Staley's Owls win fourth in a row

January 27, 2008

Staley's Owls win fourth in a row

Kenny Walter
OwlScoop.com Staff Writer

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It was only eight days ago that the Temple women's basketball team scored 68 points in an upset win over then-No. 13 George Washington at the Liacouras Center.

Since then, Dawn Staley's Owls have taken to winning ugly.

After a slow couple of minutes in the second half of Sunday's game at Rhode Island, the Owls used a big run to close out a 48-34 win over the Rams. Temple improved to 11-10 overall and 4-1 in the Atlantic 10. It was the team's fourth win in a row.

A 17-0 run snapped the Owls out of a cold spell to get the win, but the final numbers still were not pretty. Temple shot 34.6 percent from the floor, thanks in large part to an 8-for-29 performance in the second half. The Owls also shot an abysmal 8-of-21 the foul line.

Temple's one saving grace was senior center Lady Comfort, who attacked the glass to a tune of a career-high 14 rebounds to go with her seven points. The Owls out-rebounded the Rams, 44-26, and 24 of those boards came on the offensive end.

Ashley Morris led Temple with nine points, but she shot 3-for-12 and had five assists and five turnovers. Staley did get a solid effort out of Shenita Landry off the bench. The 6-foot-2 junior forward contributed eight points and six rebounds and two steals in 29 minutes of action.

The Owls will host Saint Joseph's Wednesday for a 7 p.m. tip-off as they look to remain undefeated in the city. Temple, which has already posted Big 5 wins over Villanova and Penn, is currently in a four-way tie for first place in the A-10, while the Hawks are 10-9 overall and 2-2 in the A-10.