STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Jio Fontan scored 15 points and Southern California survived a late rally by Stanford to win 65-64 on Thursday night.
Dewayne Dedmon added 13 points and eight rebounds and J.T. Terrell had 12 points for the Trojans (12-13, 7-5 Pac-12), who have won four in a row. USC had lost nine of its previous 10 games at Maples Pavilion.
USC also swept the season series, having beaten Stanford 71-69 on Jan. 3 in Los Angeles.
Josh Huestis led the Cardinal (15-10, 6-6) with a career-high 22 points. Chasson Randle scored 16 points, including four 3-pointers, but missed a 3 attempt at the buzzer for Stanford.
Dwight Powell finished with 17 rebounds, the most by a Cardinal since Brook Lopez had 15 boards in 2008.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern California (12-13) « | 35 | 30 | 65 |
| Stanford (15-10) | 23 | 41 | 64 |
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| Southern California Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Dedmon, F | 31 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| E. Wise, F | 31 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| B. Wesley, G | 39 | 2-10 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Terrell, G | 37 | 3-9 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Fontan, G | 31 | 3-7 | 9-9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Fuller | 17 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| R. Woolridge | 7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Bryan | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Oraby | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 22-53 | 18-23 | 37 | 11 | 18 | 65 | |
| 41.5% | 78.3% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Powell, F | 34 | 7-13 | 3-6 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| J. Huestis, F | 33 | 10-13 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| A. Brown, F | 29 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Bright, G | 32 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| C. Randle, G | 32 | 6-17 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Sanders | 12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| R. Allen | 11 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Gage | 11 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Harris | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Verhoeven | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-61 | 4-12 | 35 | 12 | 19 | 64 | |
| 44.3% | 33.3% | ||||||
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