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Temple Had the Same Amount of Turnovers as Field Goals in 26-Point Loss to Richmond

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Nov 8th, 2026 · 9:02 PM EST

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Rough one for the Owls inside of a mostly-empty Palestra on Sunday night:

Final | Richmond 79, Temple 53

The Owls return to action Wednesday, Nov. 11, against Charleston. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Liacouras Center.

— Temple Men's Basketball (@TUMBBHoops) November 9, 2026

Richmond jumped out to a 14-1 lead and Temple didn’t go on any kind of real run to make it a game. They were outscored by 14 in the first half and 12 in the second half.

Statistic of the game would be the Owls’ starting five of Christian Beam, Jordan Marsh, Dez White, Gavin Griffiths, and Cam Scott shooting 9 for 23 from the floor while turning the ball over 9 times. They coughed it up with the same frequency that they actually made their shots. Beam only played 9 minutes, and Derrian Ford is really the 5th starter even though he comes off the bench, but even Ford only shot 4-13 in this game. The entire team turned the ball over 16 times and assisted on 10 of their 16 made field goals while going 14-21 from the foul line.

It’s one thing to have a bad shooting night, but the Owls looked really sloppy in the halfcourt and heaved up some junk as well. Some of the turnovers were lazy, including a series before halftime with a backdoor Richmond strip and then a traveling call right near midcourt that had Adam Fisher look like he was going to blow a gasket. Temple has new pieces this year, like every college basketball team, but they’ve got a bunch of 4th and 5th year guys who had the composure of freshmen on Sunday night.

This was somewhat of a barometer game for Temple. Richmond is a mid-tier A 10 team. Temple should be competitive against a team like that in Philadelphia, even if the Palestra isn’t the Liacouras Center.

They play Charleston next. The Cougars are 2-0 and have BIG wins against Southern Wesleyan and Newberry, which are allegedly colleges located in South Carolina.