National Basketball Association
Washington 80, Southern California 58
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, March 1, 2012
Where: Galen Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Dick Cartmell, # Bruce Hicks, # Mike Scyphers
Attendance:
2763
By SportsDirect Inc.
WASHINGTON 80, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 58: Terrence Ross had 18 points and seven rebounds as visiting Washington clinched a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title with a convincing win over the last-place Trojans.
The Huskies (21-8, 14-3 Pac-12) nixed any chance of a Southern California upset by outrebounding the Trojans 30-10 in the first half and leading by 18 early in the second half.
Darnell Gant scored 14 points and Abdul Gaddy added 12 for Washington, which is a half-game ahead of California with one game to play. The Huskies have won five straight heading into their finale Saturday at UCLA.
Southern California (6-24, 1-16 Pac-12) lost its eighth straight game despite Byron Wesley’s career-high 23 points. Garrett Jackson added 14 for the Trojans, who have lost 17 of their last 18 games.
The Trojans cut the lead to nine midway through the second half, but the Huskies quickly regained control on 3-pointer by Ross and back-to-back baskets by C.J. Wilcox and Aziz N'Diaye.
Washington scored 38 points in the paint and outrebounded Southern California 47-20. The Huskies’ Tony Wroten, who entered the game averaging 16.7 points, finished with seven points on 2-of-13 shooting.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Huskies have gone 13-2 in their last 15 games after starting 8-6 … Washington’s win eliminated Arizona, Colorado and Oregon from title contention … Southern California center James Blasczyk scored a career-high 10 points ... Washington shot just 52.2 percent (12 of 23) from the foul line ... Wroten added six assists and eight rebounds.
Top Game Performances
| Washington |
|
Southern California |
|
Terrence Ross 18 |
Scoring |
Byron Wesley 23 |
|
Tony Wroten 6 |
Assists |
Maurice Jones 4 |
|
Darnell Gant 9 |
Rebounds |
Garrett Jackson 5 |
|
Abdul Gaddy 3 |
Free Throws Made |
James Blasczyk 4 |
|
Desmond Simmons 2 |
Steals |
Maurice Jones 2 |
|
Aziz N'Diaye 1 |
Blocks |
Garrett Jackson 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Washington
|
80 |
46.3 |
6-13 |
12-23 |
13 |
47 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
| Southern California
|
58 |
45.1 |
3-10 |
9-16 |
12 |
20 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
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