NEW YORK -- Quinton Rose scored 26 points, including two free throws with 2 seconds left, to lead Temple to an 89-86 win over No. 25 Florida State on Thursday in the first game of the 2016 NIT Season Tip-Off.Shizz Alston Jr. added 22 points and Obi Enechionyia finished with 16 points and eight rebounds for the Owls, who improved to 3-2 with their second straight win. The win was also Temples third in four all-time meetings with Florida State.Despite having four players in double-figure scoring, Florida State (5-1) lost for the first time this season.Dwayne Bacon led the Seminoles with 22 points, Jonathan Issac scored 19, Xavier Rathan-Mayes chipped in 11 and Terance Mann had 10.Trailing by 12 with 9:26 left in the game, Temple went on a 15-2 run to take a 73-72 lead. The stretch began when Alston made a 3. That was followed by Roses putback, Enechionyias lay-in, two free throws by Alston and consecutive 3s from Alston and Damion Moore.The Owls were able to extend their advantage to 85-80 after Enechionyias 3-pointer with 3:18 left. But Trent Forrests lay-in with 77 seconds cut the deficit to one, 87-86.Florida State had a chance to win, but Isaac air-balled a layup attempt with 4 seconds left. Roses two free throws sealed the win.Traditionally one of the nations stingiest teams, Florida State had developed an offensive potency to augment its taut defense. Entering the game, the Seminoles led the Athletic Coast Conference with a 96.8 points-per-game scoring average. Florida State scored 100 or more points in four of its first six games.At the half, the Seminoles enjoyed a 41-31 advantage due to their efficient offensive attack. Florida State made 15 of 29 shots from the field in the first half, a 51.7 percent clip. For the game, the Seminoles made 33 of 60 shots from the field.Temple was strong offensively in its own right, as the Owls shot 46.8 percent from the field for the game.NOTABLETemple: The 2016 NIT Tip-Off marks the sixth time in program history that the Owls participated in the early season event. Temples six appearances are tied with St. Johns for second most in tournament history; Arizona and Duke have made seven appearances apiece.Florida State: The first of two 2016 NIT Tip-Off games marked the first time since the third round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament that the Seminoles were a nationally ranked team. 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PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Many things have gone wrong in the Rays losing 17 of their last 20 games, but manager Kevin Cash took a rare step Tuesday, pulling outfielder Steven Souza after he didnt run out of the box on a routine fly to center that ended up dropping between two outfielders.Souza made it to third and scored later, but the message was sent that Cash isnt tolerating any dropoff in effort, even from players known for their energy.I think the bottom line is that I play hard, but right there I didnt play very hard, Souza said. I got caught slipping and took for granted a routine play. I basically wore a triple for it and I got to third, but I could have easily scored if I was running hard.Cash declined to address the issue after the game, saying there are issues that happen in a team that we address in-house. Well keep it in-house and well move on from there.The Rays struggles havent been limited to any one part of their team -- their starting pitching has consistently failed to get beyond the fifth and sixth innings, and their bullpen has been terrible in the past three weeks, allowing runs in 18 of the last 20 games.In the ninth inning of the last six games alone, the Rays have given up 19 runs, this after allowing a total of 23 runs in the ninth inning of the first 77 games.Wednesdays game offers two struggling starters with ERAs over 5.00 -- Los Angeles right-hander Jered Weaver is 6-7 with a 5.51 ERA, and Rays left-hander Drew Smyly is 2-9 with a 5.53 ERA, so it could be another high-scoring affair after seeing the two teams combine for 30 hits in Tuesdays game.As rough as the first eight innings were, the Rays were down just 7-5 entering the ninth, seeing closer Alex Colome come back off the disabled list with a scoreless ninth. Enny Romero faced three batters and allowed all three to score on C.J. Crons three-run home run, and then Dana Eveland replaced him and gave up four hitts for three more runs.dddddddddddd.In the other dugout, the Angels, whose victory over the Rays Tuesday was just their third win in 15 games, were thrilled to show the depth of their lineup for once, with Mike Trout getting a rare day out of the starting lineup and Albert Pujols a quiet 1-for-6 on the night. The rest of the batting order came through for 15 hits, including a pair of homers and four RBI from first baseman C.J. Cron, something manager Mike Scioscia was happy to see.We need our lineup to get deeper, particularly the guys that are going to hit right after Mike and Albert, Scioscia said, talking about players like Cron and Jefry Marte. The 5-6 hole for us is really important. Hopefully with C.J. getting comfortable, and Marte has thunder in his bat. Hopefully well start getting a little deeper.As rough as the first eight innings were, the Rays were down just 7-5 entering the ninth, seeing closer Alex Colome come back off the disabled list with a scoreless ninth. Enny Romero faced three batters and allowed all three to score on C.J. Crons three-run home run, and then Dana Eveland replaced him and gave up four hits for three more runs.In the other dugout, the Angels were thrilled to show the depth of their lineup for once, with Mike Trout getting a rare day out of the starting lineup and Albert Pujols a quiet 1-for-6 on the night. The rest of the batting order came through for 15 hits, something Mike Scioscia was happy to see.We need our lineup to get deeper, particularly the guys that are going to hit right after Mike and Albert, Scioscia said, talking about players like Cron and Jefry Marte. The 5-6 hole for us is really important. Hopefully with C.J. getting comfortable, and Marte has thunder in his bat. Hopefully well start getting a little deeper. ' ' '