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Anaheim, CA – With 10 seconds left on the clock and Texas Tech leading 71-69, Gonzaga guard Josh Perkins hit the ball out of bounds on an inbound play for a technical foul. That gave the Red Raiders two shots and the ball back. That pretty much sealed the Bulldogs’ fate Saturday afternoon at the […]
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ANAHEIM, CA-The Big West Conference Tournament title game was night and day for UC Davis. During the first two periods of its contest against the University of Hawai’i, UC Davis tallied just 18 points and looked every bit like a team that was about to get run out of the Honda Center. The Aggies got […]
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ANAHEIM, CA-UC Irvine wasted little time in establishing who was the better team in its Big West Tournament title game matchup against Cal State Fullerton. The Anteaters would follow through from beginning to the end in routing the Titans, 92-64 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. UC Irvine (30-5) now advances to the NCAA […]
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LAS VEGAS, NV. The UCLA Bruins got 22 points and 11 rebounds from Jaylen Hands in the Pac-12 Conference Tournament opener for both teams on Wednesday, March 13. The Bruins jumped out to a large lead but had to fight off a late Stanford rally to come away with a 79-72 victory. Photos credited to […]
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It’s no big secret that college basketball is largely dominated by the East Coast and the Upper Midwest. Villanova, North Carolina, Duke, Michigan State, Kansas, and Kentucky have pretty much undeniably been the top programs of the decade, and in some cases of all of college basketball history. And with the slight exception of Kansas, […]
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After coming up with wins against Cal and Oregon, the USC men’s basketball team didn’t fare as well against the Oregon State Beavers in a close Pac-12 Conference game played at Galen Center. Jonah Mathews was high-point man for USC with 15 points against the Beavers. After going on a two-game scoring tear, USC forward […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA- Bennie Boatwright scored 20 points and Nick Rakocevic poured in 17 as USC (15-12, 8-6) demolished Oregon (15-11, 6-7) by a final score of 66-49. USC improves to 12-4 at Galen Center for the season, with one home game left against Oregon State (16-8, 8-4) on Saturday. Boatwright shot 67 percent from […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA-Out of the 10 teams that make up the West Coast Conference, Loyola Marymount University’s men’s basketball team currently resides in the eighth seat. But that didn’t stop the Lions from getting under the skin of No. 3 Gonzaga in a home game played at Gersten Pavilion on Valentine’s Day. Yeah, this was […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA- Colorado point guard McKinley Wright poured in 20 points on 64 percent shooting as the Buffaloes nailed late-game foul shots to beat USC at Galen Center, 69-65. Colorado’s Lucas Siewert picked up his fifth foul with 2:53 left and 6-foot-7 guard Tyler Bey replaced him. Wright scored twice, putting Colorado ahead 67-65 […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA- Jayce Johnson scored 13 points on 63 percent shooting as Utah handed USC their first Pac-12 Conference home loss of the season, beating the Trojans 77-70. “It was a game of streaks,” Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak said. Back-to-back sets of successful Bennie Boatwright foul shots and a Nick Rakocevic bucket brought […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA- For the USC men’s basketball team, their home game against Arizona State came down to the final seconds of the contest. USC held possession and trailed the Sun Devils by three points with under 20 seconds left in their Pac-12 Conference game played at the Galen Center on Saturday, Jan. 26. With […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA- After missing two games for a personal misconduct suspension, USC freshman guard Kevin Porter Jr. took the floor against Arizona with six minutes to play in the first half. On his first touch, Porter splashed a 3-point shot from the top of the key. In 17 minutes, he scored 14 points to […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA- After muscling his way through Jules Bernard for an and-one basket inside the right block, USC 6-foot-11 forward Nick Rakocevic pounded his chest. The Trojans extended their lead to 19 over crosstown rival UCLA and outscored them by 10 in the second half to earn an 80-67 home victory. USC improves to […]
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LOS ANGELES-Coming off USC’s first loss to Santa Clara since 1984, the Trojans dominated Southern Utah 91-49 to snap their four-game losing streak. USC forwards Nick Rakocevic (21 points) and Bennie Boatwright (18 points) combined for 18 rebounds. The Trojans forced Southern Utah into 24 turnovers and shot 53.7 percent from the field. “There’s a […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA-Fifth-ranked Nevada utilized a dominant 24-point, 11-rebound performance from forward Jordan Caroline to dominate USC at the Galen Center, coming away with a 73-61 win. Nevada (8-0) outscored USC 39-26 in the second half to stay unbeaten and seal their eighth win of the season. Wolf Pack forward Tre’Shawn Thurman shot 60 percent […]
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