USC Trojans at Washington Huskies

Washington defeats Southern Cal 82-75

The senior guard, No. 2 on the school's all-time scoring list, was honored before the game as part of the Senior Day festivities. After a quiet first half, he helped spark a big run to start the second that gave the Huskies a double-digit lead they hung on to at the end.

Nikola Jovanovic had 21 points and eight rebounds and Byron Wesley scored 19 for USC, which lost for the 11th time in 12 games.

After an ugly first half for both teams, Washington came out after halftime finally able to take advantage of USC's mistakes. Trailing by two to start the second half, the Huskies opened the period with a 15-0 run to go up 50-37.

Helped by four USC turnovers in the first 3 1/2 minutes, Washington's run came largely in transition, highlighted by a big dunk by Shawn Kemp Jr. midway through. After the first 10 Huskies points, Trojan coach Andy Enfield called timeout and voiced his displeasure to the officials, earning a technical. Wilcox hit both free throws and then capped the run with a 3-pointer.

Even after USC finally scored its first points of the half on a Byron Wesley jumper after 4 1/2 minutes, Washington quickly answered, finding Kemp deep on the inbound pass for a quick layup.

Very little was on the line for the teams. Coming into the game, Washington was assured of either the eighth or ninth seed in next week's Pac-12 Tournament and USC knew it would be the 11th or 12th.

The teams looked like they knew there wasn't much to play for in the sloppy first half. Southern Cal turned the ball over nine times and the Huskies shot just 32 percent before halftime. With all the mistakes, neither team was able to open up more than a four-point lead with USC taking a 37-35 lead at the break.

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