Sunday, December 5
Temple 67, Duquesne 55
The Temple women's basketball team (5-3, 0-0) won their third game in a row on Sunday afternoon, topping the Duquesne Dukes (4-5, 0-0), 67-55. Down by one point with a few second left in the third quarter, Jasha Clinton drained a three-point basket to give the Owls the lead heading into the final period. From there, the Owls capitalized on the opportunity, holding the lead for the rest of the contest.
Mia Davis led the team with a game-high 22 points and eight rebounds. Aniya Gourdine stuffed the stat sheet with 10 points, seven assists, seven rebounds, and five steals. Jalynn Holmes tacked on 11 points.
The Owls began the game on a 4-0 run before Duquesne answered with a three-pointer courtesy of Tess Myers.
Layups from Davis and Alexa Williamson kept the Owls in front midway through the first quarter. Six points for Holmes led the team through the opening period and got the Owls on the front foot heading into the second period.
A 9-1 run to open the period gave Duquesne its first lead of the game. Four straight points from Mia Davis ended the scoring drought for the Cherry & White. Two free throws by Gourdine capped a 12-4 run for the Owls with just over two minutes remaining in the quarter. In the final two minutes of the quarter, an 8-0 run for the Dukes gave Duquesne a five-point lead at the half.
A 10-3 run to open the quarter for the Owls was followed by back-and-forth lead changes through the rest of the quarter. A three-pointer towards the end of the quarter by Clinton gave the Owls the lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Corner threes from Clinton and Holmes to open the quarter stretched the lead for TU. Following the three-pointers, a 9-3 run for the Owls put Temple in control for the rest of the game.
Ole Miss 75, Cincinnati 63
University of Cincinnati women's basketball battled Ole Miss but ended up falling to the Rebels 75-63 on Sunday in Fifth Third Arena.
The Bearcats shot 65.7% from the free throw line, going 12-for-14. Junior point guard Akira Levy led the team with 21 points, which is a new season and career high. The Bearcats move to 4-4 on the season.
The Rebels got off to a quick 6-0 start in the first quarter. Freshman guard Braylyn Milton got things started for the Bearcats, scoring the first six points and going 4-4 from the free throw line. UC would go on a 12-2 run, highlighted by Milton's two three point shots to end the quarter with a new season and career high 12 points and the Bearcats leading 21-18.
Levy shined in the second quarter with back-to-back driving layups and fouls to score a quick six points. Ole Miss went on a 12-4 run to close out the half and take the lead, 36-31.
The Bearcats started the third quarter slow with Ole Miss jumping out to an eight point lead, 45-33. Freshman wing Emerita Mashaire added some spark to the offense with two three point shots and a new career and season high six points. The Bearcats would go on an 18-8 run in the last 5:20 of the third quarter, ending on an exciting three point jumper by Levy to bring the score back to within two, UC down 53-51.
The Bearcats couldn't hold on in the fourth quarter, recording nine turnovers and being outscored by the Rebels 22-12.
Ole Miss improves to 8-1 on the season.
Akira Levy led the team with 21 points, recording a new season and career high for the second straight game, and led the team with six assists.