PHILADELPHIA – La Salle women's basketball dropped their first home contest of the season falling to the Temple Owls 73-68 in the final Big 5 Pod game of the season. La Salle will be back in action Tuesday in the season's first conference game against Loyola Chicago. The game will be played in the Windy City beginning at 6:00 PM EST.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The game opened up in back-and-forth fashion, which would be representative of the remainder of the contest. Mackenzie Daleba would be the biggest impact player early for La Salle.
• The graduate student added the first handful of points for the Explorers, and contributed a few assists too.
• The Blue & Gold held a two-point lead going into the second quarter, and built upon that lead, getting it up to six points at one point.
• The Owls and Kayah Turner, however, would not go away easy. Turner single-handedly closed the gap on the lead, and tied the game at 19.
• Ashleigh Connor got her day going in the second at a big time. The redshirt sophomore added eight points on the next three offensive possessions for La Salle to bring the lead back to six.
• The Cherry & White, did not let that deter them. They picked it up on offense and would finish the half with a 38-30 lead.
• La Salle opened the second chipping at the Temple lead, and eventually would overcome it. With 3:41 remaining in the quarter, Jolene Armendariz nailed a three-point bucket to take a two-point lead.
• Armendariz would soon follow that up with a fastbreak layup to extend the lead, and La Salle would end the quarter up 51-47.
• The fourth was a continuation of how the prior three quarters played, a back-and-forth battle. Temple would hold a two-point lead with just over a minute remaining, and Tarriyonna Gary called game.
• The guard would nail a three-point bucket, and get fouled in the process for the four-point play.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• La Salle would have success on offense from four different members of the team. Aryss Macktoon scored 14 points, Ashleigh Connor 12, Ayisse Magassa 12, and Jolene Armendariz 11.
• Connor would also finish with eight rebounds, leading the Explorers in that category.
• The Explorers would yet again out-rebound a team that had a lot of size on them. Today winning the rebound battle 45-38.