Temple Upsets No. 13 George Washington, 68-66

Shanea Cotton's basket with 23 seconds left lifts Owls to victory

Jan. 19, 2008

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Shanea Cotton's basket with 23 seconds left lifted Temple to a 68-66 victory over No. 13 George Washington on Saturday.

Lindsay Kimmel scored 15 points on five 3-pointers and Lady Comfort and Ashley Morris added 14 each for the Owls (9-10, 2-1 Atlantic 10 Conference).

Sarah-Jo Lawrence had 17 and Kimberly Beck scored 15 for George Washington (14-4, 2-1), which had won nine straight games.

After LaKeisha Eaddy's jumper put Temple ahead 61-53, the Colonials answered with a 13-3 run. Whitney Allen's driving layup got George Washington within a basket and Antelia Parrish hit a long jumper to tie it at 64. Lawrence scored on a strong inside move to put the Colonials ahead for the first time, 66-64, with 2 minutes to go.

Eaddy's layup tied it and Cotton scored off her own miss to give the Owls a 68-66 lead. Cotton then grabbed a key rebound at the other end to help secure the win. Cotton missed a free throw and Eaddy stole the inbounds pass to end it.

George Washington had won 19 consecutive conference games, including 12 straight on the road. The Colonials hadn't lost since wasting a 24-point halftime lead in a 62-61 loss to UNLV on Nov. 30.

Temple improved to 11-79 all-time against ranked opponents. The Owls beat then-No. 22 Purdue 61-47 on Nov. 24.

Temple used an 11-2 run early in the second half to open up its first double-digit lead at 42-32. Kimmel hit consecutive wide-open 3s during the stretch, and it seemed the Owls would pull away.

But George Washington answered with a 9-2 spurt to get within 44-41 and the teams went back-and-forth for much of the remainder of the game.

Fired-up Temple jumped out to a 13-5 lead and led 31-26 at halftime.