Owls streak past ECU

By Al Myatt
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PHILADELPHIA — Temple ran its winning streak to seven games with a 66-53 American Athletic Conference victory over visiting East Carolina on Saturday afternoon.

After trailing 34-18 at the half, the Pirates made seven of 15 attempts from behind the arc in the second half including four in a row that closed the Owls' lead to 51-40.

That was as close as ECU could get although Temple went scoreless the last 4:20. The Pirates managed just five points in that span.

The Owls had a sizeable rebounding advantage (49-26) as Jaylen Boyd grabbed 16 for the hosts.

Terry Whisnant led ECU (11-14, 4-8 AAC) with 13 points. Freshman B.J. Tyson scored nine and classmate Lance Tejada added eight. Tejada also had four of the Pirates' 14 assists.

Marshall Guilmette had seven points, Caleb White scored six and Paris Roberts-Campbell netted five.

Michael Zangari had a team-high six rebounds.

ECU committed just seven turnovers. Temple was 18 of 29 at the free throw line compared to seven of nine for the Pirates.

Will Cummings hit all seven of his foul shots and paced the Owls with 17 points.

Jesse Morgan had 14 points in the win and Josh Brown tallied 10 for Temple, which improved to 19-7 overall and 10-3 in league play.

The road doesn't get any easier for ECU, which visits Tulsa for a 7 p.m. tipoff Wednesday (ESPNU). The Golden Hurricane edged the Pirates 66-64 in Greenville on Jan. 24 despite a 22-point effort by Whisnant.

A 70-45 loss at Connecticut on Thursday dropped Tulsa to 17-7 overall and 10-2 in the AAC. The Golden Hurricane will have a six-day layoff before facing the Pirates.

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