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North Texas Mean Green at Temple Owls

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
61 - 66
17-14, 12-2 Home

Temple secures 66-61 upset victory over North Texas

Shane Dezonie gets a huge bucket for Temple late

Both teams advance to the American Athletic Association Conference Tournament. Ninth-seeded Temple plays a second-round game Thursday. North Texas, the No. 2 seed, plays a quarterfinal game Friday.

Settle also added five rebounds for the Owls (17-14, 9-9 American Athletic Conference). Zion Stanford scored 14 points and added seven rebounds. Elijah Gray shot 4 of 6 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line to finish with 12 points.

Atin Wright led the Mean Green (23-7, 14-4) in scoring, finishing with 18 points. Brenen Lorient added 15 points for North Texas. Jasper Floyd finished with 10 points and four assists. The Mean Green broke a seven-game winning streak with the loss.

Temple went into halftime ahead of North Texas 34-24. Matteo Picarelli scored nine points in the half. Wright scored Temple's final six points as they closed out a five-point victory.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 61 - 66
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 61 - 66
2nd 0:00 Rondel Walker Offensive Rebound. 61 - 66
2nd 0:03 Atin Wright missed Three Point Jumper. 61 - 66
2nd 0:10 Quante Berry made Free Throw. 61 - 66

Statistics

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20-52 FG 20-42
38.5 Field Goal % 47.6
2-12 3PT 6-12
16.7 Three Point % 50.0
19-23 FT 20-29
82.6 Free Throw % 69.0
23 Rebounds 34
7 Offensive Rebounds 7
16 Defensive Rebounds 27
9 Assists 10
7 Steals 2
0 Blocks 2
4 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 3
4 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 3
4 Fast Break Points 5
28 Points in Paint 20
21 Fouls 19
2 Largest Lead 15

Game Information

Liacouras Center

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Attendance: 3,276 | Capacity:

2024-25 American Athletic Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Memphis 16-2 - 29-6
North Texas 14-4 2 27-9
UAB 13-5 3 24-13
Tulane 12-6 4 19-15
East Carolina 10-8 6 19-14
Florida Atlantic 10-8 6 18-16
Temple 9-9 7 17-15
Wichita State 8-10 8 19-15
South Florida 6-12 10 13-19
Tulsa 6-12 10 13-20
UTSA 6-12 10 12-19
Rice 4-14 12 13-19
Charlotte 3-15 13 11-22
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