National Basketball Association
Oregon St. 78, Southern California 59
When: 10:30 PM ET, Saturday, January 21, 2012
Where: Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon
Officials:
# Mike Greenstein, # Tony Padilla, # Ruben Ramos
Attendance:
7537
By SportsDirect Inc.
Jared Cunningham scored 18 points and Oregon State completed its first home sweep of the Los Angeles schools since 2004-05 with a 78-59 victory over Southern Cal on Saturday.
Oregon State (13-7, 3-5 Pac-12) led by 20 points early in the second half against the Trojans (5-15, 0-7), who lost their eighth straight game and remain the only Pac-12 team without a conference win.
With only seven scholarship players available, Southern Cal’s starting lineup included 5-foot-10 walk-on Daniel Munoz, who had three points in 12 minutes. Byron Wesley paced the Trojans with 15 points.
Eric Moreland grabbed 12 rebounds for Oregon State, which snapped a 13-game losing streak to UCLA on Thursday. Joe Burton added 11 points and nine rebounds.
Oregon State committed 11 turnovers, while the Trojans had 12 in the first half and 18 overall. Oregon State's 78 points were the most allowed by the Trojans this season.
Maurice Jones scored 13 points on 5-of-14 shooting for Southern Cal, which is off to its first 0-7 start in conference play since 1989, when they started 0-12.
Cunningham, who had 35 points in two combined games against the Trojans last season, shot 7 for 11 from the field with two 3-pointers and five assists.
Top Game Performances
Southern California |
|
Oregon St. |
Byron Wesley 15 |
Scoring |
Jared Cunningham 18 |
Byron Wesley 3 |
Assists |
Jared Cunningham 5 |
Dewayne Dedmon 8 |
Rebounds |
Eric Moreland 11 |
Maurice Jones 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Devon Collier 4 |
James Blasczyk 1 |
Steals |
Eric Moreland 3 |
Dewayne Dedmon 1 |
Blocks |
Devon Collier 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Southern California
|
59 |
50.0 |
3-12 |
6-10 |
12 |
26 |
2 |
2 |
18 |
Oregon St.
|
78 |
50.8 |
6-16 |
12-21 |
18 |
33 |
4 |
10 |
11 |