National Basketball Association
Arizona 67, Southern California 62
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, March 11, 2011
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Tony Padilla, # Ruben Ramos, # Mike Scyphers
Attendance:
18712
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Derrick Williams scored 20 points, including four decisive free throws in the final minute, and top seed Arizona held off Southern Cal 67-62 on Friday in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament in Los Angeles.
Jesse Perry scored 11 points, and Jordin Mayes and Jamelle Horne added eight points apiece for No. 15 Arizona (27-6), which will face No. 3 seed Washington in Saturday's final.
Southern Cal played without coach Kevin O’Neill, who was suspended after being involved in a verbal altercation with an Arizona booster Thursday night. Assistant Bob Cantu coached the Trojans.
Marcus Simmons scored a career-high 20 points to pace the fourth-seeded Trojans (19-14), who likely needed to beat Arizona to remain on the NCAA tournament bubble.
Nikola Vucevic, who scored 25 points in the Trojans’ 65-57 victory over the Wildcats on Feb. 24, finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Top Game Performances
| Southern California |
|
Arizona |
|
Marcus Simmons 20 |
Scoring |
Derrick Williams 20 |
|
Jio Fontan 5 |
Assists |
Jordin Mayes 3 |
|
Nikola Vucevic 12 |
Rebounds |
Kevin Parrom 6 |
|
Nikola Vucevic 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Derrick Williams 5 |
|
Donte Smith 2 |
Steals |
Jamelle Horne 1 |
|
Nikola Vucevic 3 |
Blocks |
Kyryl Natyazhko 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Southern California
|
62 |
49.1 |
5-18 |
5-9 |
15 |
28 |
4 |
6 |
|
| Arizona
|
67 |
43.6 |
8-19 |
11-16 |
13 |
27 |
1 |
2 |
|
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