CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Scootie Randall scored 18 points and Temple beat Charlotte 71-51 Sunday for the Owls' third straight victory.
Temple (19-8, 8-5 Atlantic 10 Conference) jumped to a 6-0 lead, but Charlotte tied it 12-12 9 1/2 minutes in. The Owls responded with a 10-2 run, then closed the half with a 7-2 stretch to lead 39-24 at the intermission.
Khalif Wyatt added 12 points and Jake O'Brien 10 for the Owls.
Temple completed a season sweep of Charlotte, also having beaten the 49ers 89-88 on Feb. 6.
Charlotte (18-8, 6-6) has dropped four of its past five, with the lone win an upset of then-No. 11 Butler on Feb. 13. Pierria Henry and Mike Thorne each had 10 points to lead the 49ers, who shot 27.4 percent (17 of 62), including a 1-of-12 showing from 3-point range.
Temple shot 48.3 percent (28 of 58) and hit 10 of 24 treys.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Temple (19-8) « | 39 | 32 | 71 |
| Charlotte (18-8) | 24 | 27 | 51 |
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| Temple Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Hollis-Jefferson, F | 30 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| A. Lee, F | 21 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| S. Randall, G | 36 | 7-12 | 1-1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| K. Wyatt, G | 34 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| W. Cummings, G | 11 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. DiLeo | 28 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| J. O'Brien | 22 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Pepper | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Q. DeCosey | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Dingle | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. McDonnell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Watson | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 28-58 | 5-7 | 36 | 15 | 14 | 71 | |
| 48.3% | 71.4% | ||||||
| Charlotte 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Clayton, F | 25 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Clark, F | 9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| P. Henry, G | 38 | 3-14 | 4-4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Ingram, G | 30 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| E. Nickerson, G | 27 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Braswell | 24 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| T. Williams | 21 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Thorne | 18 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| I. Benkovic | 8 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 17-62 | 16-19 | 42 | 4 | 9 | 51 | |
| 27.4% | 84.2% | ||||||
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