The men’s basketball team seems to play its best when the score is tied at the end of regulation.

It took an extra period for the Owls to take down Marist and Saint Louis earlier in the season and they continued the pattern with a 80-70 overtime win over Massachusetts at the Liacouras Center today.

The Owls outscored the Minutemen, 16-6, after regualtion on their way to their third overtime win of the season. Temple has won its last five overtime games with the first two victories in that streak coming during the 2003-2004 season.

Freshman forward Lavoy Allen scored a career-high 20 points and senior guard Mark Tyndale also added 20 points for the Owls.

Junior guard Dionte Christmas notched 16 points while his counterpart, senior guard Gary Forbes, the A-10’s leading scorer, was held to 12 points.

The Owls will host Rhode Island at the Liacouras Center Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Read TTN reporter Terrance McNeil’s game story: “Men’s basketball team hangs on for overtime win against UMass”

Read TTN reporter Pete Dorchak’s story: “Overtime is Owls time”

(Photo courtesy of TTN photographer Ron Davis)