The Temple College Leopards women's basketball team hosted No. 11 McLennan Community College in a Saturday matchup at Kirby Johnson Court.

Following a solid first quarter showing by the Leopards, the Highlassies held TC without a point for seven minutes and without a field goal for nearly 11 minutes. Temple could not recover as they fell to MCC, 66-52.

Temple (13-8 overall, 3-4 NTJCAC) jumped out to a six-point lead, and took a 20-14 advantage into the second quarter.

McLennan (17-2 overall, 6-1 NTJCAC) used a 9-0 run during a 5:36 stretch to grab a 25-20 lead, and stretched the advantage to 13 points by halftime, 38-25.

TC outscored the Highlassies in the third quarter, 14-10 but continued to trail by nine points as they headed into the fourth quarter.

MCC led by as many as 16 points with 6:05 to play.

Jalayah Ingram led MCC with 21 points, 17 of which came in the first half. The Highlassies were 11-of-18 from free-throw line.

TC converted 16-of-23 from the free-throw stripe.

The Leopards had balanced scoring, with Jaylice Rosario and Imani McCray having netted ten points each. Regan Pavesi added nine points, and Aniyah Lewis and Mychal White chipped in eight points each.

Temple will hit the halfway point of their NTJCAC schedule on Wednesday, as they travel to Cisco College for a 5pm matchup with the Wranglers.