PITTSBURGH — The Duquesne Dukes (4-5, 0-0 A10) fell to the Temple Owls (5-3, 0-0 A10) 67-55 Sunday afternoon at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Mia Davis posted 22 points for the Owls while grabbing 8 rebounds. Dukes guard Megan McConnell notched a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, but shot only 4-for-10 from the free throw line.
The Dukes started off slow as Temple took an early 4-0 lead. In fact, Duquesne did not take their first lead of the game until nearly three minutes into the second quarter after Amaya Hamilton hit a mid-range jumper to make it 15-14.
The Owls kept it close – regaining the lead briefly with just over two minutes to play in the second quarter – but Duquesne used an 8-point run capped off by a Megan McConnell three-pointer as time expired to take a 32-27 lead into halftime.
The teams traded the lead three times in the third quarter. Laia Sole tied the game 37-37 with just over three minutes to play and once more at 39-39 about a minute later...
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