PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Steve Settle scored 15 points as Temple upset North Texas 66-61 on Sunday in the final game of the regular season.
Both teams advance to the American Athletic Association Conference Tournament. Ninth-seeded Temple plays a second-round game Thursday. North Texas, the No. 2 seed, plays a quarterfinal game Friday.
Settle also added five rebounds for the Owls (17-14, 9-9 American Athletic Conference). Zion Stanford scored 14 points and added seven rebounds. Elijah Gray shot 4 of 6 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line to finish with 12 points.
Atin Wright led the Mean Green (23-7, 14-4) in scoring, finishing with 18 points. Brenen Lorient added 15 points for North Texas. Jasper Floyd finished with 10 points and four assists. The Mean Green broke a seven-game winning streak with the loss.
Temple went into halftime ahead of North Texas 34-24. Matteo Picarelli scored nine points in the half. Wright scored Temple’s final six points as they closed out a five-point victory.
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