NEW YORK (AP) – Quinton Rose scored 26 points, including two free throws with 2 seconds left, to lead Temple to an 89-86 win over No. 25 Florida State on Thursday in the first game of the 2016 NIT Season Tip-Off.
Shizz Alston Jr. added 22 points and Obi Enechionyia finished with 16 points and eight rebounds for the Owls, who improved to 3-2 with their second straight win. The win was also Temple’s third in four all-time meetings with Florida State.
Despite having four players in double-figure scoring, Florida State (5-1) lost for the first time this season.
Dwayne Bacon led the Seminoles with 22 points, Jonathan Issac scored 19, Xavier Rathan-Mayes chipped in 11 and Terance Mann had 10.
Trailing by 12 with 9:26 left in the game, Temple went on a 15-2 run to take a 73-72 lead. The stretch began when Alston made a 3. That was followed by Rose’s putback, Enechionyia’s lay-in, two free throws by Alston and consecutive 3s from Alston and Damion Moore.