Spokesman-Review
National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington St. 76, Southern California 51
When: 6:30 PM ET, Saturday, March 9, 2013
Where: Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, Pullman, Washington
Officials: # Scott Brown, # Michael Greenspan, # Michael Irving
Attendance: 4254

Washington State 76, Southern California 51:
Senior Brock Motum scored a season-high 31 points in his final regular-season home game and the Cougars cruised to their second straight win.

Motum scored 21 points in the first half to help the Cougars (13-18, 4-14 Pac-12) take a 19-point lead at the break and finished with a game-high 10 rebounds. Royce Woolridge added 25 points, including five 3-pointers.

J.T. Terrell scored 18 points to lead USC (14-17, 9-9), which opened the second half on a 22-9 run and cut the deficit to 48-42 with 12:05 remaining. The Trojans missed 20 of their 24 shots from 3-point range and were outrebounded 45-34.

Washington State, which snapped a nine-game losing streak with a stunning 73-61 win over UCLA on Wednesday, squashed the Trojans’ comeback hopes by using a 17-4 run to take a 23-point lead with 3:12 to play.

The Cougars made 11 3-pointers and secured the No. 11 seed in the Pac-12 tournament and will meet No. 6 Washington Wednesday in Las Vegas. USC, which has lost four of its last six, is the seventh seed and will face No. 10 Utah in the first round.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Washington State senior G Mike Ladd scored one point in his return to the lineup after missing the last six games with a knee injury. … USC G Byron Wesley, who scored a season-high 20 points in the Trojans’ 72-68 win over the Cougars on Feb. 7, was held to five points on 2-of-8 shooting. …Washington State has won six of the last eight games against the Trojans.
Top Game Performances
 
Southern California   Washington St.
J.T. Terrell 18 Scoring Brock Motum 31
Jio Fontan 6 Assists Mike Ladd 6
Dewayne Dedmon 6 Rebounds Brock Motum 10
Eric Wise 5 Free Throws Made Brock Motum 6
Dewayne Dedmon 1 Steals Brock Motum 2
Dewayne Dedmon 2 Blocks Brock Motum 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Southern California 51 33.9 4-24 9-13 10 28 7 1 8
Washington St. 76 38.1 11-32 17-18 18 43 2 3 5