PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Khalif Wyatt posted 26 points, six rebounds, five assists and hit four 3-pointers to help Temple pull away and beat instate-rival Pennsylvania 76-69 Wednesday in a nonconference matchup.
Anthony Lee added 16 points and Jake O'Brien 14 for Temple, which has won six straight against Penn under coach Fran Dunphy, who coached the Quakers from 1989-2006.
Penn, which led the majority of the second half, broke a 61-all tie behind a 3-pointer from Miles Cartwright. But Temple reeled off 11 unanswered to take a 72-64 lead with 3:06 left to play. Wyatt had five points during the spurt and O'Brien added four.
The Quakers (3-15) never got any closer than five the rest of the way.
Temple (13-5) shot 51 percent (25 of 49) and improve to 83-16 with it scores 60 or more points since the start of the 2009-10 season.
Cartwright paced Penn with 21 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Pennsylvania (3-15) | 33 | 36 | 69 |
| Temple (13-5) « | 31 | 45 | 76 |
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| Pennsylvania Quakers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Louis, F | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Nelson-Henry, C | 23 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| M. Cartwright, G | 35 | 6-14 | 7-7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| S. Rennard, G | 22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| J. Lewis, G | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| H. Brooks | 31 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| P. Lucas-Perry | 27 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| T. Hicks | 16 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Jok | 16 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Crocker | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-53 | 15-16 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 69 | |
| 45.3% | 93.8% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. O'Brien, F | 35 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| S. Randall, F | 34 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| A. Lee, F | 32 | 6-9 | 4-7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| K. Wyatt, G | 37 | 8-12 | 6-9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 |
| W. Cummings, G | 21 | 1-4 | 6-7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. DiLeo | 26 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Pepper | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. DeCosey | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-49 | 18-25 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 76 | |
| 51% | 72% | ||||||
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