LOS ANGELES (AP) - Byron Wesley scored 20 points and J.T. Terrell added 12 points before fouling out as USC held off Washington State 72-68 Thursday night.
Wesley sparked the Trojans early with 13 first-half points, but it was Terrell who ignited the Trojans (10-13, 5-5 Pac 12) when they needed it most. Terrell scored all 12 of his points during a 10-minute stretch of the second half. His 3-pointer with 5:26 left put USC up 56-53, and the Trojans held the lead the rest of the way.
Ari Stewart added 11 points for USC, and Jio Fontan had 10 points and a game-high 11 assists.
Washington State's Brock Motum, who began the night ranked third in the Pac-12 averaging 18.3 points per game, scored 15 points on 6-of-16 shooting. DaVonte Lacy led all scorers with 21 points and his backcourt mate Mike Ladd had 16 for the Cougars (11-12, 2-8).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Washington State (11-12) | 33 | 35 | 68 |
| Southern California (10-13) « | 30 | 42 | 72 |
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| Washington State Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Motum, F | 37 | 6-16 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| D. Shelton, F | 32 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Lacy, G | 36 | 7-13 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| M. Ladd, G | 33 | 7-18 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| R. Woolridge, G | 28 | 2-8 | 5-6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Kernich-Drew | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Longrus | 11 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| W. DiIorio | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Boese | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-61 | 10-17 | 31 | 13 | 15 | 68 | |
| 39.3% | 58.8% | ||||||
| Southern California Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Wise, F | 34 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| D. Dedmon, F | 22 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| B. Wesley, G | 38 | 7-10 | 5-7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| J. Fontan, G | 36 | 1-8 | 8-8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Terrell, G | 21 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Stewart | 18 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Fuller | 16 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| O. Oraby | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| C. Bryan | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Woolridge | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-53 | 18-22 | 41 | 16 | 17 | 72 | |
| 45.3% | 81.8% | ||||||
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