No. 17 Highlanders crush Temple

February 23, 2021

It was all McLennan on rivalry night at The Highlands with the Highlanders getting the crushing 100-62 win over the Temple Leopards to move to 10-0 on the season and 4-0 in conference play.

Both teams got off to a slow offensive start but it was all McLennan from the opening tip. The Highlanders led 16-9 at the first media timeout and continued to lead by eight, 20-12 midway through the first half. McLennan extended the lead over Temple to 10, 28-18, with 6:33 to play in the first half. That's when the Highlanders began to pour it on. McLennan put together a 9-0 run over the next two minutes to force a Temple timeout and extend the lead to 19, 37-18. The Highlanders continued to control the game down the stretch and held the 48-30 lead at the half.

The second half was much the same. The Highlanders led 62-45 at the first media timeout with 13:40 remaining in the game and pushed the lead to 20, 71-51, midway through the half. McLennan ran away from Temple from that point on, ending on a 29-11 run to roll to the victory.

Rayquan Brown and Diego Gonzalez led McLennan with 18 points each, and Chris Pryor chipped in 17. Dillon Gooding and Maurice Harvey scored 13 each.

McLennan 100, Temple 62
Temple: Tyler Watkins 2 2-2 7; Davion Sargent-Young 0 2-2 2; Brandon Monroe 2 0-0 5; Kristopher O'Neal 0 0-0 0; Khouri Perkins 0 2-2- 2; Elijah Lomas 3 0-1 7; Tawab Kokumo 1 0-0 3; Jonathan Joseph 0 0-0 0; Tabarius Jolly 0 0-0 0; Sherrod Whitley 3 0-0 9; Mawien Mawien 1 0-0 2; Aleu Aleu 6 8-9 23; Maison Adeleye 1 0-0 2; Totals: 19 114-18 62.

McLennan: Damarni Velinor-Schumann 0 0-0 0; Dillon Gooding 5 1-2 21; Amani Harris 0 1-2 1; Anthony Simmons 0 0-0 0; Maurice Harvey 5 2-2 13; Nehemiah Nuckolls 3 0-0 6; Chris Pryor 8 1-1 17; Rayquan Brown 7 3-4 18; Diego Gonzalez 6 6-9 18; Isaiah Placide 0 0-0 0; Asare Otchere 1 2-2 4; Ja'Kyrie Robinson 1 0-0 3; Kirk Smith Jr. 1 3-6 5; Sudi McElroy 2 0-0 5; Jordan Okonji 0 0-0 0; Totals: 38 19-28 100.

3-pointers: Temple 10 (Whitley 3, Aleu 3, Watkins 1, Monroe 1, Lomas 1, Kokumo 1), McLennan 5 (Gooding 2, Harvey 1, Brown 1, Robinson 1); Total fouls: Temple 25, McLennan18; Fouled out: McLennan (Nuckolls); Halftime score: McLennan 38, Temple 30; Record: McLennan 10-0 (4-0).