National Basketball Association
Temple 61, South Florida 48
When: 6:30 PM ET, Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Where: USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida
Officials:
# Patrick Adams, # John Gaffney, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
3249
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Temple 61, USF 48: Will Cummings recorded 19 points, including the 1,000th of his career, as the visiting Owls rallied past the Bulls in American Athletic Conference play.
Cummings was only 4-of-12 from the field, but made 10-of-14 from the free throw line and dished out three assists as Temple (16-7, 7-3 AAC) won its fourth straight. Jesse Morgan scored nine while Quenton DeCosey added eight points to go along with eight rebounds and Jaylen Bond had nine boards for the Owls.
Corey Allen Jr. led the way with 16 points and three assists for USF (7-16, 1-9), which shot 34.5 percent from the field en route to its eighth consecutive defeat. Nehemias Morillo chipped in with 12 points and freshman Ruben Guerrero grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds for the Bulls, who had nine of their 13 turnovers in the second half.
Allen drained a 3-pointer and completed a three-point play in succession to give USF a 21-13 lead before Temple scored 10 of the last 13 to pull within a point at intermission. Devontae Watson had two baskets and Cummings converted a three-point play early in the second half as the Owls edged in front 30-26 with 16:52 left.
Josh Brown’s 3-pointer later pushed the advantage to seven, and when freshman Obi Enechionyia drained another from behind the arc as Temple led 48-40 with just under eight minutes remaining. The Bulls were within six before Brown and Cummings each hit 3-pointers to help build the lead back to 10 and the Owls cruised from there.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cummings is the 50th Temple player to reach 1,000 points with 1,005. … The Owls did not commit a turnover for more than 15 minutes to start the second half and finished with seven overall. … Bulls F Bo Zeigler chipped in with six points, four rebounds and two blocks off the bench. … Both teams shot under 30 percent from the field in the first half.
Top Game Performances
Temple |
|
South Florida |
Will Cummings 19 |
Scoring |
Corey Allen Jr. 16 |
Quenton DeCosey 4 |
Assists |
Corey Allen Jr. 3 |
Jaylen Bond 9 |
Rebounds |
Ruben Guerrero 14 |
Will Cummings 10 |
Free Throws Made |
Corey Allen Jr. 2 |
Jaylen Bond 3 |
Steals |
Ruben Guerrero 1 |
Jaylen Bond 1 |
Blocks |
Ruben Guerrero 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Temple
|
61 |
35.6 |
6-22 |
13-22 |
11 |
35 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
South Florida
|
48 |
34.5 |
4-16 |
6-12 |
6 |
39 |
7 |
1 |
13 |