ESPN Men's Basketball

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Frank Tolbert scored 14 points and Auburn held Temple to 26 percent shooting in a 73-42 victory on Sunday.

The Tigers (5-2) built a 22-point halftime lead and weren't threatened after that, hitting 11-of-24 3-pointers and taking advantage of an out-of-character sloppy performance from Temple (5-3).

It was the Owls' worst scoring performance both offensively and defensively of the season, ending a three-game winning streak. The 31-point margin also tied Temple's second-worst defeat under coach John Chaney. Temple lost 96-65 to Xavier on March 8, 2003.

The Owls were just 7-of-28 from 3-point range and 5-of-15 from the free throw line while committing 11 turnovers, nearly double their season average. Temple's shooting was even worse in the second half, making just 5-of-28 shots.

Ronny LeMelle hit four 3-pointers and finished with 12 points for the Tigers. He was playing with a bandage over his left eye after getting 25 stitches Wednesday night.

Rasheem Barrett added 11 points and Quantez Robertson had nine points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Tigers.

Leading scorer Mardy Collins had just nine points on 3-of-12 shooting for Temple and didn't score in the first half. He had sat out the final six minutes with two fouls but didn't pick up another one in the second half.

The Owls cut the lead to 18 on Collins' 3-pointer with 12:57 left but couldn't come any closer even though Auburn had managed just one field goal in an eight-minute span.

Emanuel Willis, a Southern California transfer playing in his first game, had a dunk and the Tigers hit four consecutive 3s to push their lead to as many as 35 points.

The Tigers turned a two-point game into a 45-23 halftime lead with two nice runs over the final 9 minutes.

LeMelle hit two straight 3-pointers to cap a 17-2 run with 3:55 left. Temple scored the next five points and then went into another funk, getting outscored 12-2 over the final 2:33.

Temple came in averaging a nation's best six turnovers per game, but had nine before halftime.