National Basketball Association
Oregon St. 76, Southern California 75
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 30, 2014
Where: Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon
Officials:
# David Hall, # Rick Hartzell, # Randy McCall
Attendance:
3774
By SportsDirect Inc.
Oregon State 76, USC 75 (OT): Roberto Nelson scored all four of his team’s points in overtime and finished with a game-high 24 as the Beavers edged the visiting Trojans.
Angus Brandt had 14 points and Devon Collier added 13 for Oregon State (12-8, 4-4 Pac-12), which escaped with the win after the Trojans’ Pe'Shon Howard missed the second of two foul shots with one second left in overtime. Nelson, the league’s leading scorer, shot 3-for-6 from 3-point range and added eight rebounds.
Byron Wesley led USC (10-11, 1-7) with 23 points and Howard added 16 on 4-of-11 shooting. Center Omar Oraby finished with 13 points and eight rebounds before fouling out with just under nine minutes remaining and the Trojans leading by six.
The Trojans held a 39-36 advantage at the break and pulled ahead 72-68 on Wesley’s 3-pointer with 3:05 remaining. Collier converted one of two foul shots before Hallice Cooke’s 3-pointer tied the game at 72 with 53 seconds to play in regulation.
Both teams struggled offensively in overtime, with USC shooting 1-for-7 from the field. Howard tied the game with 1:02 left before Nelson scored on a driving layup with 25 seconds remaining to help Oregon State post its fifth straight home victory over the Trojans.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cooke scored 11 points for the Beavers, who recorded a season-high 19 offensive rebounds. … Nelson has scored 20-plus points in six consecutive games for Oregon State, which is .500 or better through eight Pac-12 games for the first time since 1999. … The Beavers won despite shooting 20-for-35 from the foul line, while USC missed just two of its 21 attempts from the line.
Top Game Performances
Southern California |
|
Oregon St. |
Byron Wesley 23 |
Scoring |
Roberto Nelson 24 |
Byron Wesley 3 |
Assists |
Eric Moreland 3 |
Omar Oraby 8 |
Rebounds |
Eric Moreland 10 |
Pe'Shon Howard 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Devon Collier 7 |
Pe'Shon Howard 2 |
Steals |
Devon Collier 2 |
Omar Oraby 4 |
Blocks |
Eric Moreland 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Southern California
|
75 |
41.3 |
4-17 |
19-21 |
9 |
32 |
7 |
8 |
12 |
Oregon St.
|
76 |
41.9 |
4-12 |
20-35 |
9 |
40 |
6 |
6 |
16 |