Temple Men’s Basketball was outrebounded by 19 in its 74-56 loss to Villanova Monday night. The Wildcats put immediate pressure on Temple’s offense with a full court press from the opening tip. Villanova took an early 10-6 lead off a bucket from former Owl Zion Stanford.
The Owls relied on guards Jordan Mason and Aiden Tobiason throughout the beginning of the game as they had eight and seven first-half points, respectively. However, Temple’s offense struggled outside of them and the Wildcats started to exploit its defense from three.
Villanova used five first-half triples to take a 29-28 lead into the locker room. The teams traded baskets to start the second half before the Wildcats used a 16-3 run to take a 51-42 lead with 11 minutes left in the game. Guard Gavin Griffiths connected on a three to cut the deficit to 55-49, but that was the closest the Owls got again.
Temple went scoreless for the next four minutes while Villanova scored nine straight points to extend its lead to 64-...