edwards added 12 points. Skylar Chavez had 10 points.