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01-05-2018, 05:42 AM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jacob Evans III hit the winner with .4 seconds to play for Cincinnati and the No. 19 Bearcats got a needed assist from a soaring water bottle to beat Temple 55-53 on Thursday night.
The Bearcats (13-2, 2-0 American Athletic Conference) rallied down the stretch to win their sixth straight game.
Temple led by two points when a turnover and on offensive foul caused coach Fran Dunphy to angrily smack a water bottle on the scorer's table and send the plastic container to the court. Dunphy -- who would rarely be confused with his Hall of Fame predecessor John Chaney for angry outbursts -- was whistled for the technical. Gary Clark made one of two free throws to cut the Bearcats' deficit to one.
Kyle Washington put the Bearcats ahead 52-50 on a 3-pointer from the wing and Evans hit the jumper in the final second to win it.
Washington led the Bearcats with 18 points and Evans had 14.
Obi Enechionyia led the Owls (7-7, 0-3) with 14 points. The Owls have lost four straight games.
Temple got nothing from leading scorer Quinton Rose (16.5 points) in a game where they seriously needed his production against one of the top teams in the AAC. He missed his first five shots and didn't score until there was 5:05 left in the game. De'Vondre Perry's jumper with 8:15 left had stretched Temple's lead to 46-38 and Rose's bucket kept the lead at 50-43 and that coveted victory over a Top 25 team remained in its sight.
But there were several wasted chances for Temple.
The Owls were set to jog to the locker room with a five-point lead until a review confirmed that J.P Moorman II fouled Trevon Scott with .1 seconds left. Scott hit both to trim Temple's lead to 29-26 at the break.
The Bearcats had averaged 80.9 points a game and averaged eight 3s but were stymied by a Temple defense that helped force 13 turnovers in the first half and limited them to two 3s.
Cincinnati returns home Sunday to face SMU, who lost on the road at Tulane Thursday night, 73-70. The Mustangs (12-4, 2-1 AAC) and Bearcats will meet at BB&T Arena in Highland Heights, Ky., Sunday with the tip set fo 6 p.m. on ESPN 2.
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The Bearcats (13-2, 2-0 American Athletic Conference) rallied down the stretch to win their sixth straight game.
Temple led by two points when a turnover and on offensive foul caused coach Fran Dunphy to angrily smack a water bottle on the scorer's table and send the plastic container to the court. Dunphy -- who would rarely be confused with his Hall of Fame predecessor John Chaney for angry outbursts -- was whistled for the technical. Gary Clark made one of two free throws to cut the Bearcats' deficit to one.
Kyle Washington put the Bearcats ahead 52-50 on a 3-pointer from the wing and Evans hit the jumper in the final second to win it.
Washington led the Bearcats with 18 points and Evans had 14.
Obi Enechionyia led the Owls (7-7, 0-3) with 14 points. The Owls have lost four straight games.
Temple got nothing from leading scorer Quinton Rose (16.5 points) in a game where they seriously needed his production against one of the top teams in the AAC. He missed his first five shots and didn't score until there was 5:05 left in the game. De'Vondre Perry's jumper with 8:15 left had stretched Temple's lead to 46-38 and Rose's bucket kept the lead at 50-43 and that coveted victory over a Top 25 team remained in its sight.
But there were several wasted chances for Temple.
The Owls were set to jog to the locker room with a five-point lead until a review confirmed that J.P Moorman II fouled Trevon Scott with .1 seconds left. Scott hit both to trim Temple's lead to 29-26 at the break.
The Bearcats had averaged 80.9 points a game and averaged eight 3s but were stymied by a Temple defense that helped force 13 turnovers in the first half and limited them to two 3s.
Cincinnati returns home Sunday to face SMU, who lost on the road at Tulane Thursday night, 73-70. The Mustangs (12-4, 2-1 AAC) and Bearcats will meet at BB&T Arena in Highland Heights, Ky., Sunday with the tip set fo 6 p.m. on ESPN 2.
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