Temple Owls at Texas A&M Aggies
· ORLANDO INVITATIONAL
65 - 42
Rose scores 19, Temple beats Texas A&M 65-42
Alani Moore II had 14 points and Monty Scott finished with 11 for the Owls (5-1), who rebounded from a seven-point loss to fifth-ranked Maryland to advance to the fifth-place game of the eight-team tournament at Disney World.
Typically, this time of year your defense is a little better than your offense, but at some point you have to start making more open shots and we certainly got some looks," Temple coach Aaron McKie said.
Texas A&M (3-3) trailed 32-18 at halftime and trimmed the double-digit deficit to 38-32 before Temple pulled away for good with help from the 11-0 surge that Moore finished with a 3-pointer to put the Owls up 51-35 with 5:46 remaining.
"Last night we hurt ourselves a lot because we didn't share the ball as much as we should have," McKie said. "We made a conscious effort to try and come out today and make one more pass and make our teammates better. I thought we did a pretty good job."
Texas A&M missed 16 of their last 17 shots down the stretch and didn't score at all in the final 2:51. The Aggies finished 13 of 58 from the field, including 6 of 33 on 3-point attempts.
Josh Nebo was the only Texas A&M player in double figures with 12 points.
"Other than the last three minutes of the second half, I thought our fight was much better," Aggies coach Buzz Williams said. "Lowest number of turnovers thus far this season, highest number of offensive rebounds this season. And I think in an unspoken way, those are byproducts of how hard we were fighting."
THE TAKEAWAY
Temple: Rose bounced back after he and Owls leading scorer Nate Pierre-Louis shot a combined 4 of 23 in Thursday's loss to Maryland. Pierre-Louis, however, had another subpar game after missing all seven shots he took against Maryland and finishing with three points. The junior guard was 3 of 7 for eight points against Texas A&M, including 0 for 3 on 3-pointers.
Texas A&M: The Aggies shot 31 percent in losing to Harvard in the opening round and were even worse Friday, going 13 of 58 (22.4%).
UP NEXT
:Temple: Sunday's fifth-place game.
Texas A&M: Sunday's seventh-place game.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 65 - 42 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 65 - 42 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Temple Turnover. | 65 - 42 |
| 2nd 0:29 | Jake Forrester Defensive Rebound. | 65 - 42 |
| 2nd 0:33 | Yavuz Gultekin missed Layup. | 65 - 42 |
Statistics
 TEM |
 TA&M |
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|---|---|---|
| 22-50 | FG | 13-58 |
| 44 | Field Goal % | 22 |
| 10-27 | 3PT | 6-33 |
| 37 | Three Point % | 18 |
| 11-17 | FT | 10-13 |
| 65 | Free Throw % | 77 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 5 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 11 | Assists | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fouls | 15 |
| 23 | Largest Lead | 3 |
Game Information
Location: Orlando, FL
Attendance: 2,014 | Capacity:
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 |
2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 16-2 | - | 27-8 |
| Arkansas | 13-5 | 3 | 28-9 |
| Alabama | 13-5 | 3 | 25-10 |
| Vanderbilt | 11-7 | 5 | 27-9 |
| Tennessee | 11-7 | 5 | 25-12 |
| Texas A&M | 11-7 | 5 | 22-12 |
| Georgia | 10-8 | 6 | 22-11 |
| Kentucky | 10-8 | 6 | 22-14 |
| Missouri | 10-8 | 6 | 20-13 |
| Texas | 9-9 | 7 | 21-15 |
| Auburn | 7-11 | 9 | 22-16 |
| Oklahoma | 7-11 | 9 | 21-16 |
| Mississippi State | 5-13 | 11 | 13-19 |
| Ole Miss | 4-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
| South Carolina | 4-14 | 12 | 13-19 |
| LSU | 3-15 | 13 | 15-17 |