National Basketball Association
Southern California 76, Utah 59
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 12, 2013
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials:
# Don McAllister, # Mike Scyphers, # Sirallen Conner
Attendance:
11027
By SportsDirect Inc.
Southern California 76, Utah 59: J.T. Terrell scored 14 points and Dewayne Dedmon had 13 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Trojans ended a 14-game road losing streak by defeating the Utes in Pac-12 play.
Jio Fontan added 13 points and six assists and Byron Wesley also scored 13 for USC (7-10, 2-2 Pac-12), which hadn’t won on the road since defeating UC Riverside on Nov. 30, 2011. The Trojans also ended a 10-game conference road losing skid.
Jarred DuBois scored 18 points, Jason Washburn tallied 13 and Jordan Loveridge added 12 for Utah (8-8, 0-4), which has lost four consecutive contests and five of its last six.
The Trojans led by nine at halftime and extended their lead to 46-33 on Eric Wise’s jumper with 13:50 to play. Utah cut the deficit to 50-42 on a 3-pointer by DuBois with 10:26 remaining before USC ran off seven straight points in a 28-second span to push the lead to 15.
USC finished the first half with a 15-2 run to take a 32-23 halftime lead. Terrell had 10 first-half points.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wise also scored in double figures for USC with 11 points. … Utah was 4-of-15 from 3-point range and is shooting just 29 percent (18-of-62) from behind the arc in Pac-12 play. The Utes shot 37.5 percent overall. … The Trojans committed just nine turnovers two days after committing a season-high 23 in a loss to Colorado.
Top Game Performances
| Southern California |
|
Utah |
|
J.T. Terrell 14 |
Scoring |
Jarred DuBois 18 |
|
Jio Fontan 6 |
Assists |
Jordan Loveridge 2 |
|
Dewayne Dedmon 13 |
Rebounds |
Jordan Loveridge 7 |
|
Dewayne Dedmon 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Jordan Loveridge 4 |
|
J.T. Terrell 1 |
Steals |
Dallin Bachynski 1 |
|
Dewayne Dedmon 5 |
Blocks |
Jason Washburn 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Southern California
|
76 |
50.0 |
7-15 |
19-26 |
12 |
35 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
| Utah
|
59 |
37.5 |
4-15 |
13-21 |
9 |
29 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
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