Despite keeping it close at halftime, Tulsa was unable to stop the Temple offense in the second half as the Golden Hurricane men’s basketball team fell 76-53 in front of more than 6,900 fans at the Liacouras Center on Sunday afternoon.

Temple (15-13, 9-6 AAC) shot 62.5 percent in the second 20 minutes, including 6-of-11 (54.5 percent) from 3-point range. For the game, the Owls hit 56.6 percent of its shots and 10 triples. Tulsa (5-21, 1-14) shot 37 percent from the floor and 45 percent from deep, connecting on nine 3-pointers. Neither team got to the free throw line often as Tulsa finished 4-of-6 and Temple 6-of-8 from the charity stripe.

Sam Griffin paced Tulsa with 16 points in addition to a pair of assists. Tim Dalger also finished in double figures with 15 and a team-high seven boards.

Trailing 37-30 at the break, Tulsa came out and cut the lead to four after a pair of       Temple free throws, taking advantage of a pair of turnovers. Tulsa fought to keep the lead in single digits, with a Griffin triple bringing TU within 7, 53-46 at the 11:16 mark, which was the closest the game would get.

The Owls took control with a 21-2 run over the next 7:20 of action to take a commanding 74-48 lead with under four minutes to play.

Tulsa will host UCF for Senior Day on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. On Wednesday the golden Hurricane will matchup with the Bulls at home at 6 p.m.