I said last night, and I stand by the original thoughts, there’s a lot of positives you can take away from this game. I watched the game unfold, and even as the weird predictable late first-half malaise settled in suddenly leaving the Tigers down 10, there were little things happening which looked better over the previous five games.
What happened: Jeremiah Tilmon made two consecutive free throws to put the Tigers up two points at 28-26 after the under-four media timeout. Then, two turnovers (Jordan Geist and Torrence Watson), two fouls (Geist), another turnover (Puryear), a made free throw, a made 3 and another turnover (Mark Smith) provided the Tigers an ugly enough stretch to push Temple into a commanding situation for the start of the second half.