Playing at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico against the University of Utah Nov. 26, Fran Dunphy’s squad held a one-point lead against the No. 16-ranked team in the AP Top 25 poll.
The Owls let the advantage slip away, eventually losing 74-68 to the Utes. The game was an opportunity at a marquee win for Temple—the type that separates resumes when it is time to select the 68 teams for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament in March—and Dunphy’s team did not cash in for the third time against a ranked team in 2015.