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Temple lost it’s last conference game to Cincinnati 64-63, in the last two seconds of play on a put-back off a missed shot.

Temple bigs in the game were D.Moore and Forrester, and Moorman.

Temple lost by one point because Rose shot 3-13 on two’s, Nate scored 0 points shooting 0-6 on two’s. Alani Moore was 0-5 on two’s. All would have shot a higher percentage on two’s if Temple had pressured the ball and would have won the game.

Scott played well but was played but 15 minutes. He scored 8 points. Given how poorly Nate, Alani and Rose shot the two ball he should have been far more than he did.

Big reason that Temple shot just 32.5 (13-40) percent on two’s.

McKie should have played both Scott and Perry more minutes. Playing only 15 minutes, Scott scored 8-points by shooting 2-4 from the floor, including 1-3 on three’s.

Perry in 19-minutes scored 10 points on 4-5 shooting from the floor, including 2-2 on three’s. If they had both played and shot more,
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Temple started off playing big with D.Moore pared Moorman in the starting line- this was one of those rare games that Temple went up and enjoyed a 15-5 lead in the first half, when the two bigs subbed out with 12 minutes remains in the half.the reason that Cincy had only scored 5 points in 8 minutes is because Cincy shot mostly three’s and only one. Seems Cincy didn’t want go anywhere near D Moore inside.

Scott and Forrester subbed in NPL and D.Moore.

After going small Temple did not score for 6 minutes that ended at the 6 minute mark. Temple over the next minutes scored but 10-points.

Temple’s small line-up did not play a pressure defense.
Temple’s small ball team limited USF to only scoring 12 points over the last 12 minutes of the first half.

At the 3:31 mark, Scott subbed in with Temple up by eight points. Scott scored 4 points in the half by hitting a three ball and also a foul shot, and Temple extended it’s least to 14 points at the half, and enjoyed a 31-17 halftime lead.

and expanded their lead from 8-points to a 14-Temple defense held Cincy to scoring but 17-points in the first-half. Cincy shot but 1-10 on three’s in the first half. Cincy was 1-10 shoiting 1st in the first half og yhr fmh

Temple only made half their two’s but shot threes well to score 31 points.

In the second half, stopping the three ball should have been Temple’s highest priority. It was not, as Cincy scored 18-points on three’s on 6-12 shooting.

Temple defense held Cincinnati to shooting but 42.4 percent on two’s (14-33).

With 12 minutes left in the second-half McKie showed no confidence in his team and seeming wanting to run out the clock as he went to a stalled offense which only fueled Cincy. Cincy scored 47-points in the second half, as McKie failed to have a big on the court with Temple leading by 1-point on a shot by Moorman when Cincy missed a shot and made a put-back put-back at the buzzer to win the game 64- 63.

Temple finished the season with a 14-17 overall record, and a 6-12 record in conference play.

Most disheartening is that Temple started off non-conference play with a winning record and all five starters having way better offensive ratings and way better defensive ratings, yet in conference play all five starters saw their offensive and defensive ratings plummet to the point that all five starters were underwater.

Nothing can tell more about about how poor the coaching was then a tesM the starts off hot that tanks at the end of a season.