ATHENS, Ga. -- Yante Maten's season-high 30 points and suffocating defense in the first half led Georgia to an 84-66 win over Temple on Friday.
Maten also had 12 rebounds for Georgia (9-2), which is off to its best start in Mark Fox's ninth season.
Freshman Nicolas Claxton came off the bench to score a career-high 14 points and William Jackson II scored 10.
Obi Enechionyia led Temple (7-4) with 27 points. Quinton Rose scored 13.
After Temple took an early 7-2 lead, the Owls went stone cold, missing 10 of their next 11 shots as Georgia went on a 17-2 run, grabbing a 19-9 lead with seven minutes to go in the half after a pair of Maten free throws.