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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
UCLA 83, Southern California 72
When: 10:15 PM ET, Saturday, March 3, 2018
Where: Galen Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: # David Hall, # Verne Harris, # Bill Vinovich
Attendance: 10258
Aaron Holiday scored a career-high 34 points, leading UCLA to an 83-72 victory over Southern California on Saturday night at the Galen Center in Los Angeles.

Holiday posted his third career 30-point game. Each of the junior guard's 30-point games occurred this season.

He made 11 of 16 field goals and 6 of 9 3-point attempts. Holiday matched a career high for field goals and set a career best for 3-pointers as UCLA (20-10, 11-7 Pac-12) shot 50.8 percent and made 13 of 27 3-point tries.

Freshman Kris Wilkes added a career-high 22 points as the Bruins played without fourth-leading scorer Jaylen Hinds (sprained right ankle).

Jordan McLaughlin led USC (21-10, 12-6) with 19 points. Chimezie Metu added 16 points and 10 rebounds but Elijah Stewart made just 3 of 10 shots, missed five of six 3-point attempts and was held to 12 points.

USC opened a 30-20 lead when Stewart made a 3-pointer with 8:05 remaining. The Trojans went scoreless for nearly three minutes as UCLA ripped off 11 straight points and took a one-point lead on a 3-pointer by Wilkes with 5:33 left.

There were seven lead changes the rest of the half and USC took a 43-40 lead at halftime on a jumper by McLaughlin with 48 seconds left.

Holiday tied the game at 60-60 on a layup with 9:06 remaining. Holiday hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key with eight minutes remaining for a 65-61 lead.

Wilkes set his new career high with a jumper at the 7:26 mark and a 3-pointer by Alex Olesinksi with 6:25 left pushed the lead to 72-63.

Holiday set a new a career high for 3-pointers with 3:33 remaining when he gave UCLA a 77-70 lead. He reached 30 points on an acrobatic layup on UCLA's next possession and then finished it off at the foul line.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
UCLA   Southern California
Aaron Holiday 34 Scoring Jordan McLaughlin 19
Aaron Holiday 7 Assists Jordan McLaughlin 4
Gyorgy Goloman 9 Rebounds Chimezie Metu 10
Aaron Holiday 6 Free Throws Made Elijah Stewart 5
Prince Ali 1 Steals Jordan McLaughlin 2
Gyorgy Goloman 4 Blocks Chimezie Metu 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
UCLA 83 50.8 13-27 10-14 16 38 6 2 10
Southern California 72 40.0 5-19 15-19 11 33 4 4 5