The Temple girls freshman basketball team rallied from a 6 point halftime deficit on Tuesday evening to defeat Lake Belton by a score of 43-41 at Wildcat Gym.

With the Tem-Cats trailing 23-17 at the half, Kyliegh Juarez (6 points) and Catherine Dunklin 5 in the third quarter sparked Temple to a 13-3 run and pushed the Tem-Cats into the lead 30-26 going to the fourth. In the fourth, Juarez stayed hot sinking a pair of 3-pointers and 9 total points in the final 8 minutes.

The Tem-Cats were led by Kyliegh Juarez with 18 points and Catherine Dunklin with 17.

Also for Temple, Sha'Kyhria Freeman with 6 points and Ma'Kayla Pendleton with 2 points.

Score by Quarters:

1st: Temple - 5, Lake Belton - 7
2nd: Temple - 12, Lake Belton - 16
Halftime: Temple - 17, Lake Belton 23
3rd: Temple - 13, lake Belton - 3
4th: Temple - 13, Lake Belton - 15
Final: Temple - 43, Lake Belton - 41

The Tem-Cats improve to 7-0 on the season and will face A&M Consolidated on Thursday in the Belton Tournament at 8:00 am.