LOS ANGELES (AP) - Eric Wise scored 10 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Ari Stewart and J.T. Terrell each scored 10 points as USC defeated Long Beach State, 62-44 Tuesday night.
Stewart led a strong night for USC's bench, which outscored Long Beach's reserves, 23-3.
Dewayne Dedmon had eight points and 10 rebounds for the Trojans, who recorded only their third 2-0 start in the past 11 years.
Mike Caffey led the 49ers (1-1) with 17 points and James Ennis added 13. Long Beach State shot only 29 percent and had 18 turnovers.
USC went on a 23-4 run after Long Beach State tied it at 35 early in the second half. Dedmon capped the run with a tip-in of Terrell's miss, then dunked an alley-oop pass from Byron Wesley for a 58-39 lead.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Long Beach State (1-1) | 24 | 20 | 44 |
| Southern California (2-0) « | 29 | 33 | 62 |
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| Long Beach State 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Gulley, F | 31 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Ennis, F | 30 | 4-11 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| D. Jennings, F | 29 | 1-4 | 3-8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| K. Richardson, F | 20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Caffey, G | 33 | 4-14 | 7-9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Shepherd | 24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Pappageorge | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| D. Deng | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Djuma | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12-42 | 13-21 | 32 | 5 | 16 | 44 | |
| 28.6% | 61.9% | ||||||
| Southern California Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Wise, F | 32 | 4-10 | 2-3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Dedmon, F | 18 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| J. Terrell, G | 28 | 3-11 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Fontan, G | 25 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| B. Wesley, G | 19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| O. Oraby | 20 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Bryan | 15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Stewart | 15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| G. Allen | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Fuller | 8 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Woolridge | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Blasczyk | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-56 | 7-12 | 35 | 16 | 18 | 62 | |
| 44.6% | 58.3% | ||||||
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