No. 24 Temple 77, Charlotte 69
1/6/2006 4:34 PM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Lady Comfort had a career-high 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead Temple to its 23rd straight Atlantic 10 Conference victory, 77-69 Friday over Charlotte.
Kamesha Hairston had 18 points and Jennifer Owens 17 for the 24th-ranked Owls (9-3, 1-0).
Sakellie Daniels led Charlotte (8-5, 1-1) with 20 points. Andrea Davidson added 13, Pam Brown 11 and Whitney Hoey 10.
Khadija Bowens had 10 points for Temple, which hadn't played since a 75-50 loss to top-ranked Tennessee on Dec. 28. The Owls shot 62 percent and outrebounded the 49ers 40-21.
Temple led 40-32 at halftime and extended its advantage to 20 points on two free throws by Comfort with 8:42 remaining. But the 49ers responded with a 12-0 run to cut the lead to 68-60 on a pair of free throws by Daniels.
Two free throws by Comfort and a basket by Bowens pushed the Owls' lead to 72-60.
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