The Temple College men's basketball began the second half of North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference against Ranger College at Kirby Johnson Court on Saturday afternoon.

Temple's suffocating defense threw the Rangers off throughout the game, and the Leopards pulled away with an 18-2 run to start the second half to down the Rangers, 82-55.

The Leopards led 5-0 when Ranger's 8-3 run tied the score with 14:24 left in the opening half.

Temple forced several backcourt turnovers that they turned into points. Although the Rangers stayed close in the first half, the Leopards led at the half, 38-32.

The Leopards opened the second half with five forced turnovers and an 18-2 run over 4:20 to take a 56-34 lead.

Temple's biggest lead was 27, which happened to be the final margin.

The Leopards shot 9-of-12 from the free-throw line, and sank a trio of three-pointers.

Josh Telfort led the Leopards with 21 points, and Roy Gardner added 20.

Kaylon Mason scored 16 points and C.J, Evans added 14 points.

The Leopards will travel to McKinney on Wednesday to take on Collin County Community College.