TROJANS SCRATCH OUT UPSET OF 'CATS USC DOESN'T FALTER DOWN STRETCH USC 80, ARIZONA 73.Byline: MATTHEW KREDELL Staff Writer USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. took a double-digit lead at Galen Center History USC had planned to build an on-campus indoor arena for over 100 years. Before the Galen Center, USC basketball had been played at a variety of locations, including the neighboring Shrine Auditorium stage, the old Pan-Pacific Auditorium in the Fairfax District, and since with 10 minutes remaining against a Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members foe Thursday night. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , the Trojans were exactly where they didn't want to be. The setup was similar to USC's previous two losses in conference play. But this time, the Trojans didn't falter. Nick Young heated up down the stretch and the Trojans got a big shot from an unlikely source to upset No. 11 Arizona 80-73 and provide Galen Center its first storm-the-court moment for students. Young threw down an alley-oop pass from Gabe Pruitt Gabriel Michael Pruitt (born on April 19, 1986 in Los Angeles, California) is an African American basketball player with the Boston Celtics. Biography College career On April 27 Pruitt announced that he registered for the 2007 NBA Draft. to give the Trojans a 54-44 lead with 10:57 remaining. It was eerily familiar of USC's final- possession losses to 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 and Washington State. Like clockwork, Taj Gibson badly threw away a pass intended for Young. Less than two minutes later, the advantage was down to three on Chase Budinger's 3-pointer and four points from Mustafa Shakur. Young, who scored 22 of a season-high 30 points in the second half, didn't let the Trojans blow another lead. He scored eight of USC's next 10 points to keep them ahead. The Wildcats got within two points at 66-64, but Keith Wilkinson took a pass from Lodrick Stewart in the left corner with the shot clock winding down and buried his second 3-pointer of the season. Ahead by four in the final two minutes, the Trojans got a break when Ivan Radovic went up and touched Young's desperation fall-away jumper that was coming up way short and was called for goaltending goal·tend·ing n. 1. Sports The act of protecting a goal, as in hockey and other such sports. 2. Basketball . The Trojans converted just enough free throws to close out their fourth victory over a ranked team this season. With a victory over Arizona State on Saturday, USC itself might move into the top 25 for the first time in five years. The Trojans held the Wildcats to 38.3 percent shooting. Arizona (13-4, 4-3) entered the game tied for sixth best in the country at 51.2 percent from the field. Entering Pac-10 play, the Trojans knew their first six conference games would be a barometer of whether they were a contender for the NCAA Tournament. USC (14-5, 4-2) earned victories over three of the four teams it faced during that six-game stretch. Stewart scored 18 points for the Trojans. Pruitt added 16. matthew.kredell@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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