National Basketball Association
Utah 77, Southern California 70
When: 11:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Where: Galen Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Randy McCall, # Jeff Wooten, # Tommy Nunez Jr.
Attendance:
2952
By Field Level Media
Junior center Jayce Johnson scored a career-high 13 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Utah snapped USC's seven-game home win streak with a 77-70 Pac-12 victory on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
It was the third double-double of the season for the 7-foot Johnson and fourth of his career.
Freshman Both Gach scored 15 points, Sedrick Barefield finished with 13 points and Donnie Tillman added 12 points for Utah (12-10, 6-4) which shot 45.6 percent and outrebounded the Trojans, 42-37.
Jonah Mathews scored 18 points, Bennie Boatwright finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Nick Rakocevic had 10 points and nine rebounds for USC (13-10, 6-4), which shot just 38 percent, including 9 of 26 from 3-point range, and trailed by as many as 23 points in the second half.
Utah, coming in off back-to-back home losses to Oregon and Oregon State, jumped out to a 7-0 lead behind a pair of layups by Gach and a 3-pointer by Barefield. But USC, behind five points by freshman point guard Elijah Weaver, answered with a 7-0 run of its own to tie it.
The Utes then took control with a 19-5 run over seven minutes to build a 26-12 lead. Tillman led the way with led the way with eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers.
USC cut the deficit to 12 on a 3-pointer by Mathews, 29-17, but Utah quickly answered with another 8-0 run highlighted by a pair of 3-pointers by Gach en route to a 37-23 halftime lead.
The Utes extended their lead to 23 points, 56-33, after a 3-pointer by Barefield with 11:32 remaining.
The Trojans used a 24-8 run fueled by three 3-pointers by Mathews to cut the Utah lead to single digits, 64-57, with 2:57 remaining, but a 3-pointer by Parker Van Dyke extended the Utes' lead back to double figures, with just over two minutes to play, and Utah was never threatened again.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Utah |
|
Southern California |
Both Gach 15 |
Scoring |
Jonah Mathews 18 |
Sedrick Barefield 5 |
Assists |
Derryck Thornton 4 |
Jayce Johnson 13 |
Rebounds |
Bennie Boatwright 12 |
Both Gach 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Bennie Boatwright 4 |
Sedrick Barefield 2 |
Steals |
Derryck Thornton 2 |
Both Gach 1 |
Blocks |
Shaqquan Aaron 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Utah
|
77 |
45.6 |
11-29 |
14-21 |
14 |
36 |
3 |
4 |
15 |
Southern California
|
70 |
38.0 |
9-26 |
7-11 |
12 |
35 |
2 |
6 |
6 |