VILLANOVA, Pa. - Going nearly four minutes without a point in a crucial stretch of the second half cost Temple men's basketball its chance for an upset of #21/21 Villanova as the Owls (7-2, 2-1 Big 5) lost 69-59 to the Wildcats (7-2, 2-0 Big 5) at Finneran Pavilion.
Game Summary
> Sophomore Nate Pierre-Louis scored a game and season-high 19 points for Temple and sparked some impressive stretches of play by the Owls, but a second half lead slipped away in the latter part of the period.
> Temple led by as many as seven early in the second half, and still led by four near the six-minute mark before suffering its shooting drought.