No. 18 Temple Is Surprised by Florida, 58-55

Dalila Eshe scored 20 points to help Florida defeat No. 18-ranked Temple, 58-55, Saturday at Philadelphia.

Temple (6-1), which was off to its best start since 1981-82, had its 14-game home winning streak ended. Kamesha Hairston led the Owls with a season-high 24 points.

The score was tied, 46-46, before the Gators (5-1) went on a 9-2 run to take a 55-48 lead with 4 minutes 6 seconds remaining.

Temple committed 26 turnovers.

In other games:

Marscilla Packer scored 18 points, including a key three-point basket in overtime, to give No. 4 Ohio State (5-0) a 66-61 victory over host Boston College (6-2)....Cappie Pondexter scored a season-high 26 points for No. 6 Rutgers (4-0) and made a three-pointer that triggered a 14-2 run to put away San Jose State (2-2) in a 76-64 win in the first round of the Hawkeye Challenge at Iowa City, Iowa....Jamie Broback scored a season-high 22 points to lift No. 10 Minnesota (5-1), which made 14 of its first 16 shots, over Nebraska, 78-70, at Minneapolis. Kiera Hardy had 22 points for the Cornhuskers (2-3)....Khara Smith had 18 points and 11 rebounds for No. 14 DePaul (7-0) in a 65-54 win at Chicago over No. 22 Purdue (4-2), which got 14 points and 11 rebounds from Katie Gearlds....Amy Denson scored 18 points and No. 15 Arizona State (6-1) beat Western Kentucky, 78-64, at Tempe, Ariz. Tiffany Porter-Talbert scored 15 points for Western Kentucky (5-1)....Erin Higgins scored 12 of her 16 points in the second half to help No. 20 Oklahoma (7-1) pull away from Oral Roberts (3-2) and win, 107-76, in the Bertha Teague Classic at Stillwater, Okla. ... Kim Smith had 20 points and No. 25 Utah (4-1) beat Loyola Marymount, 64-47, at Salt Lake City. Bianca Ziemann had 13 points for the Lions (1-5).