USC Trojans at Colorado Buffaloes
· NCAA Women's BasketballSurging Southern Cal knocks off No. 25 Colorado women 71-54
Marshall had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Sissoko added 18 and 12, and Littleton made 6 of 13 3-pointers, four of them in a key third-quarter surge that put the Trojans (16-5, 6-4 Pac-12) in command.
In the third quarter, the Trojans matched their first-half output, scoring 26 points to take a 52-41 lead into the fourth quarter. Littleton scored 12 points in the quarter on 4-of-7 3-point shooting. USC added the first six points of the fourth quarter to go up 58-41 with 8:55 remaining and the Trojans led by at least 13 points the rest of the way.
Posts Quay Miller and Aaronette Vonleh paced the Buffaloes (16-5, 7-3). Miller had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Vonleh scored 16 with five rebounds. Colorado's three starting guards shot 4-for-20 and totaled nine points.
The pace of the first half was well in line with USC’s No. 5 in the nation 51.4 points allowed per game. The Trojans led 26-22 at halftime after both teams shot less than 38%. USC led 14-9 after the first quarter, then Colorado scored the first six points of the second quarter, taking a 15-14 lead. Brianna McLeod hit a layup for a 21-17 Colorado lead with 4:24 to go before the Trojans finished the half on a 9-1 run.
USC has won five of its past six games, including a win over No. 2 Stanford two weeks ago.
After opening the season 8-0 at home, it was an 0-2 weekend in Boulder for Colorado after also losing to No. 8 UCLA 73-70 in overtime on Friday.
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Recent Plays
4th 0:00 | End of Game | 71 - 54 | |
4th 0:00 | End of 4th Quarter | 71 - 54 | |
4th 0:03 | Charlotte Whittaker Defensive Rebound. | 71 - 54 | |
4th 0:04 | Destiny Littleton missed Three Point Jumper. | 71 - 54 | |
4th 0:34 | Okako Adika Steal. | 71 - 54 |
Statistics
USC | COLO | |
---|---|---|
26-58 | FG | 23-57 |
44.8 | Field Goal % | 40.4 |
9-19 | 3PT | 3-15 |
47.4 | Three Point % | 20.0 |
10-12 | FT | 5-13 |
83.3 | Free Throw % | 38.5 |
36 | Rebounds | 36 |
9 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
27 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
14 | Assists | 14 |
6 | Steals | 10 |
2 | Blocks | 2 |
12 | Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
12 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
15 | Points Off Turnovers | 18 |
4 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
22 | Points in Paint | 34 |
11 | Fouls | 16 |
19 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Boulder, CO
Attendance: 2,377 | Capacity:
2023-24 Pac-12 Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Stanford | 15-3 | - | 30-6 |
USC | 13-5 | 2 | 29-6 |
UCLA | 13-5 | 2 | 27-7 |
Oregon State | 12-6 | 3 | 27-8 |
Colorado | 11-7 | 4 | 24-10 |
Utah | 11-7 | 4 | 23-11 |
Arizona | 8-10 | 7 | 18-16 |
Washington State | 7-11 | 8 | 21-15 |
California | 7-11 | 8 | 19-15 |
Washington | 6-12 | 9 | 16-15 |
Arizona State | 3-15 | 12 | 11-20 |
Oregon | 2-16 | 13 | 11-21 |