Temple Women’s Basketball took down Drexel 52-43 Saturday afternoon at The Liacouras Center in their first Big 5 game of the season. The Owls, who have struggled offensively all season, continued to score slowly against Drexel. They fell into a hole by as many as 12 early in the first quarter due to poor shooting but slowly began to crawl back and were only down five entering halftime despite shooting just 21% from the field.
The Owls began to take control in the third quarter and they entered the final quarter of play tied at 35. Once the fourth quarter got rolling, Temple forward Anissa Rivera took command. Rivera scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter and the Owls grabbed the lead. Temple held the Dragons’ offense at bay in the final quarter of play, limiting them to just eight points and cruised to a 52-43 win.
“It was a tough game but our defense won it for us.” said head coach Diane Richardson. “We turned up the pressure, we weren’t hitting shots early so we turned...