Guards Quenton DeCosey and Josh Brown sparked the Temple offense and the Owls' defense kept the La Salle offense in check on Wednesday in Temple's 62-49 win over the Explorers in a nonconference game at the Palestra in Philadelphia.

DeCosey and Brown each scored 12 points and forward Jaylen Bond added 10 as the Owls (10-7, ), who were coming off a double-overtime victory over Cincinnati, won their second straight game.

Guard Cleon Roberts and forward Tony Washington each scored 16 points for the Explorers (5-11, 1-4 Atlantic-10). Guard Jordan Price chipped in with 11 points for LaSalle.

Temple jump on La Salle early and maintained a comfortable lead throughout much of the game.

Guard Trey Lowe nailed a 3-pointer to put the Owls up 7-5 and ignite a 24-11 run. When swingman Daniel Dingle sank a layup at the 4:50 mark, Temple was up 31-16.

The Owls went into halftime leading 33-25 thanks to making 14 of 26 field-goal attempts.

Lowe and DeCorsey combined for 15 first-half points

Roberts and Washington accounted for 21 of La Salle's 25 points in the half.

The Explorers cut the lead to 33-32 on pair of Roberts free throws at the 17:44 mark. But the Owls went on another big run, and when Bond made a layup with 7:22 to go Temple was up 52-42.

La Salle was held to 18-of-53 shooting (34 percent) from the field while Temple connected on 26 of 52 (50 percent).