Tulane Green Wave at Temple Owls
· AARON'S AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND
77 - 82
Temple avoids upset, holds off Tulane 82-77 in AAC 1st round
Temple, the No. 7 seed, advances to face second-seeded Wichita State on Friday in the tourney quarterfinals.
Last year the eighth-seeded Owls were upset by No. 9 seed ECU.
Nate Pierre-Louis made a free throw with 1:01 left to give Temple a 77-71 lead, but the 10th-seeded Green Wave roared back behind two Cameron Reynolds 3-pointers sandwiched around an Alston free throw to make it 78-77 with :37 remaining. Alston was fouled with :16 left and hit both free throws to make it 80-77, and Caleb Daniels missed a 3 with :05 left that would have tied the game. Josh Brown added two free throws with a second left to set the final score.
Obi Enechionyia led the Owls (17-14) with 19 points. Alston added 17 points and dished eight assists and Brown added 15 points, six boards, three assists and two steals.
Reynolds hit 3 of 7 from distance and paced Tulane (14-17) with 22 points. Melvin Frazier added 15 points and Samir Sehic and Ray Ona Embo added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 77 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Josh Brown made Free Throw. | 77 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Josh Brown made Free Throw. | 77 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Foul on Melvin Frazier. | 77 - 80 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Nate Pierre-Louis Defensive Rebound. | 77 - 80 |
Statistics
 TULN |
 TEM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 29-61 | FG | 24-54 |
| 48 | Field Goal % | 44 |
| 8-19 | 3PT | 11-21 |
| 42 | Three Point % | 52 |
| 11-17 | FT | 23-29 |
| 65 | Free Throw % | 79 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 12 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 22 |
| 17 | Assists | 15 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 6 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 8 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 20 | Fouls | 16 |
| 9 | Largest Lead | 13 |
Game Information
Location: Orlando, FL
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2025-26 American Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Florida | 15-3 | - | 25-9 |
| Tulsa | 13-5 | 2 | 30-8 |
| Wichita State | 13-5 | 2 | 24-12 |
| UAB | 11-7 | 4 | 20-12 |
| North Texas | 9-9 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Florida Atlantic | 9-9 | 6 | 18-15 |
| Charlotte | 9-9 | 6 | 17-17 |
| Tulane | 8-10 | 7 | 18-15 |
| Temple | 8-10 | 7 | 16-16 |
| Memphis | 8-10 | 7 | 13-19 |
| Rice | 7-11 | 8 | 13-18 |
| East Carolina | 6-12 | 9 | 11-20 |
| UTSA | 1-17 | 14 | 5-25 |