`JUST LIKE FOOTBALL' USC RELISHES RARE WIN AT PAULEY PAVILION USC 80, UCLA 75.Byline: Billy Witz Staff Writer A scene, even rarer than the home team playing defense, was played out Wednesday night at Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The men's and women's volleyball teams also play here. - Trojans dancing across the floor. If walking out of the once-vaunted arena with a victory is as ho-hum as walking in for schools like Cal State Northridge, Pepperdine and Northern Arizona Northern Arizona is dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the southern border of which in Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim. In the West lies the Grand Canyon, which was cut by the flow of the Colorado River while the land slowly rose around it. , it was feeling worth relishing for the Trojans, who hadn't won here in 10 years. USC's 80-75 victory over the Bruins was worth skipping and waving towels on their way to the locker room. It was also satisfying enough for the Trojans' fans that in the final minute, with the game in hand, they began chanting ``Just like football.'' If one play epitomized the Trojans' victory, it was Errick Craven's length-of-the-court dash for a layup with just over two minutes to play. Craven taking an inbounds in·bounds adj. 1. Basketball Involving putting the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court. 2. Sports Within the designated boundaries. pass under his own basket powered up court while all the Bruins stood and watched. The only difference between Craven and football players Keary Colbert Patrick Keary Jerel Colbert (born May 21, 1982 in Oxnard, California, United States) is an American football wide receiver playing for the Carolina Panthers in the National Football League. and Mike Williams Mike Williams may refer to:
When Craven got to the basket, he dipped through the lane and banked the ball in off the glass to put USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ahead 74-68 and the Bruins never got closer than four. ``That took the wind out of us,'' said UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX forward Jason Kapono Jason Alan Kapono (born February 2 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA, currently with the Toronto Raptors.[1] His previous team was the Miami Heat in 2006-07. . The Bruins' star forward, who was held to 10 points after scoring a career-high 44 against Washington State on Saturday, missed a harried 3-pointer and on the Bruins next possession, Ryan Walcott threw the ball out of bounds. After Walcott hit Andre Patterson Not to be confused with Andrae Patterson. Andre Patterson (born May 12, 1983) is an American NBA player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. Patterson played for the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League until getting signed by the Lakers. for a dunk to make it 74-70 with 1:13 left, the Bruins forced a five-second call on the ensuing en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. inbounds play. But the Bruins returned the favor when Derrick Craven stole the inbounds pass out of the hands of Patterson and took it in for an uncontested layup. The win was sealed when Dijon Thompson Dijon Lynn Thompson (born February 23, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Bundesliga. was whistled for traveling. The victory improved USC to 6-4 overall and 2-1 in the Pac-10, while the Bruins fell to 4-6 overall and 2-1 in the conference. Farmer scored a game-high 25 for USC, including five 3-pointers, while Errick Craven contributed 24 and seven rebounds. Thompson led the Bruins with 16 points, while T.J. Cummings had 13 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. The Trojans also won by surviving serious foul trouble. Derrick Craven picked up his fourth foul with 13:37 left. Farmer got his fourth with 6:52 left and Nick Curtis got his fourth with 3:14 to play. Kapono barely touched the ball in the first half. It was a combination of USC's defense and the lack of commitment on the part of Kapono and his teammates to get him the ball. The Trojans spent much of the half in a box-and-one with the Craven twins taking turns shadowing Kapono. Their work and the Bruins' lack of it limited to Kapono to five shots in the first half - and only one of them was a jumper, a 3-pointer Kapono made. His other shots were all putbacks of offensive rebounds or layups off fast breaks. USC used more of a straight 2-3 zone in the second half and Kapono got more looks, but he was ice cold. He missed his first six shots of the second half, including four 3-pointers. One was an air ball. UCLA, playing with energy at the defensive end at the start, jumped out to a 13-6 lead by beating the Trojans down the floor and getting one transition basket after another. But USC, trailing 15-9, tightened up its defense and held UCLA scoreless for 4 minutes and scored the next seven points to take their first lead, 16-15. When Farmer hit a runner in the lane, the Trojans led 21-17. But USC's inability to take care of the ball - the Trojans had nine turnovers in the first half - sparked a 12-0 run by the Bruins, who were seemingly in command of the game with a 33-23 lead as USC point guard Derrick Craven went to the bench with his third foul with 4:08 left in the half. But Craven's replacement, Brandon Brooks Brandon Brooks (17 November 1973, Nashville, Tennessee, USA) is an American sitcom actor. He has starred in a number of Peter Engel productions such as USA High and the role of the stereotypical surfer Murray Updyke in Malibu CA. He is of part English, Irish and part Cherokee descent. , hit a 3-pointer and a jumper that bounced in off the top of the backboard back·board n. 1. A board placed under or behind something to provide firmness or support. 2. A board placed beneath the body of a person with an injury to the neck or back, used especially in transporting the person in such a way and the Trojans closed within 40-38 at the half. The teams continued to trade baskets in the second half until, tied at 50, the Trojans went on an 11-0 run, sparked by two 3-pointers by Farmer. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) T.J. Cummings, center, here sandwiched between Rory O'Neil, left, and Nick Curtis, ran into difficulties against USC. (2 -- color) UCLA's Ray Young, below, is rendered helpless as USC's Errick Craven makes a strong move to the basket. (3) T.J. Cummings, center, here sandwiched between Rory O'Neil, left, and Nick Curtis, ran into difficulties. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer Box: (1) USC, FINALLY (2) STANDINGS |
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