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Tem-Cats' defense stifles Waco in 42-26 victory

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The Temple Tem-Cats found a solution to their first-half offensive woes: A stifling defense.

Despite scoring only six second-quarter points and 19 in the half, Temple limited Waco to five first-half points and rolled to a 42-26 non-district girls basketball win Tuesday night at Wildcat Gym.

Temple (19-6) scored just two field goals in the second quarter - a pair of 3-pointers by Trenette Smith, who led all scorers with 14. Her 3s capped a 17-0 Tem-Cat run as Waco (8-14) went 9 minutes, 27 seconds without a bucket.

So even though his Tem-Cats have scored just 28 first-quarter points and 57 first-half points in their last three games, coach Don Layton said they

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