It took 20 minutes and 44 seconds of action for East Carolina senior guard Caleb White to score his first basket on Thursday.
He made a 3-pointer early in the second half to put the Pirates up by 10. Temple closed the gap to one point and had three shots to take the lead between the 12:01 mark and the 10:04 mark in the second half.
The Owls missed all three chances, and East Carolina outscored Temple by 10 in the final 10 minutes of their 80-69 loss to East Carolina in the first round of American Athletic Conference tournament.