PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple women's basketball team won the 2017 Philadelphia Big 5 Championship with a 63-53 win at Penn on Wednesday night at the Palestra. The victory improves the Owls to 16-3 overall with an unblemished 4-0 mark in Big 5 play. Temple's Big 5 title is the 10th in program history, and the first for the Owls since the 2010-11 season.
Though Temple led for over 35 minutes in the contest, the largest lead for the Owls came in the final minute of play. Penn hung around in a gritty game, taking the lead 50-49 with 4:47 left in the fourth.