HOUSTON — Damian Dunn scored 16 points and made the go-ahead free throw, Kur Jongkuch blocked Houston’s go-ahead attempt in the final seconds and Temple held on to defeat the top-ranked Cougars 56-55 on Sunday.
Temple improved to 3-18 against No. 1 ranked teams. The Owls (12-9, 6-2 American Athletic Conference) earned their first win over a No. 1 ranked team since a 77-69 win at No. 1 Cincinnati on Feb. 20, 2000.
Tied at 55, Dunn made a free throw with 1:06 left to give Temple a one-point lead. Jamal Shead missed a 3-pointer and Nick Jourdain grabbed the rebound. Dunn missed a layup with 8 seconds left, and Jongkuch grabbed the rebound, but the Owls were whistled for a shot clock violation upon review.
Houston’s Tramon Mark goes up for a shot as Temple’s Nick Jourdain, right, and Zach Hicks, left, try to block during the first half of Sunday’s game in Houston.
Trailing by one, Shead drove to the basket but Jongkuch blocked it out of the bounds with 1.3 seconds left. Tramon Mark’s tip-in attempt fell short at the buzzer to give the Owls the win.
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Zach Hicks added 12 points for Temple, which snapped a six-game losing streak to Houston. The Owls shot 31% but were 20 of 22 from the free throw line.
Shead scored 13 points, and Marcus Sasser added 12 points for Houston (18-2, 6-1), which saw its nine-game winning streak snapped.
Houston shot 34% but were 11 of 21 from the free throw line.
Tied at 47, Temple used an 8-1 spurt to open up a 55-48 lead on two free throws by Jourdain with 6½ minutes remaining. Houston responded with a 7-0 run to tie it at 55.
Purdue center Zach Edey, left, and Maryland forward Ike Cornish fight for a rebound during the first half of Sunday’s game in West Lafayette, Ind.
NO. 3 PURDUE 58, MARYLAND 55: Zach Edey had 24 points and 16 rebounds, and Braden Smith’s two free throws with 3.9 seconds left helped Purdue fend off a furious second-half charge from visiting Maryland.
The Boilermakers are off to the best start in school history (19-1, 8-1 Big Ten). They’ve won six straight and are the fifth conference team since 2000 to win 19 of its first 20 games. Edey had his 16th double-double this season.
Julian Reese scored 19 points to help the Terrapins (12-7, 3-5) overcome a 14-point halftime deficit to have a chance to force to overtime.
Maryland got as close as three points four times but it wasn’t until Jahmir Young made two free throws with 5.3 seconds left that the Terps pulled within one.
Smith then made his free throws, and Young’s 30-foot heave to force overtime hit the backboard as the buzzer sounded. The Terrapins have lost four of their last six.
UConn’s Jordan Hawkins shoots between Butler’s Jalen Thomas, left, and Chuck Harris as UConn’s Alex Karaban, right, looks on in the first half of Sunday’s game in Hartford, Conn.
NO. 15 UCONN 86, BUTLER 56: The NCAA championship trophy made a visit to Connecticut this weekend, providing just the inspiration the struggling Huskies needed. Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points and UConn snapped a three-game losing streak in emphatic fashion by routing Butler.
“Just having that (trophy) around us, just reminded us what the main goal is,” Hawkins said. “Just keep pushing, even through this hard stretch and brighter days will come.”
Adama Sanogo added 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Huskies (16-5, 5-5 Big East), who won their first 14 games this season but dropped five of six coming into this matchup with the Bulldogs (11-10, 3-7).
Chuck Harris had 16 points and Simas Lukosius added 12 for Butler, which was playing its third straight game without center Manny Bates, who is still recovering from a knee injury suffered earlier this month against St. John’s.
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