National Basketball Association
Southern California 67, Northern Arizona 63
When: 11:00 PM ET, Friday, November 15, 2013
Where: Galen Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Mike Eggers, # Daryl Gelinas, # Michael Irving
Attendance:
3821
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Southern California 67, Northern Arizona 63: Byron Wesley scored a career-high 31 points as the host Trojans rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit.
Wesley made all seven of his field goal attempts in the first half and finished 11-for-16 for USC with nine rebounds. Nikola Jovanovic added nine points for the Trojans (2-1).
Aaseem Dixon and Quinton Upshur scored in double figures for the third straight game for Northern Arizona (1-2). Dixon finished with 20 points and Upshur had 18, while Max Jacobsen added 16.
Northern Arizona opened up a 40-30 halftime lead despite shooting 38.2 percent from the floor to USC’s 41.9. Wesley had 16 points at the half, while the rest of the Trojans shot 6-for-24 in the opening 20 minutes.
Jacobsen made a layup in the first minute of the second half as the Lumberjacks matched their biggest lead of the game 42-30, but the Trojans began chipping away and retook the lead 48-46 on Jovanovic’s layup with 9:51 left. USC stretched the lead to seven but the Lumberjacks didn’t go away, retaking the lead twice more in the final minutes before the Trojans finished the game on 6-0 run
GAME NOTEBOOK: USC coach Andy Enfield used his third different starting lineup, moving freshman Roschon Prince and Chass Bryan back to the bench in favor of Pe’Shon Howard and Jovanovic. … J.T. Terrell, the top returning scorer for the Trojans, did not start for the second consecutive game because of poor classroom performance and finished with two points on 0-for-6 shooting. … Northern Arizona committed just two first half turnovers and had six for the game.
Top Game Performances
Northern Arizona |
|
Southern California |
Aaseem Dixon 20 |
Scoring |
Byron Wesley 31 |
Kris Yanku 5 |
Assists |
Pe'Shon Howard 4 |
Jordyn Martin 8 |
Rebounds |
Byron Wesley 9 |
Quinton Upshur 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Byron Wesley 8 |
Gaellan Bewernick 1 |
Steals |
Pe'Shon Howard 1 |
Max Jacobsen 1 |
Blocks |
Omar Oraby 5 |
Team Stats Summary