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USC Falls Short Against Utah, 77-70
February 06, 2019 | Men's Basketball, Features
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jayce Johnson had 13 points and 13 rebounds, Both Gach added 15 points and Sedrick Barefield scored 13 with five assists to lead Utah to a 77-70 victory over Southern California on Wednesday night.
The Utes (12-10, 5-5 Pac-12) led by as many as 23 points in the second half, but a furious rally by the Trojans (13-10, 5-5) could only pull them as close as the final seven points.
Jonah Mathews led USC with 18 points, while Bennie Boatwright had 17 points - all but two coming in the second half - and 12 rebounds.
#SCoring leaders tonight:@jonah_mathews4: 18 pts, 3 reb@benniebuckets__: 17 pts, 12 reb@nick_rakocevic1: 10 pts, 9 reb#FightOn pic.twitter.com/5AOE44OO9X
— USC Men's Basketball (@USC_Hoops) February 7, 2019
Utah took a 20-point lead with 2:12 left in the first half. But the Trojans scored the final six points to trail 37-23 at the break. Utah outrebounded the Trojans 24-12 in the half and held USC to 32-percent shooting.
The teams entered as the top two in 3-point percentage in the conference, but Utah was just 6 of 15 while USC hit 2 of 11 in the first half. The Trojans connected on 7 of 16 in the second half to make their run.
BIG PICTURE
After winning seven of nine games, the Trojans have now dropped two of their last three to fall back to 5-5 in conference play.
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