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No. 23 Cincinnati 69, Temple 58: Sean Kilpatrick finished with 23 points and tied a season-high with six 3-pointers as the host Bearcats held off the Owls in AAC play.

Justin Jackson collected 15 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks for Cincinnati (16-2, 5-0), which extended its winning streak to nine straight games. Titus Rubles added 13 points to go with a game-high 12 boards for the Bearcats, and his 7-of-7 performance at the free-throw line softened the blow of the rest of the team shooting 8-of-16 from the stripe.

Dalton Pepper scored 21 points, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range, to lead Temple (5-10, 0-5), which has lost five straight and fell to 1-7 following a 4-3 start to the season. Quenton DeCosey contributed 17 points and Anthony Lee totaled 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Owls.

Cincinnati led by as many as 10 in the first half despite shooting only 33.3 percent before a late Temple rally trimmed the deficit to two. Pepper buried consecutive 3-pointers and Lee closed the opening 20 minutes with a dunk to send the Owls to the locker room down just 27-25.

Temple refused to go away after the break, tying the game at 35 on a 3-pointer from Mark Williams with just under 13 minutes to play and then capping an 8-0 run with a layup from Josh Brown to take a 47-45 lead with 7 1/2 minutes remaining. Cincinnati restored order quickly, taking command with a 16-3 run that featured a pair of 3-pointers from Kilpatrick to seal the win.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cincinnati is off to its best start in conference play since a 6-0 mark opened up its Conference USA schedule in 2002-03. ... DeCosey is Temple's only player to score 10 or more points in every game this season. ... The Bearcats improved to 15-6 all-time against the Owls and 6-1 in Cincinnati.