National Basketball Association
Southern California 79, Colorado 72
When: 11:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Where: Galen Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Jimmy Casas, # Verne Harris, # Chris Rastatter
Attendance:
5132
By The Sports Xchange
Sophomore guard Jordan McLaughlin led a late surge to help Southern California beat Colorado 79-72 on Wednesday night at the Galen Center in Los Angeles.
McLaughlin scored 25 points for USC (19-7, 8-5 Pac-12 Conference). Trojans junior guard Julian Jacobs added 17 points.
Senior forward Josh Scott scored 17 points for Colorado (19-8, 8-6). Sophomore guard George King had 13 points and nine rebounds. Junior forward Wesley Gordon contributed 13 points and seven rebounds, and junior guard Josh Fortune added 10 points.
USC took a 14-9 lead on a dunk by sophomore guard Elijah Stewart, but Colorado staged a 9-0 run to take an 18-14 lead on a dunk by Scott. A jumper by senior guard Xavier Talton with five seconds to play in the opening half gave the Buffaloes a 37-29 lead at the break.
Colorado went up by nine early in the second half and led by 15 with nine minutes to go, but USC mounted 7-2 and 10-0 runs to cut Colorado's lead to 64-62. McLaughlin tied the game with a layup and made a 3-pointer to give the Trojans a 68-65 lead. USC outscored Colorado 17-7 over the last 3:51.
Top Game Performances
| Colorado |
|
Southern California |
|
Josh Scott 17 |
Scoring |
Jordan McLaughlin 25 |
|
Thomas Akyazili 4 |
Assists |
Jordan McLaughlin 5 |
|
George King 9 |
Rebounds |
Nikola Jovanovic 6 |
|
Wesley Gordon 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Jordan McLaughlin 7 |
|
George King 1 |
Steals |
Julian Jacobs 5 |
|
Wesley Gordon 2 |
Blocks |
Nikola Jovanovic 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Colorado
|
72 |
46.3 |
7-18 |
15-20 |
9 |
34 |
4 |
3 |
20 |
| Southern California
|
79 |
48.0 |
4-14 |
27-35 |
9 |
21 |
7 |
13 |
11 |
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