Temple 51, at Texas-San Antonio 59

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Interstat) — In a grinding, defensive struggle defined by prolonged scoring droughts, the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners used a dominant third-quarter surge to overcome a halftime deficit and defeat the Temple Owls 59-51 in a first-round game of the American Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament Wednesday. The game, played before a sparse crowd of 363 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, saw both teams endure severe offensive challenges. Temple’s early momentum evaporated after the first quarter, while Texas-San Antonio’s offense completely stalled in the second before roaring back to life after halftime to seize control. Temple opened the game with… Read more...