National Basketball Association
Southern California 62, UC Irvine 49
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 13, 2010
Where: Galen Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Kevin Brill, # Bill Kennedy, # Chris Rastatter
Attendance:
3125
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Nikola
Vucevic averaged nearly a double-double for USC last year, but
surpassed his 10.7 points per game during a key eight-minute stretch Saturday to propel the Trojans past UC Irvine, 62-49, in Los
Angeles on Saturday.
The junior forward poured in 17 of his
game-high 19 points in the second half, and grabbed 14 rebounds for USC
in its opener. Vucevic reeled off 11 of those points during a 17-8
Trojans run over the first eight minutes of the second
half to gain a 47-32 lead.
Bryce Jones had 14 points and eight rebounds, Maurice Jones added 14 points and Alex Stepheson added 13 rebounds for USC.
The Trojans had stumbled to the finish
line a year ago, losing their final five games – three of which they
failed to crack 50 points – to close a disappointing 16-14.
Pavol Losonsky had 13 points and Eric
Wise added 12 for the Anteaters, who had opened their season with a
79-65 defeat at No. 16 Illinois on Monday.
Despite their campuses being just 43
miles apart, the two programs had only played twice in the previous
decade – both USC blowouts to open the season, 90-70 in 2004-05 and
78-55 in 2008-09.
Top Game Performances
| UC Irvine |
|
Southern California |
|
Pavol Losonsky 13 |
Scoring |
Nikola Vucevic 19 |
|
Patrick Rembert 3 |
Assists |
Maurice Jones 4 |
|
Pavol Losonsky 8 |
Rebounds |
Nikola Vucevic 14 |
|
Darren Moore 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Nikola Vucevic 6 |
|
Darren Moore 3 |
Steals |
Maurice Jones 2 |
|
Eric Wise 1 |
Blocks |
Alex Stepheson 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| UC Irvine
|
49 |
34.6 |
5-20 |
8-11 |
6 |
26 |
1 |
5 |
|
| Southern California
|
62 |
34.5 |
7-22 |
17-21 |
9 |
44 |
4 |
4 |
|
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