The Temple College men's basketball team played their first of back-to-back home games against Strength 'N Motion Academy on Thursday afternoon at Kirby Johnson Court.

Except for a brief 6-5 deficit early, the Leopards had a two-score advantage for much of the first half before a 13-0 run to end the first half gave Temple ample distance on their way to a 111-83 victory over SNMA.

The win stops Temple's rough six-game slide in which they sustained four defeats to national-ranked teams.

The game was a fast-paced game with minimal timeouts and no media timeouts taken.

SNMA jumped out to an early advantage and took advantage of a 7-0 foul differential that favored them in the half, as they converted 9-of-13 free-throws in the first 20 minutes. The visitors were within three points, 43-40, with three minutes to go in the opening half.

Temple (7-7) put together a streak of 13 straight points over the final three minutes to give Leopards a 16-point lead at halftime, 56-40.

The Leopards hit five three-pointers in first half, with Joseph Lloyd having hit three of the shots and Tayshaun Goston hit two more.

SNMA scored seven straight points out of the break to pull to within nine points, 56-47, with 17:25 to play.

The Leopards responded with a 27-15 stretch over the next nine minutes, as TC led 83-62 with 8:47 to play.

Temple had the opportunity to utilize their bench as all ten Leopards who dressed scored. The Leopards rotated play down the stretch, as Temple ended the game on a 26-19 clip over the final 8:07.

The Leopards hit ten three-pointers and converted 7-of-14 from the free-throw line.

 Six Leopards scored in double-figures. Harry Bates led TC with 20 points, Ovie Agbigbe added 16, Joseph Lloyd chipped in 15 points on five three-pointers, Byron Piper contributed 13, Jonty Kells scored six points in each half for 12 points, and Jaymes Brown-Peterson poured in ten points.

Strength 'N Motion sank a trio of three-pointers and converted 16-of-22 from the charity stripe.

Wade Kramer scored 18 points to lead SNMA. Liam Celsi and Meachy Williams scored 15 points each, and Ian Rizo added 11.

Temple College and Strength 'N Motion will play again at Kirby Johnson Court on Monday, Dec. 29 at 2 pm.