National Basketball Association
Washington St. 43, Southern California 38
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 3, 2012
Where: Galen Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Michael Irving, # Chris Rastatter, # Bill Vinovich
Attendance:
3102
By SportsDirect Inc.
Washington State 43, Southern California 38: Brock Motum scored 27 points as the visiting Cougars held the last-place Trojans to 14 first-half points and held off a late rally to win the regular-season finale for both.
Motum was 12 of 21 shooting for Washington State (15-15, 7-11 Pac-12), which rebounded from a 32-point loss at UCLA on Thursday and will meet Oregon State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament.
Southern California (6-25, 1-17 Pac-12), which has lost nine straight games and 18 of its last 19, will play UCLA in the Pac-12 tournament.
The Trojans used a 14-2 run to cut the Cougars’ lead to three with 35 seconds left, but Greg Allen missed two 3-pointers and Washington State’s Reggie Moore secured the win with two free throws.
Maurice Jones scored 11 points for the injury-depleted Trojans, who are down to six scholarship players.
Byron Wesley, who scored a combined 45 points in his last two games, made one of his seven shots and finished with five points against the Cougars.
Washington State won despite going the final 9:09 without a field goal.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Southern California’s 14 first-half points tied for the third-fewest by a Washington State opponent in the shot clock era. … Motum scored 24 of the Cougars’ first 34 points. … Washington State’s Marcus Capers had one blocked shot for the 72nd of his career, moving into 15th place in school history. … The Trojans gave away Jones bobblehead dolls before the game. … Mike Ladd had a game-high 11 rebounds for the Cougars.
Top Game Performances
| Washington St. |
|
Southern California |
|
Brock Motum 27 |
Scoring |
Maurice Jones 11 |
|
Reggie Moore 3 |
Assists |
Maurice Jones 4 |
|
Mike Ladd 11 |
Rebounds |
Garrett Jackson 6 |
|
Mike Ladd 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Byron Wesley 3 |
|
N/A |
Steals |
Maurice Jones 4 |
|
Marcus Capers 1 |
Blocks |
Maurice Jones 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Washington St.
|
43 |
42.9 |
1-8 |
6-11 |
8 |
33 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
| Southern California
|
38 |
28.9 |
6-21 |
6-10 |
10 |
24 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
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