# Temple Falls to Tulane 85-75 at Home in Conference Play Opener

The Liacouras Center was home to the first conference matchup for the Temple Owls (7-4) as they hosted the Tulane Green Wave (9-3). Tulane was able to hang onto a late Temple surge to win by a score of 85-75. Tulane entered the contest winners of their last two against Nicholls Colonels and Southern Alabama. For Temple, they came in following an 18-point loss to Georgia. Temple’s only lead was 2-0 when the game opened up. Tulane then went on to take a 9-2 lead. Turnovers remained an issue for the Owls throughout the game as they totaled 8 in the first half. Tulane capitalized, scoring 15 points off those turnovers. Temple ended the half trailing 38-29. The Owls were left playing catch-up the entire second half. They could not find a way to cut the lead to under 4 as the Green Wave took control and they would not give it back. It seemed as though every time the Owls would get close, there were [![](https://smcsites.com/update/files/2017/11/QRose-300x250.jpeg)](https://smcsites.com/update/files/2017/11/QRose.jpeg)the Green Wave making another shot to keep Temple at arm’s length. With just under a minute to play in the game, the Owls trailed by 4 points. Certainly, a mountable comeback, but there was Tulane once again making another run. The Green Wave finished the game on an 8-2 run putting an end to Temple’s comeback bid. The Owls’ leading scorers of the game were Shizz Alston Jr. and Quinton Rose who both scored 17 points, Rose also had 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Senior guard Josh Brown had 14 points before fouling out late in the 4th quarter and Nate Pierre-Louis off the bench was a sparkplug for the offense making plays all around, ultimately scoring 11 points and grabbing 5 rebounds. Temple has now lost 3 of their last 4 and next will travel to Houston for their last game of the 2017 calendar year. That game will be tomorrow night at 6 PM and be televised on ESPNU. Follow up with the SportsDesk for coverage.