PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Khalif Wyatt scored 26 points, including the winning layup in the final seconds of overtime, to help No. 23 Temple beat Massachusetts 90-88 on Wednesday night and clinch the top seed in next week's Atlantic 10 tournament.
The Owls (23-6, 12-3) also clinched a tie for the regular-season conference title, though they hold the tiebreaker over Saint Louis. Micheal Eric scored 19 points and Juan Fernandez had 18 for Temple.
The Owls blew a 10-point lead over the final 2½ minutes of regulation and saw UMass score the first six points of overtime.
Temple had enough thanks to a huge edge at the free throw line. The Owls made 30 of 40 attempts while UMass was 6 of 10.
But Temple started misfiring from the line in the final minutes of regulation and overtime.
Chaz Williams led the Minutemen (19-10, 8-7) with 26 points and 11 assists, while Terrell Vinson and Raphiael Putney both had 16 points.
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