LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Brandon Paul scored 26 points and Illinois used a hot first half to ride to an easy 94-64 win over USC Monday night at the Maui Invitational.
Illinois shot just under 69 percent in the first half on its way to a 31-point lead at the break. USC pulled no closer than 18 points in the second half despite some sloppy play from Illinois, which finished with 20 turnovers.
The Illini (4-0), who never trailed, also got 13 points from DJ Richardson, 11 from Tracy Abrams and 10 from Tyler Griffey.
USC (2-1) was led by Eric Wise with 13 points.
Illinois plays host team Chaminade on Tuesday. The Division II school knocked off Texas earlier Monday.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern California (2-1) | 26 | 38 | 64 |
| Illinois (4-0) « | 57 | 37 | 94 |
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| Southern California Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Wise, F | 24 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| D. Dedmon, F | 22 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Fontan, G | 28 | 2-8 | 5-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Terrell, G | 24 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| B. Wesley, G | 19 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Fuller | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| G. Allen | 16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Bryan | 15 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Blasczyk | 10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Stewart | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Woolridge | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| O. Oraby | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Taylor | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-52 | 15-20 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 64 | |
| 44.2% | 75% | ||||||
| Illinois Fighting Illini | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Griffey, F | 24 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| N. Egwu, C | 23 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| B. Paul, G | 32 | 9-15 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| D. Richardson, G | 31 | 3-9 | 5-7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| T. Abrams, G | 29 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Bertrand | 22 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| S. McLaurin | 15 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| M. Henry | 14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| D. Langford | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Djimde | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. LaTulip | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Shaw | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Berardini | 1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 33-62 | 15-17 | 42 | 17 | 19 | 94 | |
| 53.2% | 88.2% | ||||||
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