DePaul Blue Demons @ Temple Owls

6-4, 0-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
DePaul DEP	16	19	15	24	74
Temple TEM	24	10	21	29	84

Temple OwlsTempleTEM

6-3, 4-0 Home

Fitzgerald has 25 in Temple's win over No. 17 DePaul women

Dec 15, 2016, 11:34 pm

PHILADELPHIA -- Feyonda Fitzgerald scored 25 points and Temple defeated No. 17 DePaul 84-74 on Thursday night.

Alliya Butts added 20 points and six assists and Donnaizha Fountain 13 points, 13 rebounds and five assists. Ruth Sherrill added 11 rebounds.

The Owls (6-3) shot better from the arc, 11 of 25 for 44 percent, than overall (40.9), made 19 of 23 free throws and had a 51-37 rebounding average.

The Blue Demons (6-4) made only 3 of 26 3-point attempts and made it to the line for only 11 free throws making seven. Jessica January led DePaul with 21 points. Amarah Coleman added 18 and Jacqui Grant 12.

DePaul led 35-34 at halftime before Temple went up 55-50 after three quarters and led the rest of the way, leading by 15 with 5:25 remaining.

DePaul's other three losses came the teams currently ranked 1/3 (Connecticut, Notre Dame and Baylor).

Game Information

Philadelphia, PA

ESPNU

Referee:Bryan Enterline

Referee:Joseph Vaszily

NCAA Division I

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UConn	20-0	-	38-1
Villanova	16-4	4	25-8
Marquette	12-8	8	18-12
Seton Hall	12-8	8	19-13
St. John's	11-9	9	22-12
Creighton	11-9	9	16-15
Providence	7-13	13	15-18
Georgetown	6-14	14	14-17
Butler	6-14	14	12-19
DePaul	5-15	15	8-24
Xavier	4-16	16	11-19

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Rice	17-1	-	29-6
East Carolina	14-4	3	22-10
South Florida	13-5	4	20-12
Tulsa	11-7	6	19-12
North Texas	11-7	6	19-14
UTSA	9-9	8	18-16
Temple	8-10	9	15-17
Charlotte	8-10	9	14-18
Florida Atlantic	7-11	10	14-18
Tulane	6-12	11	11-20
Wichita State	5-13	12	8-23
UAB	4-14	13	11-19
Memphis	4-14	13	10-21

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