Watch CBS News

Temple Beats Penn 76-67 For Big 5 Win

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mark Williams scored a career-high 24 points and Temple defeated Penn 76-67 for a Big 5 victory on Tuesday night.

Will Cummings scored 16 points, and had seven rebounds and five assists for the Owls (3-2). Quenton DeCosey added 14 points and Josh Brown 11.

Tony Hicks scored 17 points for the Quakers (0-4) before fouling out with 6:30 left. Matt Howard scored 15 and Darien Nelson-Henry 12, along with grabbing eight rebounds.

Penn held a 37-29 advantage on the boards but had 19 turnovers.

Temple led 44-37 at halftime and went up 11 early in the second half on a 3-pointer by Williams. Penn closed to within a point at 61-60 and was down only 70-67 with 1:15 remaining before the Owls hit their free throws down the stretch.

Temple bounced back after losses to Duke and UNLV.

(© Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

You may also be interested in these Sports stories:

View CBS News In
CBS News App Open
Chrome Safari Continue
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.