PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Despite a Wichita State halftime lead, Temple ran away with it in the third quarter, storming to a 70-51 lead over the Shockers Wednesday evening in The Liacouras Center.
 
Tarriyonna Gray led Temple with 25 points, hitting seven of the Owls' nine threes. Temple scored 23 points off 18 Shocker turnovers, and its bench put up 25 points to Wichita State's zero bench points.
 
Wichita State's Princess Anderson recorded her second 20-point performance of the season, and Salese Blow also finished in double figures with 14. Aicha Ndour led the team in rebounding for the second-straight game with seven. Only four Shockers scored on the night as Jayla Murray had nine and Taylor Jameson had eight.
 
It was all Anderson and Blow for the Shockers in the first half as the duo scored 23 of the team's 28 points before halftime. The Owls scored the first five points of the game before Anderson went on an 8-0 run by herself. Temple regained the lead, finishing the quarter on a 13-2 run to go up eight.
 
Wichita State held the Owls scoreless for five minutes in the second quarter, going on a 9-0 run courtesy of a three by Taylor Jameson and three-straight buckets from Blow. Temple hit a three to tie it back up at 25-25, but Anderson responded with a three of her own with 10 seconds left in the half to give the Shockers a three-point lead at the break.
 
It was all Temple in the third quarter as the Owls scored 31 points in the quarter, going on a 19-0 run over four minutes and holding the Shockers to just seven third-period points. Temple shot 5-for-6 from three and forced eight Shocker turnovers to take a commanding 56-35 lead going into the fourth.
 
The Owls scored 16 points off turnovers in the second half, and although the Shockers won the fourth quarter 16-14, it wasn't enough to come back from the third quarter thumping.
 
Wichita State drops to 9-19, 3-12 AAC, and Temple improves to 16-10, 10-5 AAC. The Shockers continue their road trip with a Saturday afternoon matchup with Tulane (15-9, 8-5 AAC) at 2 p.m. in New Orleans, La.