When redshirt-senior swingman Daniel Dingle stepped to the line with three minutes, 38 seconds left in the first half and made a pair of free throws, Temple finally got into double digit scoring.
Central Florida outscored Temple (9-6, 0-2 American Athletic Conference) by 27 points in the first half on the way to a 77-53 win on Saturday in Orlando, Florida. The Knights’ win ends a four-game losing streak against Temple. The Owls have averaged 51.5 points in their two conference games, far less than their 74.4 scoring average in nonconference contests.
The Knights fed the ball to sophomore center Tacko Fall in the paint to get the Owls’ big men in foul trouble.