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Donovan Dent leads UCLA blowout win of rival USC
Donovan Dent finished with 25 points and seven assists, Eric Dailey Jr. added 19 points and eight rebounds, and UCLA cruised to an 89-68 rout of hosting and crosstown Los Angeles rival Southern California on Saturday.,The Bruins (21-10, 13-7 Big Ten Conference) broke a 21-21 tie midway through the f...
USC in desperate need of a win with No. 12 Nebraska in town
Big Ten counterparts Southern California and No. 12 Nebraska meet on Saturday in Los Angeles with very different but equally high stakes.,The Trojans (18-10, 7-10 Big Ten) head into the final three games of the regular season playing for their postseason lives. On a four-game losing streak following...
Bruce Thornton’s hot hand leads Ohio State over Southern California
Bruce Thornton scored 21 points to lead four Ohio State scorers in double figures as the Buckeyes defeated Southern California 89-82 in Columbus on Wednesday.,Thornton had 13 points in the second half as the Buckeyes (16-8, 8-6 Big Ten) overcame a three-point halftime deficit to avoid losing consecu...
USC comes up with stop, holds off Rutgers in tight finish
Jacob Cofie posted a 15-point, 10-rebound double-double and Ezra Ausra scored a team-high 21 points to lead Southern California to a 78-75 win over visiting Rutgers on Saturday in Los Angeles.,The Trojans (16-6, 5-6 Big Ten) led nearly wire-to-wire and by double-digits for much of the game, jumping ...
Chad Baker-Mazara (29), USC squeeze past Minnesota
Chad Baker-Mazara scored 29 points, including a go-ahead pair of free throws with 10.9 seconds left in overtime, and USC held on for a 70-69 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup Friday night in Minneapolis.,Baker-Mazara added eight assists and Ezra Ausar contributed 14 points and nine ...
Georgia Southern downs rival App State in Birmingham Bowl
JC French IV threw for 171 yards and a touchdown as Georgia Southern defeated rival Appalachian State 29-10 on Monday afternoon in the JLab Birmingham Bowl in Alabama.,In the third postseason meeting of the longstanding "Deeper Than Hate" rivalry, French guided the Eagles' offense efficiently by com...
No. 20 Illinois barely breaks a sweat against Southern
Jake Davis scored 15 points and Keaton Wagler posted an 11-point, 10-assist double-double as No. 20 Illinois routed Southern 90-55 on Monday in Champaign, Ill.,Zvonimir Ivisic (13 points), Tomislav Ivisic (11) and David Mirkovic (11) also scored in double figures for the Fighting Illini, who led by ...
Tounde Yessoufou, Cameron Carr help Baylor pound Southern
Tounde Yessoufou amassed a career-high 28 points to help Baylor overcome a ragged start on the way to a 111-67 victory over Southern on Sunday afternoon in Waco, Texas.,The Bears (9-2) shrugged off an uneven first half that saw them trail early on and then go scoreless for nearly six minutes. Baylor...
Baylor looks to keep nonconference home win streak intact as Southern visits
Baylor will look to add to its impressive home winning streak against nonconference teams and build some continuity and momentum for the upcoming Big 12 season when it hosts Southern University on Sunday afternoon in Waco, Texas.,The Bears (8-2) return to the court for their second game in 41 hours ...
Ezra Ausar's double-double helps USC rout UTSA
Ezra Ausar posted his first double-double of the season with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Southern California ran past visiting UTSA, 97-70, Wednesday in Los Angeles. ,USC (11-1) fell behind 31-27 late in the first half before pouring in 13 unanswered points in 3:23 to take a 40-31 lead into halft...
Down 18 at halftime, Washington upends No. 24 USC
Hannes Steinbach posted a 24-point, 16-ebound double-double and Desmond Claude scored 22 points against his former team as Washington rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to stun No. 24 Southern California 84-76 on Saturday in Los Angeles. , ,Washington (6-3, 1-1 Big Ten Conference) went on a ...
Former Pac-12 foes USC, Arizona State will face off for Maui title
Former conference rivals Southern Cal and Arizona State meet in the championship game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday at Lahaina, Hawaii.,Southern Cal has never won the tournament, while Arizona State captured the 1994 title - also the last time the Sun Devils even made it to the semifinals.,"...
No. 7 Oregon outguns No. 15 USC to stay on track for CFP spot
No. 7 Oregon had enough offense to outlast No. 15 USC for a 42-27 Big Ten victory on Saturday afternoon in Eugene, Ore., as the Ducks overcame the most penalty yards against them in two years to stay on track for a College Football Playoff spot.,Oregon (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) got a pair of touchdown cat...
Meechie Johnson’s 33 points lift South Carolina past Southern Miss in OT
Meechie Johnson scored 33 points and South Carolina defeated Southern Miss 83-79 in overtime Sunday night in Columbia, S.C.,Eli Ellis added 20 points and Mike Sharavjamts scored 17 for the Gamecocks (2-0), who squandered a 16-point first-half lead before rallying behind Johnson to reach overtime.,Is...
USC's outburst sets Galen Center points record in Manhattan romp
Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 of his 26 points in the first half, and Southern California put up its second and third halves of 55-plus points this season on the way to a 114-83 rout of visiting Manhattan on Sunday in Los Angeles., ,Coming off of a 57-point half to close last Monday's season-opening r...
Michael Ajayi's 24-point, 12-rebound effort leads Butler past Southern Indiana
Michael Ajayi had 24 points with 12 rebounds, and Butler used a strong first half to roll toward an 88-58 victory over visiting Southern Indiana on Wednesday night in Indianapolis.,Jamie Kaiser Jr. also posted a double-double, recording 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs. They opened this se...
Texas A&M looks to build off strong debut showing vs. Texas Southern
Bucky Ball is off to a quick start at Texas A&M.,New Aggies coach Bucky McMillan guided his team to a 98-68 win Monday night in its season opener against Northwestern State (La.). The Aggies shot 49.3% from the field while forcing 16 turnovers and earning a 48-24 advantage in points in the paint.,Te...
Rebuilt Virginia Tech begins season vs. Charleston Southern
Virginia Tech hasn't reached the NCAA Tournament since 2022 and hasn't won an NCAA Tournament game since 2019. ,The potential path back for the Hokies and seventh-year coach Mike Young starts Monday against Charleston Southern in Blacksburg, Va.,A season ago, Virginia Tech finished 13-19 and lost in...
No. 21 SMU strikes early, scores big in blowout of Stanford
Kevin Jennings threw for 322 yards and three touchdowns, including an 87-yarder to Moochie Dixon on the first offensive play of the game, and 21st-ranked SMU remained unbeaten in Atlantic Coast Conference play with a 40-10 shellacking of host Stanford on Saturday night.,LJ Johnson Jr. added two rush...
No. 21 SMU strikes early, scores big in rout of Stanford
Kevin Jennings threw for 322 yards and three touchdowns, including an 87-yarder to Moochie Dixon on the first offensive play of the game, and 21st-ranked SMU remained unbeaten in Atlantic Coast Conference play with a 40-10 shellacking of host Stanford on Saturday night.,LJ Johnson Jr. added two rush...